The Soil Never Sleeps

Poetry by Adam Horovitz from the pasture farms of England and Wales, released by Palewell Press 2018. Illustrated by Jo Sanders.

[The Soil Never Sleeps @SoilNeverSleeps]

The second, extended edition of The Soil Never Sleeps, now with added #Exmoor poems, has just been published.

Huge thanks to @ExmoorNP, @ExmoorSociety and @PastureForLife for making it possible to visit and write about the moor.

https://t.co/inYC0VOa1e

[Phoebe Weston @phoeb0]

Looking to speak to UK farmers who've had/are having bad experiences selling their produce to supermarkets. Ideally on the record but can keep anonymous. Plz RT 🙏 [email protected]

[Adam Horovitz @adamhorovitz]

A pile of Laurie Lee Prize entries being read in a thumb offshoot of Slad valley last week. Have had to retreat indoors to read the entries in the intervening days. "Juice green of July rain" indeed...
#laurielee #laurieleeprize #poetry #prose #sladvalley

[Adam Horovitz @adamhorovitz]

Delighted to have a poem from @SoilNeverSleeps in this, alongside @george_szirtes @MargaretAtwood and more.

@PastureForLife @ryefordmill @PalewellPress

[Adam Horovitz @adamhorovitz]

Half asleep having finished an essay only *a little* past its deadline, I opened my email and saw a link to this film about Pasture for Life, the bio-diverse and eco-aware farming group on whose farms I wrote The Soil Never Sleeps.

https://t.co/L9a8qtdZC1

[Zwartbles Ireland • Suzanna Crampton @ZwartblesIE]

I love this poem that @SoilNeverSleeps wrote @ryefordmill

[John Meadley @ryefordmill]

@suepritch @FT @FFC_Commission @ProfTimJackson @CUSP_uk @PastureForLife This infographic from the IPCC reminds us to keep an eye on what is happening below ground and the benefits of both trees & pasture both alone & together. I have added the first two stanzas of the @adamhorovitz poem “Mob Grazing” from @SoilNeverSleeps. @Pastureforlife

[Ben Reynolds @BenTrelawney]

Today's #fridayfoodpoem from me is this farming poem from @adamhorovitz in honour of today's Oxford Real Farming Conference, commissioned by & written at @ORFC #ORFC22

[Adam Horovitz @adamhorovitz]

A little something for #COP26

[John Meadley @ryefordmill]

@j0hn_k You can find a summary of our journey at https://t.co/3WlM4A6Hul and the first @Pastureforlife case study is here https://t.co/tj0EKAvJU7 - whilst our poet in residence @adamhorovitz has produced a wonderful book of poems @SoilNeverSleeps

[Adam Horovitz @adamhorovitz]

A gig! A gig! @beckydellow and I are bringing our live Slad valley/#LaurieLee show to Nailsworth this Friday night. Tickets are limited to comply with Covid restrictions, so book here if you'd like to come along...
#LiveMusic #poetry
https://t.co/Tw0AJjDReo

[Phoebe Weston @phoeb0]

Soil - the 'poor man's tropical rainforest'

[Adam Horovitz @adamhorovitz]

My home town doing good things in the gardens...
https://t.co/5qSg2WUTyv

[Palewell Press @PalewellPress]

Thrilled that The Soil Never Sleeps https://t.co/ybEtYHCIdH by @adamhorovitz is the focus of Natalie Bennet's article in the Independent https://t.co/5S4BpbH2Ma

[Adam Horovitz @adamhorovitz]

An important article by @natalieben (and I'm delighted that @SoilNeverSleeps has been quoted in it)

[The Soil Never Sleeps @SoilNeverSleeps]

Hard to argue with this...

[Fidelity Weston @romshedfarm]

Sam moving the cattle down to the barn. Thinking of a Christmas present and i can think of no better than ⁦@SoilNeverSleeps⁩ by ⁦@adamhorovitz⁩, a lovely anthology of poems from ⁦@PastureForLife⁩ farms and Sam is featured too!

[James Rebanks @herdyshepherd1]

So this is what I think about the policy announcement

There is quite a lot of hope in it (and the people working on it behind the scenes are good) - but it is shrouded in vagueness

[Phoebe Weston @phoeb0]

A story about remarkable people keeping 1,000-year-old farming practices alive @Cuffnells @HistoryofNature https://t.co/hM1ffOaybh

[Hill Top Farm @hilltopfarmgirl]

Today has been about lousing tups.
Ten years ago we took the decision to reduce sheep numbers to a quarter of their previous levels, and to lamb them later in the year.
It’s been the best business decision we ever made and we also have more biodiversity on the farm as a result.

[The Thunder Mutters podcast @ThunderMutters]

The Thunder Mutters returns with November from John Clare’s Shepherd’s Calendar, dressed as ever by tunes from Clare’s tune book played by Becky. This month also features a response to Clare’s work from @ElvisMcGonagall .

https://t.co/FfcjPsr2lj

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