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HOMESTEAD TSUNAMI

The Lunatic Farmer

In the last couple of years, a steady stream of visitors, many in rented motor homes, have stopped at our farm to walk our fields and dream. They don’t watch TV all evening; they can tomatoes and chase fireflies in the meadow. You can find a homestead conference to attend virtually every month of the year. That’s okay.

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Summer reading 2024: Our recommended food and farming reads

Sustainable Food Trust

For others, however, the Welsh countryside is a stark reminder of the damage that humans have wreaked upon the land through intensive farming and industry. Modern farming has had a broad and largely terrible impact on these neglected ecosystems, from birds to bugs to flora and fauna.

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