Our Isles is a project founded by Angus D. Birditt & Lilly Hedley that
explores and celebrates the lives and landscape of the British countryside.
Our Isles is a project founded by Angus D. Birditt & Lilly Hedley that
explores and celebrates the lives and landscape of the British countryside.
Our Isles is a project founded by Angus D. Birditt & Lilly Hedley that
explores and celebrates the lives and landscape of the British countryside.
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Our Isles is a project celebrating and preserving the rural life of the British Isles, exploring its food & drink, landscape, nature, art, craft, heritage and community.
Our Isles is a project celebrating and preserving the rural life of the British Isles, exploring its food & drink, landscape, nature, art, craft, heritage and community.
Our Isles is a project celebrating and preserving the rural life of the British Isles, exploring its food & drink, landscape, nature, art, craft, heritage and community.
A Sense of Food & Place
A Sense of Food & Place
The Making of Baron Bigod
Angus D. Birditt
Isles of Scilly
Discover Megan Gallacher, a photographer from Norfolk, who contributes her photography collection called 'En Noer' to Stories within Our Isles evoking the life and culture on the Isles of Scilly.
Kingston upon Hull
Explore Studio Kettle's designs in their contribution to Stories within Our Isles that promotes a deeper attachment to our belongings.
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Seven Sisters
Shropshire
Angus D. Birditt visits Appleby's cheesemakers to see how they make their award-winning Cheshire.
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Suffolk
Explore the article by Tanmay Saxena, designer & filmmaker, who designs sustainable, handmade clothes. 'Darker than' is Tanmay's collection of handmade clothes inspired by his response to the changing landscape and light of Seven Sisters in East Sussex.
Jess Wheeler, designer and ceramist, on where in the British Isles she gets the inspiration.
Powys
Lottie Hampson series entitled 'Still Here' traces her family history to the River Usk in Wales.
Peak District
Explore Joe Winstanley's Skai, a series of prints inspired by the landscape of the Peak District.
Cumbria
Explore Grania Howard's series of photography called Cob Culture. Taken during her travels across the British Isles, Grania captures the unique connection between travellers and their horses.
Powys
Honest agriculture
From his journey within the Dee Valley, Jac Williams ventures across fields and farms talking to and capturing the lives of Welsh farmers.
We often marvel at it's appearance, live and breathe on it, make homes and feed from it. But do we truly understand the lie of the land? The following words extracted from longer poems and accompanying photography attempt to capture the immense beauty, fragility and mysteriousness of our Isles.
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What is Regenerative Agriculture?
"'Regenerative Agriculture' terms an all-encompassing ethos - yet to have an on-farm set framework of measurement- that places Nature, and that of soil health more specifically, at the forefront of its farming practices. It is a term ever-evolving and progressing towards producing diverse, nutritious food whilst regenerating the natural environment and its elements." - Angus D. Birditt
Explore the following articles, interviews and photographs that look into the ever-evolving, progressive movement of regenerative agriculture in the British & Irish Isles
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Regenerative Agriculture
Explore the collaboration between Our Isles and Pasture for Life (PfL), highlighting their Certified farms in Fife. Pasture for Life Certified means they are 100% pasture-fed assured.
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Regenerative Agriculture
Our Isles collaborates again with Pasture for Life, this time narrating their Certified farmers and butchers working to the highest levels of food and farming in the South East region.
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Regenerative Agriculture
Read the interview with Sam Newington, an organic and Pasture for Life Certified farmer, who highlights his use of regenerative farming methods on his farms in East Sussex.
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Regenerative Agriculture
The following article narrates the work of Pasture for Life Certified farmer Olly Martin who runs Danefold Farms, where he grazes his rare-breed species of White Park cattle.
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Regenerative Agriculture
The following article by Angus D. Birditt was written for the Sustainable Food Trust, which highlights the vital importance of managing the semi natural habitat for biodiversity.
Regenerative Agriculture
An article highlighting Pasture for Life Certified farm, Balcaskie Farms in Fife. The farms are run by the Balcaskie Estate and sell to their local butchery, the Butchery at Bowhouse.
Regenerative Agriculture
Read the article that highlights the Pasture for Life Certified farmers, Robert and Kate Campbell in Fife, using methods of silvopasture to farm their pasture-fed Dexters.
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Regenerative Agriculture
An article following the regeneratively-minded farmer, Doug Christie, at his farm called Durie Farms in Scotland. Doug tries to find the right balance between resting and grazing grassland.