It centres on both new entrant and established farming pioneers who are leaving behind conventional agriculture to build a future that focuses on the health of the soil and increases biodiversity. The film will follow their often challenging journeys and examine the whole ecosystem of food and farming including how they access land and create robust business models.
Help us raise £50,000 by donating to our crowdfunder to bring the untold story of Britain’s agroecological farming revolution to the big screen and transform the way we farm and eat, for the better. We all need to eat but as a society we’ve become so disconnected from the way in which our food is produced, packaged and transported. Most of us seem happy with the ‘choice’, ‘convenience’ and ‘good value’ that supermarkets seem to offer.
What we don’t see is that many farmers who grow our food face increasingly impossible demands from the powerful supermarkets and massive food corporations. Many have faced bankruptcy or have grown big to survive – relying on fossil fuels, chemicals, monoculture crops, subsidies and heavy machinery that have disastrous consequences for the climate, our environment, biodiversity and our health. What we don’t see is that many farmers who grow our food face increasingly impossible demands from the powerful supermarkets and massive food corporations.
But change is in the ‘soil’ - pioneered by a quiet but rapidly growing food and farming movement in the UK that seeks to completely overturn the way we have farmed and eaten over the last 70 years. Our film, Six Inches of Soil, tells the story of extraordinary farmers, communities, small businesses, chefs and entrepreneurs who are leading the way to transform how our food is produced and consumed.
“Agroecology” is an approach to farming that includes ‘regenerative’ farming techniques that work in harmony with nature rather than against it. It focuses on local food systems that cut out supermarkets completely.
Throughout 2022, we will follow new entrant farmers starting out on their agroecological journeys: learning regenerative farming techniques, establishing local markets, visiting inspirational projects and interviewing food and farming experts.
Please donate and help us reach our goal.
Colin, Claire and the Six Inches of Soil team.