Brown was a soil advisor. Greene was a plant man. The two met in the fields of Shropshire in the 1970’s helping farmers revive degraded land long before regenerative farming had a name.
Brown focused on what lay beneath — structure, compaction, chemistry. Greene worked above ground — hedgerows, cover crops, native species.
They didn’t always agree, but they shared a belief: land responds when you listen.
Together, they trialled compost blends made from farm by-products, designed rotations that restored balance, and mapped forgotten field margins worth saving. Their collaboration quietly influenced a generation of landowners who learned to look down before planting up.