A Farm for the Future (2005)

Wildlife film maker Rebecca Hosking investigates how to transform her familys farm in Devon into a low energy farm for the future and discovers that nature holds the key With her father close to retirement Rebecca returns to her familys wildlifefriendly farm in Devon to become the next generation to farm the land But last years high fuel prices were a wakeup call for Rebecca Realising that all food production in the UK is completely dependent on abundant cheap fossil fuel particularly oil she sets out to discover just how secure this oil supply is Alarmed by the answers she explores ways of farming without using fossil fuel With the help of pioneering farmers and growers Rebecca learns that it is actually nature that holds the key to farming in a lowenergy future