What we are all about
Les Adams Farm is a regenerative agriculture project on a six acres holding on the West coast of Guernsey.
We are working with nature to grow healthy and sustainable food to feed ourselves and our family.
We aim to live in harmony with the land and the community.
We hope to inspire others to reconnect with nature and start growing healthy and honest food in whatever space they have.
Regenerative agriculture is a way of farming that goes beyond simply "doing less harm" — it actively works to restore the health of soil, water, and wildlife while still producing healthy and nutrient rich food.
Most modern farming relies on a cycle of tilling the soil, applying synthetic fertilisers and pesticides, and growing single crops year after year. It is productive in the short term — but it gradually strips the soil of the living organisms it depends on. Degraded soil holds less water, releases more carbon into the atmosphere, and needs ever-greater inputs just to maintain yields. It also produces food that is less nutrient rich and often deficient in key minerals.
We are inspired by the work of Elaine Ingham. As a microbiologist, her contribution to our understanding of soil health has been transformative. she dedicated her career to revealing the extraordinary complexity of life beneath our feet — the bacteria, fungi, protozoa, and nematodes that together form the soil food web.
Her central insight was that healthy soil is not a chemical substrate to be managed with fertilisers, but a living ecosystem that, when properly supported, can feed plants naturally, suppress disease, retain water, and sequester carbon.
Here are some key principles:
Minimal soil disturbance/ No Dig
Tilling destroys the fungal networks and microbial communities that make soil fertile. Regenerative farmers disturb it as little as possible. No Dig.
Keep the soil covered
Bare soil erodes and loses moisture. Cover crops, mulch, and crop residues protect and feed the ground between harvests.
Regenerative Farming
No Chemical Inputs
Synthetic fertilisers and pesticides disrupt the very soil life regenerative farming is trying to build. The goal is to work with nature, not with chemicals.
Integrate livestock
Animals grazing in rotation mimic natural herds, building organic matter and stimulating grass growth rather than depleting pasture.
Diverse crop rotations
Growing many different plants breaks pest and disease cycles, and returns different nutrients to the soil.
Create Space for Bio-Diversity
Biodiversity creates a self-regulating ecosystem on the farm, reducing the need for chemical pest control