What is Conservation Agriculture?

According to Project Drawdown, "Conservation Agriculture protects soil, avoids emissions, and sequesters carbon using crop rotation, soil cover and minimal to no tilling in the production of annual crops."

Who is Mick McEcvoy?

Mick has a 20 year career in horticulture, ecology and agriculture beginning in Ireland and the UK. His career has taken him all over the world. Mick put his roots down in the soil of Plum Village after Thich Nhat Hanh and his community visited Ireland in 2012. Mick McEvoy has been the Manager of the Plum Village, Happy Farm since 2016. As well as managing the Happy Farm project Mick is helping to oversee a re-wilding project on the lands of Upper Hamlet, Plum Village along with his community there.

You can find out more about Mick at thehappyfarm.org