Company:Wild Ken Hill

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Short description: Regenerative agriculture project in Norfolk, England

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Wild Ken Hill is a rewilding and regenerative agriculture project located in Norfolk, England, at the edge of The Wash.[1][2]

History

Iron Age torc from Ken Hill

The name Ken Hill probably derives from a chieftain or landowner with the Anglo-Saxon name Cena.[3] The site has been inhabited from ancient times, with hoards including gold torcs, ingot rings, coins, bracelets and scrap metal from the last two centuries BC being found by archaeologists at Ken Hill.[4][5][6]

The farm has been owned by the Buscall family since the 1870s.[7]

The farm

The problem in the UK is not that we do not grow enough food. We don’t grow the right food, we waste vast amounts of food (£13bn per year), and we do not distribute it fairly – household food insecurity has actually risen among the most vulnerable in society. Part of the answer is to grow a healthier, more diverse mix of food – currently 85pc of UK farmland is used to supply the meat processing industry. We need to use some of this land for vegetables, nuts, fruit, pulses, which can be grown, supplied and consumed locally, and typically require much less area. We also need to use more land to protect air quality, water quality, the environment, and nature with schemes like rewilding.

Dominic Buscall, Project Manager[8]

Wild Ken Hill is a lowland farm with some grassland, meadow, heathland and shrub. In the middle of the farm, arable farming and intensive grazing have been replaced with low density herbivores (Red Poll cattle, Tamworth pigs, Exmoor ponies). Woodland thinning encourages wood pasture. European beavers have been reintroduced within an enclosure.[9]

The farm also manages freshwater marsh, river valleys and woodland in a traditional manner in the west of the farm.[10] The eastern part of the farm is used for regenerative agriculture, where "we aim to repair soil health to sequester carbon and boost biodiversity, whilst also delivering good, sustainable yields with minimal use of chemical inputs."[11]

Media appearances

Wild Ken Hill was used for the filming of the BBC series Springwatch, Autumnwatch and Winterwatch in 2021–22.[12][13][14][15]

References

  1. ↑ "Poll finds more than four-fifths of people back rewilding in Britain". https://www.scotsman.com/news/environment/poll-finds-more-than-four-fifths-of-people-back-rewilding-in-britain-3532518. 
  2. ↑ "Support grows for rewilding plans across the UK". https://www.countytimes.co.uk/news/19862710.rewilding-britain-reveals-survey-results/. 
  3. ↑ Moss, John (May 30, 2020). A History of English Place Names and Where They Came From. Pen and Sword History. ISBN 9781526722874. https://books.google.com/books?id=objpDwAAQBAJ&dq=cena+saxon+placename&pg=PA127. 
  4. ↑ Robertson, David; Wade-Martins, Peter; Wade-Martins, Susanna (January 6, 2022). A History of Norfolk in 100 Places. History Press. ISBN 9780750998246. https://books.google.com/books?id=nXEyEAAAQBAJ&dq=%22ken+hill%22+norfolk&pg=PT60. 
  5. ↑ Foulds, Elizabeth Marie (January 26, 2017). Dress and Identity in Iron Age Britain: A study of glass beads and other objects of personal adornment. Archaeopress Publishing Ltd. ISBN 9781784915278. https://books.google.com/books?id=aIBEEAAAQBAJ&dq=%22ken+hill%22++&pg=PR13. 
  6. ↑ "torc | British Museum". https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/H_1951-0402-2. 
  7. ↑ "Country Life". Country Life, Limited. January 29, 1996. https://books.google.com/books?id=7XBMAAAAYAAJ&q=buscall+%22ken+hill%22. 
  8. ↑ Bishop, Chris (April 29, 2020). "Norfolk farm fights climate change and impact of Brexit by rewilding". https://www.edp24.co.uk/news/rewilding-at-ken-hill-in-norfolk-1535116. 
  9. ↑ "Wild Ken Hill". https://www.rewildingbritain.org.uk/rewilding-projects/wild-ken-hill. 
  10. ↑ "Our Approach". https://wildkenhill.co.uk/our-approach/. 
  11. ↑ "Wild Ken Hill - Land Use Model". 2020-05-16. https://wildkenhill.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Thought-Piece_-Land-Use-Model-2020.pdf. 
  12. ↑ "Washed up: Tree-hugger Sheeran has not got a rewilding wand". 11 January 2022. https://www.lynnnews.co.uk/news/washed-up-tree-hugger-sheeran-has-not-got-a-rewilding-wand-9234527/. 
  13. ↑ Bishop, Chris (January 19, 2022). "Surprises in store as Winterwatch returns to Norfolk". https://www.edp24.co.uk/news/winterwatch-2022-from-ken-hill-in-norfolk-8632184. 
  14. ↑ "BBC Autumnwatch: Norfolk return for Chris Packham and Michaela Strachan". BBC News. October 26, 2021. https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-norfolk-59050222. 
  15. ↑ "BBC Springwatch at Wild Ken Hill 'amazing for rewilding'". BBC News. June 14, 2021. https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-norfolk-57443919. 

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