Nuffielder Uses Holistic Thinking to "Weave it All Together"

It was a treat to have Geraint Powell, Nuffield 2018, on our holistic management course this past summer. His focus question, "how do we strike a healthy balance between economy and ecology?" provided excellent grist for a well-written and topical study sponsored by AHDB.

He writes in his Nuffield paper, "I was struggling to piece everything together I had learnt over the travel period, so on the advise of some of the best farmers I had met, I hesitantly booked myself on a 9-day intensive Holistic Management course facilitated by Christopher Cooke of 3LM (Savory Hub UK). I needn't have worried. The 9-day course answered a lot of questions and provided several missing pieces to my Nuffield Farming jigsaw and I really enjoyed it!" He explained that learning in-depth about the four ecosystem processes had the effect of tying all the bits together.

Geraint has a way with words. For example he writes, "True innovation is conceived on the fringes by individuals who are forced by disruptions outside their control to find another way -- a better way."

We encourage you to look at both his paper and his presentation, see links below.

Download Geraint's Nuffield paper.

Watch Geraint's Nuffield presentation on YouTube.

Watch the panel discussion Geraint participated in on YouTube.