Things have changed since my father's time! Today, we see thousands of hectares becoming desert, the seed bank

and soil health is gone.

Reintroducing vegetation to olive groves that was previously viewed only as competition for the olives helps conserve water, prevent erosion and support sustainable farming into the future. 

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As well as a farmer, I'm president of the regional hunting association and it brings us great sadness as we watch our countryside empty out! Plant biodiversity increases other biodiversity, providing habitat and food for bird life as well as important game species.

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Farmers of my generation are having difficult conversations together and trying to find ways for life to flourish in the future...

Farming today is changing, I grew up on my family farm and I know how farmers feel when people don't value their work. 

Communities are ready to work with farmers and farm businesses of all types to carry out volunteer biodiversity monitoring and much more. Farming is a tough job with a focus on the bottom line and sometimes we ignore bad mental health. 

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Communities and farmers working together and connecting as locals helps bring farmers in from the cold, while offering the community a peak behind the curtain at productive agrifood businesses and the nature surrounding them. 

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Too many farmers today associate public and community perceptions of agriculture with morale-leaching negativity. But working with Farmer Clusters has shown me communities and the public can be very supportive!