The life of Walter Edwards is the main inspiration for our work and business at the Husbandry School. He was an extraordinary, courageous and strong man who took full responsibility for the husbandry of his land. He was a master of his art. Without Walter Edwards this project would not exist. It is because we have a strong connection, through him, to the ancient and most important traditions of husbandry, that we can speak with some authority on this subject.

Please read my tribute to his life and work - here

Henry George was a famous 19th century American whose main work, Progress and Poverty, was first published in 1879. Although a bestseller in its day, selling over three million copies worldwide and becoming the best selling book of its time excepting the bible, his work is not widely known today.

In essence, the book's enquiry was to question why, amidst all the wealth-creating ability of modern industrial economies, poverty and inequality were so prevalent. The parallels between today and the late 19th century are many, strong and important - more

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