Last week saw the sell-out regenerative agricultural event Groundswell 2025 held in Hertfordshire.
The event featured over 400 speakers from around the world with content focused on the principles of regenerative agriculture including minimising soil disturbance, keeping the soil surface covered, maintaining living roots, maximising crop diversity, re-introducing livestock to the farm.
Steve Reed, Defra Secretary of State attended the event and repeated the government’s commitment to its £2.7 billion annual investment, over three years, for sustainable farming and nature’s recovery.
Funding for farmers through the Environmental Land Management Schemes will increase by 150% to £2 billion by 2029 and he also announced a £150 million capital grant round and a reformed SFI scheme due to reopen in early 2026.