A festival atmosphere is building ahead of the regenerative farming event Down to Earth North in Cumbria next week (6 July), with a band set to take centre stage ahead of the one-day event, along with a pop-up bar and campsite.

Regenerative farming does not have to mean compromising on production, as visitors to this year's award-winning Down to Earth South event heard.

Experts at last week’s (21 June) record-attended Down to Earth South event emphasised the need for farmers to measure what they were doing regarding soil management and to use the correct tools.

'The climate crisis cannot be solved without cows' – that was the stark message from world-renowned Ted X Talk speaker Ffinlo Costain at last week's (21 June) Down to Earth South regenerative farming event, which attracted a record 1,900 visitors.

A record 1,900 visitors at the award-winning Down to Earth South event last week (21 June) were guided through the practicalities of getting started with regenerative farming by expert speakers.

British farmer-owned dairy co-operative, First Milk, has agreed a new partnership with dairy manufacturer Yeo Valley Production, which will see it create a new regenerative milk pool, visitors to this week’s (21 June) Down to Earth South event heard.

The RABDF this week (9 May) hosted a roundtable at the House of Lords to discuss the growing labour crisis in the dairy industry and outline ways to overcome it. 

Dairy farmers are being urged to complete a snap shop survey of the labour issues on their farms as the Government calls for evidence on the subject.