Wise Farmers: Richard Young (Kite’s Nest Farm)

The video: 4min13

Richard Young was an organic farmer and brilliant ecologist. Born into a farming family in the Cotswolds. Richard divided his working life between farming, researching and campaigning for better lives for farm animals alongside organisations such as the Soil Association and the Sustainable Food Trust. Please give his video a like and a share.

Richard said, “We make a modest profit from raising our own animals organically. We’ve not used any fertiliser at all or any pesticides. We’ve got some weeds, but we think they’re beneficial. We try to farm our animals in the most natural way possible, so they have a happy life while we are looking after them. People are worried about biodiversity, but they think that you can do that by getting rid of all grazing livestock systems. The ones we need to get rid of are the very intensive ones. »

Richard Young 1950-2023