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If you’re interested in digging deeper into regenerative agriculture then I highly recommend the documentaries, podcasts & books list below. All of which are the reason WORMS exists!
documentaries
USA • 2019 • 1h 31min • Trailer
Following a gorgeous LA couple & their dog as they leave the big smoke to transform an old dusty 236-acre farm into their own slice of biodiverse paradise. A 7 year rollercoaster that documents the heartbreaking problems and natures perfect solutions. Beautifully shot, It’s impossible to watch and not marvel at the precious ecosystem we live in. Be warned - you will want to uproot your life, buy a pig and call it something like Emma!
USA • 2020 • 1h 24min • Trailer
The inspiring story of 3 young British farmers standing up against the industrial food system. An exciting documentary based in the UK, so full of hope and inspiration, it shows that these farms really can change the world and we can be a part of that. You watch the sacrifices these people are making to provide us a better future and the communities that rally round them. Truly heartening.
WORMS will be screening soon!
UK • 2024 • 1h 36min • Trailer
Perhaps the most well-known regenerative documentary, Narrated by Woody Harrelson it has that classic Netflix style of talking heads and shots of impressive vast landscapes, but rightly so - It is a must watch! This film is the seminar of regenerative agriculture based in facts and with insights from farmers, scientists, activists, chefs and so on. It has been such an important film that they have made a second one; Common Ground which WORMS will be screening soon!
podcasts
Recommended Episodes: The One Where We Get Political The Long Road To Greggs
A (mostly) quarterly offering from farm owners James Smith and ‘Regen Ben’ who are as boots on the ground is it comes. I love the way they back & forth with each other, sometimes with a guest, usually over a bottle of wine & always involving an entertaining (justified) rant from James! This podcast is a well informed warts’n’all conversation which can be enjoyed by farmers & consumers alike.
THE RADIO 4 FOOD PROGRAMME
Recommended Episodes: Local Food - Is it working?
A sunday afternoon, a glass of wine, peeling vegetables and Sheila Dillons familiar, sultry tones glowing through the speaker, teaching me something I didn’t know before and making me think from a new point of view. This show is an institution, not always about regenerative farming but the food system is nuanced, complex and affected by everything - all of which is covered in this podcast. I love it.
Brought to us by Natoora and hosted by its founder Franco Fubini this podcast has only 7 episodes from 3 years ago but is a case of quality over quantity. Due to Franco’s status in the food industry every single guest is of high calibre and fascinating to listen to which I have many times on repeat. Team Natoora if you’re reading this - bring TTFS back!
Books
DIRT TO SOIL
Gabe Brown
Following a gorgeous LA couple & their dog as they leave the big smoke to transform an old dusty farm into their own slice of paradise
ROOTED
THE RADIO 4 FOOD PROGRAMME
USA • 2019 • 1h 31min
Following a gorgeous LA couple & their dog as they leave the big smoke to transform an old dusty farm into their own slice of paradise
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