蜜芽传媒

A series of traumatic events bought Eddie Rixon to a mental breakdown. His journey to recovery was also a journey to reshape his Oxfordshire farm towards a more resilient future. He tells Sarah Swadling how he wants to use the farm to tackle both the biodiversity and mental health crises, whilst still producing food. It's now home to a number of creative and wellbeing businesses including an art based forest school, and performing arts classes. Eddie explains how a chat on the school run led to a research project applying Life Centred Design principles to his farming practice. As he explains to Sarah Swadling, this is about farming 'ecocentrically rather than egocentrically'. Eddie is restoring habitats and leaving some unproductive areas untouched, for wildlife. In a newly planted agroforestry orchard of Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire apples and cherries, Sarah meets Eddie's close friend, zoologist, Dr Joe Smith. Joe guided Eddie towards the mental health support he needed, and he now speaks as the voice of nature during decision making on the farm.

Produced and presented by Sarah Swadling