Globally, we use 50% of habitable land for agriculture (51 million km2) and a massive 80% of this farmland (40 million km2) is used by the livestock, meat and dairy industry, either directly for grazing or indirectly for growing animal feed crops.  Forests account for 37% of habitable land, shrubland accounts for 11%, leaving 1% as freshwater and 1% as urbanised land.

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The livestock industry requires so much land because it takes 14 units of plant-based protein to produce 1 unit of meat protein. If we simply grew and ate the plant-based protein directly, we would need far less farmland to feed the World, and we could release millions of acres of surplus farmland for forestry or rewilding.

Rewilding allows nature to convert land that has been environmentally depleted by the unsustainable monoculture generally associated with farmland controlled by the agri-industry, into land that is richly biodiverse, sustainable and environmentally friendly.  The overuse of ploughing, irrigation, pesticides, herbicides and manufactured fertilisers by the agri-industry is having profound effects on soils, biodiversity, freshwater and Greenhouse Gas Emissions leading to Climate Change. 

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We hope that the experience gained through our own personal rewilding project at Fourways Woodland Farm in Devon will enable us to learn more about the benefits rewilding can bring to the environment.  Watch this space!