“On any family farm, one of the biggest challenges to making change can be around communicating with everyone else.

“In the last few years I’ve really tried to change my thinking, but more importantly engage with my family to bring them along as well.

“What I’m hoping is that working with Regenerate Outcomes leads to a better way of working within the family. It is a chance for us all to have much more focus on what we want to achieve.

“Regenerate Outcomes can help with that because you are working with outside consultants and it gives the transition some structure. It is also a project which involves a lot of farmers I already know and respect.

"I fundamentally believe that the only thing that creates soil structure is biology.

“The more biology that we have of different sorts, the more organic compounds that will come to help create that aggregate structure.”

In the latest in our Autumn and Winter Webinar Series, we were joined by Ian Gould, a director of Oakbank Game and Conservation, to focus on how increasing diversity of all living organisms can improve soil health.

Oakbank has built a great reputation working with farmers and landowners to make the best use of agri-environment schemes to improve wildlife habitats.

“Regenerative farming is a term that people use a lot now but that style of farming isn’t brand new by any means.

“It’s the way we’ve always farmed and our methods were probably just designed around what we wanted to do and we learned things along the way.

"I love the fact that what's good for the environment is good for our stock and is also good for our bank balance at the same time.

“If you look after one of them then you'll find the other two come as well.

”That's just brilliant. As soon as you know that, there's no turning back.”

In the last of our series explaining how carbon credits can create additional income as part of a resilient and profitable farm business, Bill Goldie - sales adviser at environmental risk management consultant Redshaw Advisers - talks about the fundamentals of the carbon market.

As Bill explains, there are two major markets for carbon credits: The compliance market and the voluntary market.

“Regenerative agriculture, if done properly, can remove huge volumes of carbon from the atmosphere and as such generate huge volumes of removal credits,” says Bill.

For all regenerative farmers, soil health is one of the key indicators of their progress. Gauging its ongoing improvement - or decline - is essential.

To help with this process, Regenerate Outcomes gives our member farms access to the Soilmentor app, which allows you to understand what healthy soil looks like on your farm by monitoring key data and gathering observations over time.

Last month over 100 people registered to attend our webinar with world-recognised agroecologist Nicole Masters, as she went through real-world data from some of our member farms and how this could be used to guide their regenerative farming practices.

At Regenerate Outcomes we work with you to make your transition to regenerative food production as efficient, straightforward and profitable as possible.

We run regenerative farming training and online workshops, alongside carbon baselining and monitoring to generate high quality carbon credits with Verra, the world’s leading carbon credit registry.

In the second of our series of insights into the role of carbon in regenerative farming, our Chief Scientific Officer, Dr Matt Jordon, explains the basics of generating carbon credits and unpicks some of the jargon around the subject.

This autumn and winter, Regenerate Outcomes is running a series of webinars exploring how to further regenerative activities on your farm.

Join us to hear from our mentoring partners at Understanding Ag and other leading regenerative voices.

This webinar series forms part of the benefits we offer for our member farms, but selected webinars are open to all.

Regenerate Outcomes works with Agricarbon to generate internationally recognised carbon credits which can be sold to create additional revenue.

We caught up with co-founder Annie Leeson to find out more about Agricarbon’s approach and how it ensures the carbon credits we produce are of the highest value to both carbon buyers and our farmer members.

Agricarbon achieve this through the use of an industrial scale, robotic processing facility, which guarantees a high degree of accuracy in their soil sample analysis and a high sample throughput.

Last month Regenerate Outcomes brought together a group of experts to answer your questions on the role of carbon in regenerative farming and how it can be used to generate income through the sale of high quality carbon credits.

Over the coming weeks we will be following up with a series outlining some of the key information presented by the panel.

First up is Blain Hjertass, from our mentoring partner Understanding Ag, who has been practising regenerative farming in Saskatchewan, Canada, for 20 years.

On September 27 from 7pm to 8:15pm, globally recognised agroecologist and author Nicole Masters will be joining us to share her knowledge of regenerative practice and how Soilmentor can be used as a tool for farmers.

Soilmentor allows you to monitor soil health using simple metrics. Our mentoring team also use the information collected on the app to help you address day-to-day farming challenges.

Regenerate Outcomes are sponsoring the inaugural Agroforestry Show, on September 6 and September 7, at Eastbrook Farm, Wiltshire.

The event will bring together those working in farming and forestry to bridge the gap in knowledge, support and skills for the good of everyone involved.

September 7 will include a panel discussion involving our Chief Scientific Officer Matt Jordon, alongside Kyle Richardville from our mentoring partner Understanding Ag and Essex agroecological farmer George Young.

This summer we are working with our expert partners to help answer your questions around carbon.

On Wednesday, August 23, from 7pm to 8.15pm we’re inviting you to the next in our series of free webinars: Confused about Carbon?

Join us to learn how soil carbon can improve farm resilience and generate additional revenue for your business.

In our webinar Rest, recovery and rooting depth webinar Dr Allen Williams, from our mentoring partner Understanding Ag, explains that while plants benefit from being given time to recover physically and physiologically from grazing, they also need periods of rest.

Allen also discusses the importance of taking a disruptive approach to adaptive grazing and the huge positive effects this can have on rooting depth and soil health.

This summer we’re hosting two farm walks with our programme members, giving you the chance to learn more about generating income from healthy soil.

Each event will include an overview of Regenerate Outcomes and a farm walk where you will be able to see regenerative practices in action. Kyle Richardville, from our mentoring partner Understanding Ag, will unpack the principles of soil health and how farms can use key indicators to inform their management.

We’ll be heading to Lannock Manor Farm, Hertfordshire, to set up for Groundswell soon and it will be fantastic to see you there on June 28 and June 29. Please come and find us at marquee stand 20 to learn more about how Regenerate Outcomes can work with you.

‘To have a company coming in and paying upfront for all that mentoring and monitoring is a real benefit for a business like mine.’

Farmers who join a Regenerate Outcomes project receive targeted mentoring from an expert team of regenerative farmers and soil scientists at Understanding Ag.

"I’m really looking forward to continuing to work with the team. If we can work together to farm in a way which is better for me, my family, the environment and future generations then that’s going to have benefits for everybody.”