Peter has expanded his business to work with around 40 family farms in the Devon valley, helping to move them away from more intensive systems and selling their produce under the Pipers Farm brand.
However, there are challenges. Some crops produced at a large scale - such as potatoes and sugar beet - normally need the land to be ploughed. "As a farmer, I know I need to produce food that is needed, that not only has less impact, but has an improvement in the health of the soil and biodiversity." "The ultimate problem is food waste. It is too cheap. It has driven farmers to industrial farming. Farmers get a bad rap about how they farm a lot of the time, but it's the general public and the government that has driven it."
And the move towards regenerative farming is going global. In June, the world's largest producer of frozen potato products, McCain, committed to embracing its principles across its whole food chain by 2050.Ancient hedges like this, around 400 years old, are rich in wildlife - if left untrimmed.