Farming System
Breed, diet, grazing rotation, liveweights and finishing protocol.
Founding Farmers
The people writing the Charter.
A group of farmers, butchers, land stewards and technical partners are coming together to define a new standard for regenerative meat farming in Britain.
The Charter will set out what good looks like — not as a marketing claim, but as a measurable, living standard. It will be anchored in the genesis block of the blockchain infrastructure behind the Living Certificate, so the founding principles cannot be quietly rewritten later.
Built from the ground up
A British standard, built from the ground up.
This starts in Scotland, but it is not only a Scottish project.
The founding group includes farms and partners from the Highlands, Moray, the Cairngorms, Bristol and other parts of the UK.
They are coming together because the current system does not reward what makes agroecological farming valuable. It does not properly measure biodiversity, soil health, nutrient density, eating quality or traceability.
The Charter exists to change that.
Not with louder claims.
With better evidence.
Every farm is different. The standard should be strong enough to measure outcomes, and flexible enough to respect the land itself.
What gets measured
Each farm, on its own terms.
Farm Biodiversity
Independent ecological assessment of habitats, species richness and biodiversity outcomes.
Eating Quality
Carcass and eating-quality assessment, including flavour, tenderness and overall eating experience.
Nutrient Density
Laboratory testing to understand what is actually in the food.
Traceability
A tamper-resistant record linking farm, animal, processor, test data and final product.
Founding group
Farmers and partners
Bristol
Belmont Farms
Eric Heath
Lead applicant · Natural capital and ecology
Belmont Farms is the lead applicant and an English farming business helping coordinate the measurement, reporting and verification methodology across the founding farms.
Living Certificate coming soonWe have spent years trying to show that farming well creates value beyond the carcass. The Charter gives us a way to measure that value properly.
Inverness-shire
Dunmaglass Estate
Scottish founding farm · Trial partner
Dunmaglass Estate is one of the Scottish founding farms helping test the Charter framework on real land, with real cattle, under real farming conditions.
Living Certificate coming soonRegenerative farming has to be judged in the field, not in a boardroom. If the land is improving, the standard should be able to show it.
Moray
Edinvale Farm
Jock Gibson
Nuffield Scholar · Macbeths Butchery · Eating quality lead
Jock Gibson brings farming, butchery and eating-quality expertise to the founding Charter group. His work helps connect how cattle are raised with how the beef actually eats.
Living Certificate coming soonBritain talks a lot about beef, but we still don't properly reward eating quality. If the food tastes better, and the farming system is better, that should count.
Cairngorms
Rothiemurchus Estate
James Grant
Farm shop · Kitchen · Consumer demonstration
Rothiemurchus brings a direct connection between land, food and the people eating it. The estate's farm shop and kitchen help demonstrate how the Charter can be made visible to consumers.
Living Certificate coming soonPeople want to know where their food comes from. The Charter helps us go one step further and show what that food is doing for the land.
Scotland
Balnagowen and Aberarder Estates
Additional Scottish trial sites
Balnagowen and Aberarder Estates contribute additional Scottish trial sites, helping test the Charter across different land types, systems and farming conditions.
Living Certificate coming soonNo two farms are the same. That is exactly why the Living Certificate matters. It records the reality of each place.
Scotland
Highland Regenerative Hubs Ltd
Technology and coordination partner
Highland Regenerative Hubs coordinates the shared data platform, Edacious testing logistics and Chainparency integration, helping turn field-level evidence into a usable Living Certificate.
Technology partnerThe point is simple: the evidence should travel with the food. If we make a claim, people should be able to see what sits behind it.
Dingwall
Munro's of Dingwall
Strategic processing partner
Munro's of Dingwall processes the trial animals and conventional comparators under identical slaughter conditions, allowing fairer comparison between farming systems.
Processing partnerIf you want proper evidence, you need proper controls. Processing everything consistently gives the data a stronger backbone.
Scotland
Douglas Bowden-Smith, SAOS
ADOPT Project Facilitator
Douglas Bowden-Smith supports cross-farm data collection, quarterly reporting and dissemination, helping the founding group keep the project rigorous and useful.
Project facilitatorThis only works if the data is collected properly and shared clearly. The Charter needs to be practical enough for farmers and credible enough for the market.
Genesis block
Written into the first block.
The founding Charter will be anchored in the genesis block of the blockchain infrastructure behind the Living Certificate.
That means the original principles, founding farms and core standard are part of the permanent record.
The standard can evolve.
The founding commitment cannot disappear.
Learn how the Living Certificate worksThe Charter is not a badge. It is the starting line.
Next cohort
Interested in joining the next cohort?
We are looking for farmers who are already rebuilding soil, biodiversity and food quality — and who want the evidence to count.
If you are finishing cattle agroecologically on grass and forage, or working toward that system, we would like to hear from you.
Register interest
Tell us about your farm.
This form can be wired up later. For now, it gives us the right shape for farmer interest.