On a warm and almost windless June day, commoner Richard Gray heads out to check on his Devon Red cattle, which graze on common land on Holne Moor and The Forest of Dartmoor. A tracking device placed on one of the cows gives him clues about where to find them. In this short film, he talks about the way the cows behave when they roam across vast areas of land, how different elements of farming and landscape fit together, the Healthy Livestock Initiative, and the qualities of meat that comes from cows that live in this way.

Film produced by Rob Fraser, Interview by Harriet Fraser

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This video is part of the project 'Our Common Cause: Our Upland Commons', which is led by The Foundation for Common Land. The project has been made possible by funding from National Lottery players, grants from Esmée Fairbairn and Garfield Weston Foundations. Local funders are Dartmoor: South West Water, the Duchy of Cornwall, the Dartmoor Preservation Association and Devon Wildlife Trust, amongst others. Shropshire: the Millichope Foundation, amongst others. Yorkshire Dales: Yorkshire Dales Millennium Trust, amongst others. Lake District: the Lake District National Park Authority, amongst others.