Ian Piggot is farming the same land as his ancestors of 600 years, and is trying and testing a range of regenerative agricultural methods on his farm. He believes we we undervalue food as a society and blames this, to some extent, on urban living which has disconnected us from agriculture. To address this, he founded Open Farm Sunday - an event designed to reconnect urban society to agriculture and food which has grown to become bigger than the Glastonbury rock festival. In this talk, Ian explains why we should all give up a day a year to work on a farm. Not only might we learn to value food more, but it might even help us better tackle the future challenges of global food security.

Ian is an entrepreneur and farmer in the Harpenden area of Hertfordshire. UK. His family have been farming in the area for over 600 years. After a period of time working in the financial sector in the city of London, Ian returned to the farm and tried different ways of farming to do the best by has land whilst remaining profitable. He founded "Open Farm Sunday" which has attracted over a million visitors to farms around the UK and is now an international event.

This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at [ Ссылка ]

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