Dumfries and Galloway Sustainable Food Partnership
REGENERATIVE FARMING NETWORK SOUTH WEST SCOTLAND
Calling all Farmers and Food Producers in South West Scotland
The Regenerative Farming Network is Propagate's Award Winning* peer to peer knowledge exchange group offering farm walks, talks, webinars and more. For anyone just curious about regenerative farming, or for those with years of experience.
It is open to farmers and food producers from across the region.
It started in 2021 and now has over 230 members.
Member details are not published.
When you sign up:
You will receive the weekly RegenRoundup - an email packed full of information and resources, links to webinars, events and podcasts.
You will have the opportunity to sign up first for our Farm Walks and other events.
You will have an option to join the Soil Health Group who are using a range of soil tests to enhance their own learning and understanding.
You will have the opportunity to share your own knowledge and resources.
And - it's completely free.
Resources
Whether you are looking for inspiration for your own farm, want to learn more about regenerative farming and agroecology, or how to get involved with ongoing projects check out our resources list below:
Good Food Stories
Read a selection of Good Food Stories from farms all over the region who are selling local produce, farming regeneratively, and collectively believe in creating better food systems. These are great examples of where we need to go with farming in the region.
The Agroecological Jigsaw
(and the background to the Regenerative Farmers Network)
The South West Scotland Fork to Farm Dialogues took place between March and November 2021. The aim was to connect farmers and food producers with local authority policy officers to discuss shocks to the food system, and challenges faced by farmers. The project included Zoom meetings and Farm Walks.
At our August Farm Walks we had a visioning session. We imagined it was 2045, and we thought about what out food and farming systems would look like, smell like and taste like if we had radically de-carbonised our economy and society.
Our conversations were captured by artist Emily Tough, who has created this beautiful image. This has been printed and turned into a large jigsaw that can be used at community events as a way to talk about what we want our agroecological future to look like.
If you would like the Agroecological Jigsaw to come to you for an event, please get in touch.
