A couple gave up on a failing 3,500-acre Sussex farm. Nearly 25 years later, it became Britain's most famous rewilding success
- In the early 2000s, Charlie Burrell and his wife Isabella Tree faced a difficult choice.
- After seventeen years of trying to farm 3,500 acres of heavy clay soil at Knepp Castle Estate in West Sussex, they were roughly 1.5 million pounds in debt, with intensive farming simply failing to turn a profit on land that was never suited to it.
- Instead of trying yet another farming method, the couple made a radical decision.
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- In the early 2000s, Charlie Burrell and his wife Isabella Tree faced a difficult choice.
- After seventeen years of trying to farm 3,500 acres of heavy clay soil at Knepp Castle Estate in West Sussex, they were roughly 1.5 million pounds in debt, with intensive farming simply failing to turn a profit on land that was never suited to it.
- Instead of trying yet another farming method, the couple made a radical decision.
Sources: Times of India