Entry level:

• Regenerative Agriculture 101: an introductory article (US based) explaining the basic concepts of regenerative agriculture
• Kiss the Ground is an inspiring must-watch documentary (available on Netflix)
• Exploring the ebbs and flows of different agricultural movements interactive diagram
• Dirt! The movie is a humorous documentary about the relationship between humans and soil

Articles:

• Let’s celebrate our native hedgerows! by the National Biodiversity Data Centre
• The collapse of insects | Reuters, by Julia Janicki, Gloria Dickie, Simon Scarr and Jitesh Chowdhury, Illustrations by Catherine Tai, 2022
• Pesticides Are Killing the Organisms That Keep Our Soils Healthy |Scientific American
• United Nations Global Soil Partnership Soil biodiversity | Global Soil Partnership | Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (fao.org)
• Biodiversity – our strongest natural defense against climate change | United Nations
• 3 ways light pollution harms the planet – and what we can do about it | World Economic Forum

PDF publications:

• Hedgerow Booklet (info not specific to Mayo)
• The Soil is Alive! Project | European Commision (slide 1)
• Dark Sky Ireland (darksky.ie)
• Commonland’s Four Returns Framework for landscape restoration
• Biotic indicators of water quality PDF shared by Alan & Helen Keys
• Pilot project results of the Water Innovation Network in Northern Ireland

Webinars / Videos:

• Silvopasture Webinar by Irish Agroforestry Forum
• The State of Regeneration with Zach Bush: a wider look at soil health, our health, microbiomes, regeneration and planetary evolution
• 3-Steps to Rapid Soil Regeneration by Dr. Elaine’s Soil Food Web School:
  • Part 1: Finding the Beneficial Microbes in your Location
  • Part 2: Multiplying the Beneficial Microbes
  • Part 3: Applying the Microbes to the Soil and Crops
  • Part 4 : Meet the Soil Regen Pros!
• Reducing Inputs: Integrated Pest Management webinar by the Soil Association Scotland
• Reducing Inputs: Supporting Soil Health webinar by the Soil Association Scotland
• Managing Riparian Zones on Your Farm educational video by Farming for Nature

Networks:

• Growing Innovation Network is a network of farmers in Northern Ireland who believe that agriculture can lead the way in tackling the food, climate, nature and health crises facing society. They have a forum with various channels on different topics –in which we’re all welcome to participate– including one that is specific to fibre crops
• Nature Friendly Farming Network (Northern Ireland)
• Farming for Nature, especially this handy guide on where to start improving nature on your farm
• Land Workers’ Alliance (UK)
• Hedgerows Ireland is a non governmental organisation that addresses all aspects of hedgerows in Ireland
• Hedge Laying Association of Ireland is a not-for-profit organisation advocating for the conservation, protection, and appropriate management of hedgerows in Ireland
• Satoyama Initiative is a partnership made up of hundreds of member organisations dedicated to working together to realise societies in harmony with nature
• Bioregional Weaving Lab in Waterford (reports from previous meetings are available at the bottom of that page).

Authors:

• Richard Perkins
• Masanobu Fukuoka
• Sepp Holzer
• Joel Salatin

Books:

• For the Love of Soil: Strategies to Regenerate Our Food Production Systems by Nicole Masters
• The Art and Science of Grazing: How Grass Farmers Can Create Sustainable Systems for Healthy Animals and Farm Ecosystems by Sarah Flack

Academic articles:

• Jochum, M., & Eisenhauer, N. (2022). Out of the dark: Using energy flux to connect above‐and belowground communities and ecosystem functioning. European Journal of Soil Science, 73(1), e13154.
• Kawahara, A. Y., Reeves, L. E., Barber, J. R., & Black, S. H. (2021). Eight simple actions that individuals can take to save insects from global declines. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 118(2), e2002547117.
• Leclère, D., Obersteiner, M., Barrett, M., Butchart, S. H., Chaudhary, A., De Palma, A., … & Young, L. (2020). Bending the curve of terrestrial biodiversity needs an integrated strategy. Nature, 585(7826), 551-556.
• Wagner, D. L., Grames, E. M., Forister, M. L., Berenbaum, M. R., & Stopak, D. (2021). Insect decline in the Anthropocene: Death by a thousand cuts. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 118(2), e2023989118.
• Thackara, J. (2019). Bioregioning: Pathways to Urban-Rural Reconnection. She Ji: The Journal of Design, Economics, and Innovation, Volume 5, Issue 1, pp 15-28.

Podcasts:

• The Joe Rogan Experience podcast, with 4th generation cattleman and farmer Will Harris

Supports & Services:

• Trees on the Land is a cross-border initiative working to establish young native trees across the 32 counties of the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. Applications to plant trees in your land are open to all landowners and will open during the fall
• Future Forests is a good source for bare root native hedge trees
• Soil Mentor app supports you to track 10 ‘Regen Indicators’, designed to represent various key aspects of soil health
• Farmeye verify and measure soil health and carbon sequestration on farms and in nature. Their technologies allow the food producer, governments and farmers to measure, monitor and demonstrate the sustainability metrics of their farms
• Carbon Farm Tool is an independent, farmer-led enterprise, supporting other farmers to measure, understand and act on their greenhouse gas emissions, while improving their business resilience for the future
• 3LM have an Ecological Outcome Verification, the world’s first verification for regenerative farming
• SOBAC technologies help create healthy humus to improve the functioning of the soil, while respecting the environment and even helping combat global warming
• The Carbon Cycle Institute works at the intersection of climate science and agriculture to advance Carbon Farming. Carbon Farming is a whole farm approach to optimising carbon capture on working landscapes by implementing practices that are known to improve the rate at which CO₂ is removed from the atmosphere and stored in plant material and/or soil organic matter
• The Bride Project is an innovative agri-environment project based in the River Bride catchment of north-east County Cork and west Waterford, Ireland. The Project aims to design and implement a results-based approach to conserve, enhance and restore habitats in lowland intensive farmland.

Interactive biodiversity tools:

• UN Biodiversity Lab
• Natural History Museum reveals the world has crashed through the ‘safe limit for humanity’ for biodiversity loss | Natural History Museum (nhm.ac.uk)
• Biodiversity Trends Explorer | Natural History Museum (nhm.ac.uk)

Farms to follow

• Fernhill Farm — a regenerative fibre farm in the UK
• Long Way Homestead — family owned and operated fibre farm and wool mill in Canada