Six Inches of Soil Film Screening

Name: Six Inches of Soil Film Screening
Start: 2026-05-14T17:30:00+01:00
End: 2026-05-14T17:30:00+01:00
Location: Redbrook Village Hall,

About

You are warmly invited to join us for a screening of Six Inches of Soil, a vegan meal made with locally produced food and a panel discussion.

Six Inches of Soil tells the inspiring story of three British farmers standing up against the industrial food system and transforming the way we produce food - to heal the soil and provide for local communities.

Our panellists:
Tim Bevan - Senior Wildlife and Farming Manager, Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust.
Raised on a mixed hill farm in the Black Mountains of SE Wales, Tim studied pure and applied Zoology at the University of Leeds. His early career included lecturing in agricultural colleges on topics ranging from practical skills such as hedge laying and sheep shearing, to farm business skills. He instigated the conversion of many small farms into a National Nature Reserve when curating the estate of the National Botanic Garden of Wales, and his advisory work for the Soil Association has included soil management, farm business and grassland habitat creation and maintenance. Tim started at Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust by overseeing the management of many grassland and woodland nature reserves and is now working in a role advising farmers and landowners on reversing the loss of biodiversity and to make gains in delivering public goods.

Cllr Beki Hoyland - Green group leader
County Councillor for Blakeney and Bream.
After early biodynamic training, she first came to the Forest of Dean for a permaculture course at Ragmans Lane Farm — the start of a lifelong commitment to community‑led land stewardship. She has since built reed‑bed sewage systems, founded Dean Community Compost, and run the Oaklands Park veg box scheme. A long‑standing member of Blakeney Hill Growers and former land‑work teacher at Wynstones, she now serves as a Green Party County Councillor, continuing her work on local, regenerative approaches to land and food.

Matt Dunwell
For over three decades, Matt Dunwell stewarded Ragmans Lane Farm in the Forest of Dean, building its profile as a place known for teaching, experimenting and giving people meaningful access to land. Under his leadership the farm became a nationally recognised centre for permaculture and regenerative practice, hosting leading practitioners and trialling innovative soil‑health approaches. After gifting Ragmans to the Ecological Land Cooperative to secure its long‑term future, Matt now focuses on teaching and consultancy, sharing his deep practical experience in agroecology and resilient land systems.

Will Leabeater - Farmer
Will Leabeater runs Noxon Farm in the Forest of Dean, where he is developing a forward‑looking agroforestry and regenerative farming system rooted in soil health and biodiversity. Working alongside his family, he is reshaping the farm through tree planting and a new orchard creation, with a strong emphasis on long‑term resilience. Will also brings wider experience from his work with the Soil Association, connecting national sustainable‑farming perspectives with the practical realities of running a small farm in the Dean. His commitment to hands‑on ecological farming makes him a grounded and insightful voice in the local food and land‑use conversation.

Alex Montgomery - Generation Soil
Alex Montgomery runs Generation Soil CIC, a community‑focused project dedicated to rebuilding people’s relationship with soil through hands‑on composting, education and local growing initiatives. Alongside developing community compost hubs and a small food‑forest market garden, he is also a doctoral researcher with the UK Food Systems Centre for Doctoral Training, exploring how sensory experience and behaviour change can shift public attitudes to soil and food waste. His work brings an engaging, people‑centred perspective to regenerative land care and circular food systems.