“ This era of agricultural aggression left the UK industry tarnished with a number of issues ,” explains Adam Buitelaar , CEO of Buitelaar Group ( Buitelaar ). “ During the 1980s , and as a result of food prices being driven so dangerously low by the sheer volume that farmers were producing , we had food mountains of butter , grain and beef . At this point , these staples were worth less on the market than it cost the farmers to produce them , which meant the government had to subsidize their efforts to maintain affordability .

I work like hell , because I absolutely love it . Nine times out of ten , I wake up already excited to get into work . I ’ m a very lucky individual in that sense

Soil solutions

“ Another problem we have been left with is the damage that this kind of farming has inflicted on the soil . Topsoil has been rotavated to such an extent that it has become light enough to literally blow away in the wind and rain . This means it ’ s making its way into the rivers and the sea and wreaking havoc within their ecosystems . There ’ s a fear now that we only have around 60 harvests left . This overworking has led to crops and grass diminishing greatly over the years , which is a huge problem .

“ Our big drive at Buitelaar is to put a stop to this through implementing regenerative farming ,” Adam states . “ We are putting cattle onto farms on mob grazing systems , to accelerate biological processes and enhance microbial activity , essentially , strengthening our soil ’ s crucial ecosystems .

We ’ re reducing soil disturbing activities such as ploughing and allowing cattle to create natural animal impact through eating one third of the grass , trampling plants and treading organic matter into the soil . These are just some of the necessary steps to work hand in hand

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