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By Claire Marshall
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Some farmers are looking towards older practices in a bid to improve the quality of the meat they produce, boost the soil health in their fields, and help to mitigate climate change.
The cow pats on Peter Greig s farm are the real deal , he says. Squatting in a field, he examines dozens of holes excavated by dung beetles in just a few hours. Inside that cow pat there is an absolute industry. There are billions of bacteria, hundreds of species of life, working away at what real farming is about.
His farm, Pipers Farm, nestles beneath the wilds of Exmoor, in the fertile Devonshire hills, where his herd of native breed Devon Red Rubies graze fields rich in wildflowers and clover. The cows graze unsprayed land, and in the winter eat forage - plant material - rather than imported soy feed.