Derek’s Ark
As climate change impacts Britain (with the wettest winter ever recorded), ‘Derek’s Ark‘ tells the gently comedic story of two visions of farming colliding in the Devon countryside. A maverick rewilder is set on creating a haven for nature while next door a dyed-in-the-wool intensive dairy farmer is hell bent on producing food on an industrial scale.
Derek Gow – ex-sheep farmer famed for bringing back the beaver to Britain – is transforming his farm into an oasis for nature. Over the hedge neighbour Derek Banbury is appalled: “It’s not farming. It’s just a mess.” As the two Dereks and other neighbours square off about everything from wild boar invasions and stork nesting to hedge trimming, this film asks what’s really at stake for us all. In the face of accelerating biodiversity loss and a fragile farming system struggling to cope, can the warring factions find a middle ground that allows nature to flourish and, at the same time, produces enough food for us all?
Film Topics Include:
James Dawson
DirectorSerena Kennedy
ProducerAdam Wishart
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