Six Inches of Soil

A brave vision of how farming has to real and current ability to become sustainable and regenerative.

The future can be bright but I'm sure there will be some conventional thought which will resist this message.

This should be watched by everyone who has an interest in where food comes from.

The production is excellent and difficult concepts are broken down in thoughtful ways.

I believe everyone will find a point which they will feel most aligned with and I find it difficult to believe that you can watch this film without feeling the urge do do something to contribute to moving things in the right direction.

It 3 journeys all at different levels. An important thing to keep in mind is that there are a myriad of ways to support a sustainable future, if each just make a few small changes this will have a massive effect.

Easy to watch, engaging and enjoyable.

A lovely heart warming watch following the journey of three farmers trying to do good in the world in the way they are producing their food. For too many years we have relied on working against nature using chemicals to control the things we don't want in our monocultures. Instead there is another way and thinking about farms as a biological equation and truly understanding that we can work in partnership with nature to produce wholesome nutritious food in a diverse way helping to feed all life. This was well filmed and really helped explain what they were doing and why. It had some lovely scenes which helped me connect with all the farmers.

I watched six inches of soil as someone who had no prior knowledge of farming and it touched me profoundly. It was informative, moving, funny, a triumph of a film. I fell in love with all of the contributors and what they were trying to do. I came away determined as a consumer & mother of four to shop and feed my family in a different way. Who knew soil could be so interesting, the message was clear. I hope everyone has the opportunity to see this film. It's so important. I found the Q&A afterwards informative and look forward to seeing a short on dairy and other topics they couldn't include in the future.

Common sense farming that reducing input, less costs, less work, but equally high or greater yields - and much bigger profits. I'm not a farmer but I've run a commercial business for 17 years - and profit is the aim - not the yield. Surely farming should be the same ?

Yield for vanity - profit for sanity.

Plus we get to lock up carbon, increase diversity and save the planet at the same time !

I can not understand why all farming isn't like this. We rely on healthy soil to produce our food. It's not new - we did it perfectly for centuries - it's only the last 60 years we went mad putting chemicals on everything and killed the soil.

Reviewed Sat 20 April 24.

Well received by the 200 strong audience at Rheged, Cumbria.

Personable journey of 3 first step farmers/ growers. Showed consideration from different points of view & a youthful maturity to self qualify the facts as best you can. Then most importantly act!

Many industry wide reference names given (always useful for further reading). The supermarkets may likely greenwash, of course there's market appeal to do this.

The power is with consumers - the positive & potential not mentioned was the impact of recent Clarksons Farm. Look at Kaleb Cooper, could he add weight & kerb appeal to the next Re gen farmers!

100% enjoyed & well done!