You might be surprised to find a farming book on this list, but regenerative agriculture and rewilding are two sides of the same coin, and Sarah does a beautiful job of telling us why. Regenesis aims to be a gamechanger, and indeed it already makes ideas once thought radical seem tame.

Rooted by Sarah Langford; Regenesis by George Monbiot reviews

The book itself is deeply steeped in science, with plenty of interesting and useful insights into the ways in which wild landscapes function, from fungi to Oak trees. The reality is it’s very hard now to make money farming in the way that it was once easy to make money farming back in the 1970s and 1980s. What is one thing that you’ve taken from your conversations with farmers that you think will stay with you as you continue experimenting on your farm? Emergent– I’ve been slowly reviewing this for a while now and have enjoyed its holistic approach to the idea of rewilding.They replant hedges, reclaim old field names, go organic, introduce new crop rotations, plant trees and wildflowers, extend field margins and bring in grazing animals.

About — Sarah Langford

The book shows convincingly that there is another way, though clearly there's a huge way to go to create the support framework needed for this alternative, regenerative approach.As I walk the lanes around my home in Devon, I look at hedgerows, fields and farms, and think about the political and economic forces affecting the British countryside.