Unveil: the next generation of regen - we need a coalition of the curious

**Host & Producer:** Richard Tufton **Co-Host & Producer:** Claire Mackenzie **Editor:** Meg Chatham **Score:** Matt Griffin (poet & farmer) | Instagram: @neidpath\_farms **Guests:** • Joanna Bowen & John Cherry – The Groundschool • Hannah Thorogood – The Inkpot Farm • Rachel Phillips – Apricot Centre • Special Outro Guest: Cath Conlon – Blackwood Educational Land Institute ### Six Inches of Soil • Website: https://www.sixinchesofsoil.org/ • Book: https://www.sixinchesofsoil.org/book • YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaC7dt2Hu528Xs7HL9V8OeQ • Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sixinchesofsoil/ • LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/six-inches-of-soil-b75059234/ ### Intro This special episode features many good friends of *Six Inches of Soil*. Our journey started at Groundswell in 2021, and we are delighted to be joined by Groundswell co-founders Joanna Bowen and John Cherry. Before making the film, we produced a teaser featuring farmer, teacher, and advisor Hannah Thorogood, who works in a truly agroecological way. In the film, we feature the Apricot Centre (founded by the late Marina O’Connell), and we are thrilled to speak with Rachel Phillips, who now runs the centre. Stay tuned until the end for a special guest from the USA, Cath Conlon, who works tirelessly to remind students of humanity’s intrinsic bond with the land. ### Guest Details & Resources **Joanna Bowen & John Cherry (The Groundschool)** John Cherry has farmed for four decades and co-founded Groundswell. Joanna Bowen is a teacher, actor, director, and writer focusing on the Groundswell Outreach programme. GroundSchool is a non-profit learning centre sharing knowledge and teaching skills in regenerative food systems. • Groundswell: https://www.groundswellag.com/ • Groundswell YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNI\_ZA1T4n5dIbB1kO57QIQ • Groundswell Film: https://fionacunninghamreid.com/groundswell/ • Granville Farm Hub: https://granvillecommunitykitchen.org.uk/farm-hub/ • Groundschool Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/groundschool\_/ • Irongate Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/irongate.farm/ • Granville Farm Hub Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/granville\_farmhub/ **Hannah Thorogood (The Inkpot Farm)** A permaculture designer and senior tutor in the British diploma system since 2004, Hannah teaches PDCs, Permaculture Teacher Training, and other courses at her home farm, The Inkpot in Lincolnshire. • The Inkpot Shop: https://openfoodnetwork.org.uk/the-inkpot/shop • Pasture for Life: https://pastureforlife.org/ • Permaculture Association: https://www.permaculture.org.uk/ • Joe Polaischer Tribute: https://permaculture.com.au/joe-polaischer-tribute/ • Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/inkpotfarm/ • LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hannah-thorogood-7430b52b/ **Rachel Phillips (Apricot Centre)** With 20 years in wellbeing and creative arts, Rachel develops ancestral, regenerative, and ethnobotanical practices to foster mental health, boost land biodiversity, and build climate resilience. • Apricot Centre Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/apricotcentre/ • Rachel Phillips Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rachelphillips\_apricotcentre/ • LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rachel-phillips-6328aa4b/ • Marina O’Connell’s Book: https://www.hawthornpress.com/books/agriculture/designing-regenerative-food-systems/ **Cath Conlon (Blackwood Educational Land Institute)** Cath founded Blackwood on family land to reconnect youth with nature. Starting in 1990 with her son’s school building a garden, the initiative expanded across schools, inspiring students to build a relationship with the land. • Blackwood Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/blackwoodland/ • Cath Conlon Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cath.conlon/ • LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cath-conlon-3295a938/ * * * Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.