Inspirational 150 Acre Regenerative Farm in the Scottish Highlands

This video features the incredible work happening Lynbreck Croft, run by Lynn Cassells and Sandra Baer. They are transforming what was a rather degraded landscape into a landscape rich in wildlife, thriving soil, and of course highly-nutritious food for themselves and their community. The croft is located in the Cairngorms National Park in Scotland; a sub-artic wilderness. The key elements of the croft includes rotational grazing, pasture eggs, tree planting, horticulture, wood fuel, pigs, and beekeeping.
Lynbreck Croft: www.lynbreckcroft.co.uk/
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[@asdisskagen6487]

This is both our past and our future as a species. The current breakdown in global cultural stability is really only affecting people in countries that have gotten away from this pastoral living. I'm not saying everyone has to go back to farming, but I think we as Westerners have strayed too far from our connection to the land and nature. Globalization may have given us cheap electronics and fast fashion, but at great cost to our mental and physical well-being, not to mention being unsustainable from a pure resource allocation standpoint. Thank you for these videos!

[@wendyfreeman32]

Precisely on point, this is how we are supposed to live and farm, and regeneration of the soil is part of the cycle of Nature. I love this , much love to all these respectful people ❤

[@C.Hawkshaw]

And let’s stop making and using plastic too!

[@faithofamustardseed8198]

Well said!

[@chuckbrooks7489]

Good not agree more

[@diceportz7107]

Anyone can have a patch of garden, even in apartments. So many vegetables can be grown in containers. Herbs are well suited to container growing.

[@lauralindsay319]

I tip my hat to these incredible ladies. I share the same dream, the same land, the same struggles. I'm early and alone in my journey back on the forgotten and neglected farmlands of my family. I grow as the food grows, I evolve as the land evolves. I learn as I watch and listen. I thank you for continuing to inspire me and others, taking it back to the way farming this land should be ❤ Keep planting, keep farming, keep smiling 😊

[@allankisolo1847]

Really nature has so many amazing things to offer and I it's time to go back to reality and know what life means. This is my real dream.

[@Elfling26]

I wish you every success in your venture. I really believe this way of producing food is the way forward

[@ClaireCelticMystic]

Fun! Congratulations!

[@WildPrimal23]

Incredible documentary. Those farmers are doing great things for this planet and for the future of human society.

[@RegenerativeFilms]

Thank you so much!

[@LyndseyMacPherson]

So refreshing to hear farmers speak the truth about how farm animals can add to biodiversity and ecological health. And what an amazing farm!

[@audas]

Not farmers. This is little more than a hobby which in no way can supply food on an industrial scale. Fine if we were to depopulate the planet by about 90%

[@ohiogardener4019]

A beautiful and inspirational tour of Lynbreck Croft! Great things happen when we work with nature instead of against it.

[@RegenerativeFilms]

Thank you so so much!

[@tarnr5713]

Their story is inspiring and I totally embrace their ethos. This was really lovely, beautifully shot and I understand that this is a more high level, over arching sort of video rather than a details oriented one. I would have loved to have seen more of their end product and learn how they go about providing food for their community.

[@SamCooper-fs5yx]

Perhaps we can do a follow up video about that. That's for the feedback!

[@ricoxkiller]

I totally agree!

[@Reciprocity_Soils]

Brilliant resilient hard work and determination to build soil, feed a family, provide for the community, and promote the natural systems. Great to see this in Scotland.

[@sharonadlam3195]

Huw and Sam thanks for another wonderful video. It is so lovely to see farmers like Lynn and Sandra succeed in their endeavors.

[@marionrobertson7819]

aw this is so brilliant, well done it brings tears to my eyes, you are so amazing both of you. xxxx Thank you for your contribution to the future vision of humanity.. You are so so inspiring.

[@peter.knupffer]

I love their enthusiasm! Amazing work!

[@marketakmunickova1684]

Thank you for this beautiful inspiration film! These ladies are doing something truly amazing 🙂

[@mrki731]

So so inspiring!! Thank god they are still good people like these 2 ladies for making the world a better place. I am craving a similar life away from the city madness.

[@aaliyahgibbons8399]

So educational and a beautifully made video. I can’t wait to do this someday soon.

[@kilimanjarocruz660]

Absolutely lovely place and work they are doing!

[@paulsims6888]

You gal's are forward thinkers. Two thumbs up. Creating a balance use of the land. I hope you continue putting up videos and sharing your life and work. I love hearing from people that talk naturally about there experiences. A person who does nothing makes no mistakes. So keep doing and sharing your learning. I love it.

[@2ndSprings]

Beautiful and brilliant work.

[@pietsnot7002]

Awesome, we need more people like this! 🙏

[@GreenBluffPastures]

I love your videos in this one and a specific is very inspiring on taking care of her land 👏🙌👍

[@dorothydevinney694]

Thank you...from the high desert Nevada.

[@davebloggs]

Amazing video and great work you are doing, the world needs much more home grown food for sure, very nicely done.

[@biodivers5294]

Working with nature, instead of against. Well done, good job 👍

[@jkh977]

Nice to see you mention Joe and rotational farming. 🙏🌞🌻🐝🦋✨

[@nickfosterxx]

New to this channel, passionate about regenerative farming, what an absolutely brilliant, almost archetypal story, subscribed straightaway and looking forward to watching all your other videos, obvs made with love and care. What an inspirational pair, good to see pigs in the mix, they've done their research. Fantastic to hear someone acknowledging the competition that honeybees represent for other pollinators. And 30,000 trees across half the croft?! And all capped off with a super quotable closing para. Best wishes to them both.

[@JontySmith-wj3on]

Greetings from South Africa, inspirational and thought provoking, wishing you success with your future endeavors. ❤

[@andrewyang1446]

Amazing!

[@TheEmbrio]

Truly an inspiration

[@paraxuas]

Thank you❤

[@kaylevy1329]

Incredible ladies!

[@son_60han]

They are both strong and wonderful

[@ClaireCelticMystic]

God bless you for seeing what is true, not the definition of nature steeped in confusion, but reality: we are nature!

[@jackiecahoon]

Well done girls. Love following your journey

[@shervinmokthari1251]

Well done you fantastic souls! Seems like you absolutely nailed the transition! 👌❤️ Id love to learn some more from you :)

[@EverettSmithLoveisAll]

Amazing video and all the best to them!

[@lisadolan689]

How could you not buy that farm! The views are absolutely amazing. These hella cool chicks are absolutely living the dream. Very VERY hard work with wonderful results 😍

[@paulstott5130]

Great Job Ladies, next time I'm up in Cairngorms may come visit, admirable work and something of dreams, you have been blessed :)

[@desireeguidry3754]

Great info and documentary.

[@briceparlant9304]

Wow ! the dream farm ! well done !!

[@carolyncarlon9870]

Great info. Love the way they pronounce Joel Salatin’s last name…didn’t know who they were referring to at first! 🕊

[@davidcarruth1317]

Wonderful video, thank you

[@thegoodoldways]

Lovely in every way.

[@lisadolan689]

These two chicky babes are hella cool 😎 They’re so inspirational ♥️

[@ned1177]

inspirational!!! i love this and them!

[@blackprincegt]

These lovely ladies are regenerating the land lickety split 👌👍

[@Gardeners_Farmers]

incredible and awesome

[@lisadolan689]

If I was in Scotland, I’d leave my life and beg them to let me be a ‘go for’ in exchange for a tiny home spot. I’d pay my rent and build the tiny home, give it to them and then pay rent to tiny house life. I reckon I’ve got 20 years of work left in me. These girls are my new super heroes 🙌♥️

[@andrewbilton5993]

Amazing couple

[@agtabradley487]

Inspiring❤

[@simonbuller5461]

Lovely thanks for all thzt you are doing

[@WL-om8pz]

You seem to work well together...close bond you have. Impressive work in such terrain, growing produce in such an environment on paper wouldn't seem to work.

[@anamariadiasabdalah7239]

Ótimo estilo de vida ,parabéns pela iniciativa, 🥰🍀👌

[@serajacob8278]

Yeah nature is life.

[@telmoazevedo8958]

I can't cope with the beauty of Scotland

[@Sharkdog11b]

I like to have enough to serve others. If you live just to get by you’re selfish cus you’re only thinking of yourself. Great documentary I love this

[@ericmonnin3753]

Great setup, keep up the good work. Like you said, what kind of life do you want to live.

[@chronic_daydreamer]

I was beginning to think you guys had abandoned the channel! Glad you’re back!

[@SamCooper-fs5yx]

Not at all! We only get the chance to visit farms once a year so we do as much as we can and then release when we get the chance. But we'll never abandon this channel!

[@wendyfreeman32]

​@Sam Cooper, thanks for that, I love the reality of this documentary, This teaches so much of the importance of natural farming, against the destructive high intensity farming. Wishing great success to them ❤

[@matty506]

Two great women. Also both rocking DCs :D

[@mothermovementa]

Lyn and sandra ❤️

[@TheEmbrio]

Well they might not have planned going into agriculture but they sure took it on very well and got their business plan up, even evolving it you ’have to start with a plan’

[@victoriaman117]

God I wish I could access 160 acres here in Canada and do something like this. They have made land so unaffordable

[@estherderbyshire1947]

Many thanks, this is very good and informative from both of you. I'm sure there are a lot of people out there who would love to learn more. Is your course available online? Is it also available for international students?Thanks again.

[@user-yq8ck8yf3u]

Good for you. So many are afraid to let the sward do the natural thing to flower, and seed and regenerate. As if not allowing the sward to do this can be profitable in the long term.

[@veronicabalfourpaul2288]

Cool

[@mikeberger9677]

this is the way

[@SH-db1wi]

💚

[@arfaabbas]

VeRy beAuTiFuL

[@DavidMartin-ym2te]

We are self funded smallholders in Perthshire and agree with everything these ladies say. Good luck but with a word of warning, don't take the state 'help'.

[@happynowfarms]

"Work with the pigness of the pigs" Sounds like Joel Sallatin of Polyface Farms.

[@SH-db1wi]

Still 💚 6 months later...

[@johngregerson5984]

Are those highland cattle good for dairy?

[@insAneTunA]

👍

[@scops2169]

I’d be interested to learn more about how they financed it…

[@SamCooper-fs5yx]

They say in this video that it was largely due to external funding and grants, of which there weren't many five years ago but there are more around these days.

[@camillegyrya3204]

there lies the futur of humanity

[@Beth_Agnes_Casey]

Do you process your own meat ? Butchering on site?

[@markd.9042]

Has anyone considered agroecology and other avenues of permaculture for agricultural use? If you are reading this don't know what permaculture is, or what agroecology is, it's a movement which seeks to implement ecological science and practices in such a way to harmonize agriculture and the ecosystems we implement it in. You can get more information than I can give you online obviously.

[@QuiChiYang2]

The mushrooms growing in the cow dung😏 (💩 timestamp 11:35 🤗 )are worth their weight in gold or silver. Psilocybin cubensis the psychedelic 🍄 🍄 🍄

[@alxdava2004]

So, after all, we are carnivore. If we let our lands to rebuild again with the their natural plants of those areas, what we have to do is put animals to graze them. Meat, eggs, dairy, some legumes (mostly the fruits like tomatoes), some fruits trees and some honey. That should suffice for everyone. Animals can be used nose to tail: from bones can be made glue, clothes from skin and hair etc. This way we don't interfere much in nature with pesticides, herbicides that pollute our water, we don't destroy the other animal's habitats.

[@Yomanchamcru]

As much as I'm onside and can see they've done amazing things with regenerative farming, I'm really keen to point out no-kill versions of regen ag exist and are perfectly viable; they're just a different set of ticks in the plus and minus columns. Besides that, I'd stress I'm very much on the same side and can see how inspiring what they've achieved is - it's empowering to know some people are able to find the out and are changing the direction of things right now.

[@Defender_of_men]

I beg to differ,in a natural eco system everything eats everything down to the fungi,microbes and bacteria and as far as living off and growing just vegetables/plants many species of life must die or be killed from either the farmer or native beneficial predatory species.I mean no disrespect but there just is no getting around it.

[@emmahutchings7601]

Yes, it was disappointing to hear the cows being referred to as a product.

[@Defender_of_men]

@@emmahutchings7601 after the cow lives it’s life out and then gets slaughtered the grass fed meat that is PRODUCED is sold as a PRODUCT…

[@ThePmloc]

If cows are not a product, or sheep , or pigs, or chickens, or even bees. Help me out here, I'm lost.

[@Yomanchamcru]

@@ThePmloc You and me both; I'm not sure what the question you're asking is?

[@theco-operativegardener1809]

Interesting, would like to know more about how they funded it to start with. Keep up the good work. Love it

[@Gabi-lt4mx]

24:00 are you doing tree hay?

[@SamCooper-fs5yx]

They are!

[@Gabi-lt4mx]

@@SamCooper-fs5yx thank you

[@jackt3356]

Perhaps they could look into keeping more native species of bees rather than just honey bees that will compete with the local pollinators.

[@DavidWatkinsGam]

Don’t overdo the trees, important yes, but grassland, scrub, wetland and disturbed ground are important

[@juttfarm]

❤️🇵🇰

[@lisadolan689]

So much of the UK has been totally cleared, it would be brilliant to rewild the whole of the UK’s degraded land.

[@pankaj_suman]

Eating the same 🧭

[@laonongtrendinhdk]

con gì rễ thương quá

[@johnlander1610]

The government of Andalucia is betraying the Spanish people in the pursuit of unsustainable farming practices, rather than a sustainable farming strategy

[@Robbo0090]

it takes money to secure a woodshed, a garden, healthy land and community so...

[@cornishpasty4344]

I grew up in Scotland and every time I go home I see more and more trees fell. It's such a shame.

[@spencerwalsh8907]

'Promosm'

[@sshumkaer]

Still need money for health care

[@laurawalsh3121]

UK has the National Health Service

[@Randomiz500]

I don't understand the focus on "growing" animals for consumption, when the are classified as inedible for humans by WHO, due to being the primary reason for cancer and strokes, climate pollution etc.

[@peterclark6290]

Take a load off. The global warming argument is entirely false. Keep up to date with people like Drs. Curry, Ball, Heller for a regular dose of reality. One thing I didn't hear mentioned was compost and the tea extracts (Dr. Elaine Ingham is a great resource) which will accelerate your efforts.

[@audas]

As lovely as this is - its obscenely bourgeois. This is simply hobby farming at the absolute best with token returns to the local community. I want to live like this and will - but I will at least be honest with myself about what I am doing. If I tried to claim otherwise all my mates who are actual farmers who supply food to the world would laugh their arses off at how ridiculous I was being.

[@eofolk7754]

Exactly! I use the term "small farm" or "small block" and I run it as a business, but it's a hobby farm when all is said and done. My other job allows me to run the country gently, removing the financial imperative to produce as much as possible for the lowest cost. I like it like that.

[@audas]

@@eofolk7754 Yeah I have no problem with it when people are open, upfront and honest about the reality of it,. I just see a lot of people championing this as a direct alternative to industrial food production. That said - there are lots of things that come from this that can be transposed.

[@hehay10]

@@audas I mean they didn't mention how much they produce and while it's true that they probably aren't producing as much as a conventional farmer you don't actually know that. Plus I know many farmers who are producing to feed the world and using all the traditional methods and to me its disgusting because if your producing food to feed the world but doing it off of the mining industry for fertilizer pesticides and herbicides destroy water quality as they leak into waterways and reducing soil health by destroying soil biology and organic matter in the soil through repeatedly working the soil. Then you may be feeding the world for now but that's only going to last for so long. When Joel salatin's dad purchased their farm there wasn't enough soil to put an electric fence post into it, and over many years he's changed that through regenerative farming. I would much rather have a world in which we can still grow food 50 years from now even if less food then we're able to grow from synthetic fertilizers than a desolate wasteland where we can't grow any food.

[@diceportz7107]

@diceportz7107 Well, then, how do people like Geoff Lawtin, Joe Salatin, Gabe Brown, Don Anderson or Greg Judy make a living using these very same regenerative methods? Reply

[@audas]

@@diceportz7107 Regenerative farming is basically just restoring the healthy soil. There is nothing about that which these people are doing on an industrial scale. This video is just hobby farming with a trendy new term applied to. Here is a video of someone who did what is REALLY REGENERATIVE FARMING from decades ago. Its literally regenerating and restoring degraded soils. kzbin.info/www/bejne/nau2hJuLnp2ShtE Geoff Lawtin etc make a living by selling classes, books, and youtube ad revenue and other bourgeois chattels. They are certainly, absolutely NOT supply food on an industrial scale. There aer certainly some regenerative ideas that can be incorporated such as rotation, multi-species cover crop etc. There are lots of things that have been incorpoated for decades such as the key-line water system, claimed by permaculture but is actually just an Australian industrial farming system. But make absolutely NO DOUBT this is a "hobby" farm at absolute best. kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y2Wyc5aIfb1keMWY

[@AselflimitedcapitalisemW0mamon]

Security would be better achieved if the human and colonies trained up to generate personal wealth for themselves and their money empowered over-lords would simply (stop participating in commercialistic capitalistic human money generating ant colony behaviors) & create size limited Village population maintained way of life utilizing the predominantly free of charge nature of nature for their provision system making it all possible by pre-designing (this Way-of-life more efficiently to nurture nature for our for our predominantly free-of-charge provision) at a specialized website. And then selling out of the capitalistic way of life in order to purchase land where we can live growing our own food and Sheltering materials Provisions system strictly locally instead of like a global over-infestation of human ant-colony. - All for the money. Because such a human behavior is simply unsustainable and will create our own self-extinction method

[@murrrriel]

Tagging @goldshawfarm since he'll be up visiting soon!