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Health, food and well-being
Patrick Holden looks at the meaning of well-being through the prism of food, farming and health
Bovine TB on my farm
After remaining free of TB for 39 years, Patrick Holden speaks out about the realities of being a farmer on the end of a suspected TB bre...
Old fashioned cheese
Patrick's farm re-introduces the traditional method of cheddar cheese making, after a visit from Randolph Hodgson, founder of Neal's Yard...
United in diversity
Patrick Holden, Founder of the Sustainable Food Trust, speaks from Rio +20, the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development
En route to Rio+20
SFT founder Patrick Holden is en route to Rio+20. He's formed some strong ideas about the proceedings yet remains hopeful that it may pla...
A wind farm on my doorstep
After Patrick hears of his neighbours plans to install two wind turbines immediately opposite his farmhouse, will we be hearing a change ...
Nomadic pastoralism
Patrick was fortunate enough to attend a gathering of 26 tribes of nomadic pastoralists in a remote part of Northern Kenya. What can noma...
Pastoralist communities vs safari parks
Patrick Holden reflects upon his inspiring and emotional trip to Kenya, visiting pastoralist communities, while staying at a game-lodge a...
Organic supplier calls quits
Matthew Murton was a large scale organic vegetable producer. Now, he's decided to drop all ties as an organic wholesaler and sell up. Pat...
Meditations on milk
Patrick Holden on how his connection to his farm and dairy herd informs his thinking on transition to the food systems we need for the fu...
Back to the land
In the early 1970s Patrick Holden and a group of like minded friends moved to a hill in Wales to start farming - here he explains what po...
Greening the desert
SEKEM is a biodynamic community project which over the last 35 years has transformed thousands of acres of virgin desert into fertile soi...