Ep6. Plant-based - planet friendly or unnatural?

Planet friendly eating or going against our nature?

 

 

 

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Part 6 - An animal free farm     (13 minutes)

 

 

Is it possible to farm without using any animal inputs and any mineral fertilizers? Iain Tollhurst of Tollhurst Organic Farm, has spent the last 40 years proving not only that a veganic farm can function, but that it can thrive. Ylva Carlqvist Warnborg tours the farm, tastes the fresh produce, and witnesses the rich biodiversity and soil organic matter teeming with earthworms.

 

 

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Iain Tollhurst, also known as Tolly, is the owner and "main brain" of Tollhurst Organic. He designs all cropping plans, gets the seeds, breaks then mends the machinery, and fights with the weather. Tollhurst Organic belongs to the Vegan Organic Network of farms across the United Kingdom.

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