Land sharing and land sparing: We need food in harmony with nature Patrick Holden shares his thoughts on the land sparing versus land sharing debate, calling for fa... Read more What harmonising trade in our food systems could do Patrick Holden argues why every nation in the world should sign up to a new harmonised framework ... Read more Harmony, health and COVID-19 What is health? Is it merely the absence of disease? Our CEO Patrick Holden reflects on what we c... Read more A light at the end of the Covid tunnel? Patrick Holden explores how coronavirus is affecting global food security and why our present ind... Read more Reflecting on a changing world Patrick Holden reflects on a busy week, both on his farm in West Wales and in the many meetings, ... Read more Covid-19 and the crisis facing artisan cheesemakers Covid-19 is having a catastrophic impact on many small-scale cheesemakers. Patrick Holden talks a... Read more The coronavirus pandemic and future food security Patrick Holden writes about the impact of the coronavirus on food security and the need for a sus... Read more Compassion in dairy farming Patrick Holden opens up about farming on his West Wales organic dairy farm Read more Patrick Holden in conversation with Eliot Coleman Eliot Coleman in conversation with Patrick Holden at the Oxford Real Farming Conference Read more Harmony in Food and Farming: Q&A with Patrick Holden In this Q&A, Sustainable Food Trust CEO Patrick Holden explains the inspiration behind our upcomi... Read more Is eating no meat actually doing more harm than good? In this opinion piece published by Farm Drop, SFT CEO Patrick Holden explains why diets such as v... Read more Back to the land In the early 1970s Patrick Holden and a group of like minded friends moved to a hill in Wales to ... Read more GM orthodoxy Patrick Holden explains his own position on Genetically Modified crops and comments on the steady... Read more Global Chorus: 365 Voices on the Future of the Planet Read Patrick Holden’s contribution to this newly published book which includes entries from the D... Read more Grass from the past This Guardian article featuring pioneers of the organic movement, Patrick Holden and Peter Segger... Read more Health, food and well-being Patrick Holden looks at the meaning of well-being through the prism of food, farming and health Read more Patrick Holden: In his own words In his own words: Patrick Holden, Executive Director of the SFT, talks industrial farming, engagi... Read more Opinion: Patrick Holden on campaigns to reduce meat consumption In this opinion piece for the Farmers Guardian, Patrick Holden expresses concern about the uninte... Read more If our small farms are allowed to wither, the whole nation will suffer Patrick Holden warns that the demise of smallholder dairy farmers will deprive the country of ski... Read more Meditations on milk Patrick Holden on how his connection to his farm and dairy herd informs his thinking on transitio... Read more Mixed farming systems: Feeding the birds In this latest blog from Patrick Holden, he looks at the benefits of mixed farming systems on the... Read more Our dandelion summer Patrick Holden responds to the State of Nature report released this week and reflects on the bene... Read more Pastoralist communities vs safari parks Patrick Holden reflects upon his inspiring and emotional trip to Kenya, visiting pastoralist comm... Read more Population debate: Why the Pope needs encouragement, not criticism In response to Jonathan Porritt's article on overpopulation, Patrick Holden makes the case for a ... Read more Redesigning food systems How do we build a global food network? Patrick addresses the lack of stability caused by our curr... Read more SFT – Proposals for 2012 Read about the most important actions Patrick Holden is committed to, in order to further the mis... Read more SFT Christmas update A message from our Chief Executive, Patrick Holden, with a review of our work and progress during... Read more Sacred earth, sacred self Patrick Holden and Owsley Brown discuss why our connection to the Earth is key to understanding t... Read more Six steps back to the land Patrick Holden welcomes a new guide for would-be farmers, Six Steps Back to the Land, and recalls... Read more Soil is the stomach of the plant In this International Year of Soils, Patrick Holden shares his personal journey towards understan... Read more Spring has sprung How do farms cope with our unpredictable weather? Patrick Holden shares his elation at the first ... Read more Stomachs and soils Patrick Holden reflects on the implications of our new understanding of the human microbiome for ... Read more TB and badgers In the context of being a dairy farmer and dealing directly with Bovine TB, Patrick Holden shares... Read more The power of the W.I. Patrick Holden considers the power of the Women's Institute as an unstoppable force for change by... Read more The price of milk In response to the shocking state of the UK's dairy industry, Patrick Holden calls for the introd... Read more The true cost of cheap food Patrick Holden examines the true cost of a cheap chicken and asks what can be done to rebalance o... Read more The tsunami is coming How stable are our food systems? Patrick Holden assesses the larger implications an economic coll... Read more United in diversity Patrick Holden, Founder of the Sustainable Food Trust, speaks from Rio +20, the United Nations Co... Read more What would a ban on glyphosate mean for farming? As the controversy around glyphosate continues, the Sustainable Food Trust's Patrick Holden and R... Read more Winter weather How do small farms cope when the winter weather closes in? Patrick Holden reflects on the impact ... Read more
