At the same time, they had a wake-up call about the damage caused by contemporary farming methods when they realised these were to blame for the ailing condition of their 400-year-old oak tree. It’s a really engaging, easy-to-read book, the story of a dairy farm that wasn’t able to pay its way, despite investments in efficiency, because the margins for farming are so tight. Wilding is a call to arms about how we need to rethink our relationship with the natural world. It wasn’t until I read Wilding that I realised how significant this was. Last year, the Purple Emperor butterfly came back. We’ve had it for 10 years and the habitat is now improving. With the help of a woodsman who teaches us how to look after it, we’ve been trying to encourage biodiversity. I’ve got a personal interest in this subject because I own a small part of a 200 acre wood in a site of special scientific interest (SSSI). Wilding – The return of nature to a British Farm, Isabella Tree, Pan Macmillan, 2019
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