“Groundswell is over for another year, but what stays with me is not just the conversations we had, but the quality of those conversations. The willingness of farmers, researchers, businesses and partners to share what is working, what is challenging, and where we need to learn more together.”
Events like Groundswell are important because they create space for honest discussion. Farming is navigating a period of significant change, and progress will come not from simple answers, but from collaboration, evidence and approaches that recognise the complexity of real farming systems. Across the two days on the LEAF stand, three themes stood out.
Collaboration is central to progress