Managed with minimal human intervention, and with herds of free-roaming animals driving the creation of new habitats, their re-wilded land is now heaving with life. Within a short period of time, they were seeing species that hadn’t been seen in England in many decades. They gave up farming and let the land go wild. So, in the year 2000, they tried something different. But the heavy clay soil fought back and the couple ended up heavily in debt. When Isabella Tree and her husband Charlie took over management of Charlie’s family estate, Knepp Castle, they tried to make a go with modern intensive farming practices. Like us on Facebook at Writers Voice with Francesca Rheannon or find us on twitter And if you are listening to our podcast, give us some love on iTunes or whatever podcast app you use. Then, we talk with Nation magazine contributor Jeet Heer about the Iowa caucus debacle, the progressive wing of the Democratic presidential campaign, and Michael Bloomberg, on its billionaire wing. We talk with Isabella Tree about her book Wilding – the Return of Nature to a British Farm. If we just simply let nature take its course, we can restore the Earth. This week’s episode gives us a sorely-needed message of hope.
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