At the end of May 2018, a farm pilgrimage was made journeying three miles from the source of the River Dickler with over 100 sustainable farmers, finishing at Fir Farm to arrive for the opening session of the Future of UK Farming Conference, led by Michael Gove, DEFRA Minister, and Minette Batters, President of the National Farmers’ Union. The pilgrimage was led by Paddy Hoare of Fir Farm and Guy Hayward of the British Pilgrimage Trust. Songs were sung, wells were met, holy water filtered, and farmland analysed.
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Guy introducing the pilgrimage to assembled sustainable farmers at the source of River Dickler