From Soil to Society: Regenerative Farming's Role in Reviving Culture

Hidden Heritage

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Society & Culture, Arts, History

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🗓️ 8 August 2024

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Welcome to Hidden Heritage! In this episode, Lady Violet Manners is joined by Harrison Fannon, founder of Worthy Earth. Harrison shares his journey of creating flourishing market gardens on disused farmland and discusses the importance of heritage, sustainability, and community impact. Join us as we explore: Introducing Harrison Fannon: Harrison's background and his passion for heritage and sustainable farming. The Role of Historic Houses: How historic houses serve as community beacons and their ongoing significance. Injecting the Past into Historic Lands: Harrison's current work and how he aims to revive historical significance in contemporary contexts. Upcoming Event Details: Information about the Worthy Earth Festival, a harvest celebration that highlights community involvement and sustainability. Key Points 00:00:05 - Introduction of Harrison Fannon and discussion on his background. 00:01:42 - Harrison shares how Worthy Earth began and its mission. 00:03:45 - The significance of no-dig gardening and its benefits. 00:06:03 - Expansion of Worthy Earth to multiple sites, including Blenheim Palace. 00:08:15 - The role of walled gardens and their historical importance. 00:10:10 - Challenges faced by historic houses and the importance of local food production. 00:15:01 - Current projects at Worthy Earth, including partnerships with estates and universities. 00:24:40 - Introduction of the Worthy Earth Festival and its significance. 00:27:54 - The concept of the autumn equinox and its historical context. 00:30:44 - The future of regenerative farming and its impact on heritage sites. 00:41:21 - Harrison's final destination recommendation: Lowther Castle. Guest Info Harrison Fannon is the founder of Worthy Earth, an initiative focused on creating sustainable market gardens on disused farmland. With a background in archaeology and anthropology, Harrison has combined his passion for heritage and sustainable farming to make a positive impact on local communities. About Hidden Heritage is a podcast that sheds light on Britain's historical treasures. Join us as we explore heritage's role in community and identity. Links and Resources Worthy Earth - Learn more about Harrison's work and upcoming events. Heritage Explore - Visit for more information about heritage sites across the UK. Blenheim Palace Rotherfield Park Good Food Oxfordshire Lowther Castle Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello, I'm Violet Manors and welcome to Hidden Heritage, the podcast that brings you inside Great Britain's favourite destinations, with help from custodians, historians, historians, artisans and experts.
0:19.6	Today on Hidden Heritage, I'm joined by the founder of Worthy Earth, Harrison Fanon.
0:25.6	Worthy Earth starred in 2020, with the vision of creating a flourishing market garden on a quarter acre of disused farmland in Marta Worthy, Hampshire.
0:35.6	Inspired by the regenerative agricultural movement, they envisaged and
0:40.3	created a no-dig market garden on the land over the autumn and winter of 2020.
0:46.3	Since then, they've had two entire growing seasons, selling weekly veg boxes around Winchester and Itchon Valley.
0:53.3	They also built four more market gardens, one based at Dummerdown Farm and another at Blenon Palace.
1:00.0	Worthy Earth believes that small-scale food production is a solution to the range of social, economic and environmental crises that we face today.
1:09.0	And today we're going to talk about it and how preservation doesn't
1:13.0	just mean protecting what we create, but the natural world that surrounds us. In this episode,
1:18.7	Harrison explains how where the earth began, the amazing things that they have already accomplished,
1:25.4	and how the key challenges he encounters in his work are shared by the
1:28.8	National Heritage. And Harrison also gives us his top three destination recommendations. But first,
1:35.4	let's learn more about Harrison in his own words. Harrison, thank you so much for joining me today.
1:43.0	How are you? I'm very well. Thanks. It's a pleasure to be here. Thanks for having us.
1:46.5	I'm so happy to have you.
1:47.6	I'm so excited to get into this conversation because it feels so topical.
1:51.3	And topical sounds like it has a shelf life, but I really, I'm so excited because I think this is the future invariably of farming.
1:58.9	So I guess let's just start for our listeners. Tell us a little bit about you
2:02.4	and your background. Yeah, sure. Well, I'm Harrison. I'm 27 years old and I started Worthy Earth
2:09.2	with my brother and school friend back in 2020. It was after I'd graduated from university and sort of
2:14.8	lost for things to do. But I had a passion for the idea that we
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