In June, His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales visited The Apricot Centre in Devon, England, to explore their integrated approach to regenerative farming, education and wellbeing. His visit highlighted the growing national recognition of their work in creating practical solutions that restore nature, strengthen rural communities and support the next generation of land-based practitioners.
The Apricot team turned the bare land at Huxhams Cross Farm, Totnes, from being ‘a miserable bit of land’ as a local farm contractor called it in 2015, into a productive, beautiful, community connected and profitable farm. Marina O’Connell (1961-2024), co-founder of the Centre, wrote a book about their journey, showing how regenerative methods for agriculture and food have come to life.
Rachel Phillips, Director of The Apricot Centre writes, “It was such a pleasure to be able to meet with the Prince and of course we gave him a copy of the book!”
Designing Regenerative Food Systems: And why we need them now
Marina O’Connell
A unique toolkit of resilient food production systems, including biodynamic, organic, agroforestry, regenerative, agroecological and permaculture methods, with illustrated case studies, references and resources. Read more →