ASHBURTON: Arts Centre

Thursday 14th March, 2024

6:00pm

Event information

PLEASE NOTE the earlier start time than usual of 7pm.
Doors and bar open from 6pm, with organic soup (thanks to the Husbandry School) and bread (thanks to Briar Bakery) available for free/donation. Please come earlier and meet the panel and others in the audience before the film starts at 7pm.

This British film tells the inspiring story of young British farmers standing up against the industrial food system and transforming the way they produce food - to heal the soil, our health and provide for local communities.

Six Inches of Soil follows three new farmers on the first year of their regenerative journey - Anna Jackson, a Lincolnshire 11th generation arable and sheep farmer; Adrienne Gordon, a Cambridgeshire small-scale vegetable farmer; and Ben Thomas, who rears pasture fed beef cattle in Cornwall. As the trio strive to adopt regenerative practices and create viable businesses, they meet seasoned mentors who help them on their journey. They’re joined by other experts providing wisdom and solutions from a growing movement of people who are dedicated to changing the trajectory for food, farming and the planet.

After the film there will be  a discussion involving the audience and a panel of experts:
Greg Parsons, Sharpham Cheese & chair of Food & Drink Devon
Dr. Hannah Bowley, soil scientist & British Society of Soil Science member
Stella West-Harling, founder of Ashburton Cookery School & Bovey Tracey food hub
Oliver Lee, How Now (organic and carbon negative) Dairy
Organic soup and bread will be served from 6pm

About Six Inches of Soil:
Six Inches of Soil is the first full-length campaigning documentary feature film that tells the untold story of the UK's regenerative and agroecology movement and its benefits to soil. With the first global screening at COP28 and UK screening at ORFC 2024, the film aims to inspire UK farmers to adopt regenerative agroecological farming practices and encourage consumers and policymakers to support their efforts. With a compelling narrative, engaging animations and interviews with leading figures, it tells the story of our soils and our food and farming system through the eyes of three new-entrant farmers and examines how we can replace this with a resilient and localised agroecosystem.

Six Inches of Soil has been produced with an independent team including, Director Colin Ramsay, Founder and Director of DragonLight Films and Freelance Producer Claire Mackenzie. See the full team here: https://www.sixinchesofsoil.org/team. During the post-production process, Claire and Colin set up Springtail Productions to further develop the impact of the film. The aim is to inspire farmers with the confidence to shift to a more regenerative mindset and approach; to give consumers the impetus and information to rethink their food choices; and ultimately create a groundswell of public opinion leading to policy change, support and funding for a British regenerative farming and agroecological revolution.

You're welcome to book a free ticket, or to choose one of the donation options here. All donations will be split between the Six Inches of Soil campaign and Ashburton Arts Centre.

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