Soil Health
Maintaining a protective cover on the soil surface, whether through cover crops, living mulches, or residues. Protecting soil from erosion, conserving moisture, and suppressing weeds. Soil cover provides habitat and food for soil organisms, contributing to a more dynamic soil ecosystem.
Carbon & Input
By increasing organic matter in our soils, such as using plants, roots and soil microbes, we're pulling the carbon dioxide out of the air and locking it safely underground as organic matter. This can be done through cover cropping (planting non-harvested crops like legumes or grasses in fields during off-seasons) and livestock integration (moving animals strategically across fields to stimulate plant growth.)
Biodiversity
Biodiversity is not just about wildlife around the edges of fields but about creating healthier systems from the soil upwards. More biological diversity above and below grown helps create healthier, most resilient farms and food systems.
Water & Resilience
Through a regenerative farming practise, we're transforming our soils into a water-absorbing sponge, allowing those soils to capture water, store it, and filter it across our landscapes. Our adverse weather, particularly flooding risks, prove to be one of the most significant threats to agriculture. So, it's important for farmers to find a way to slow the flow of water and prevent soil loss.
From farm to flour
Discover how Matthews Cotswold Flour mills regenerative, and how we play a pivotal part towards regenerative agriculture.
From flour to food
After the regenerative grain has been milled into regenerative flour, it next finds itself into the hands of bakers.
Our Regenerative Flours
