Olivia Shields
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Intervention and renewal… Photographer Johannes Pretorius reflects on his commission for We Feed The UK, to document three generations of the Robinson family at Strickley Farm in Cumbria. Humans intervene to influence outcomes. Early agrarian societies grew crops in fertile floodplains to increase their harvests. Their actions were just that: interventions. Since the industrial era,…
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We Feed the World explored the extraordinary stories of 50 small-holder farming and fishing communities around the world thanks to a collaboration with 47 world-class photographers including Rankin, Graciela Iturbide and Martin Parr. With the evolution of this campaign – We Feed The UK – launching in 2024, we wanted to honour farmers globally by…
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We had a fantastic start to 2024 at the Oxford Real Farming Conference with a pop up exhibition showcasing a selection of We Feed The UK portraits, taken by photographer Louis Little. We Feed the UK is a radical re-storying of regenerative farmers, food producers and grain rebels; custodians of biocultural diversity across land, sea,…
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Why we must celebrate the ingenuity, resilience and wisdom of small-holder farming communities now more than ever, as the damaging agenda for lab-grown foods gains pace. The community of Puerto Colombia lies on the Tiquié River in Vaupés, one of the most remote regions of the Colombian Amazon. The six families who live here thrive…
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Rooted in the success of the 2018, We Feed The World campaign, We Feed The UK weaves together the arts and environment, to re-story regenerative farmers as custodians of Britain’s biocultural diversity. Launching in 2024 at Liverpool’s Open Eye Gallery, during the 2023 harvest season we gave the country a taste of what’s to come with…