In 2022, after farming a 2,000-acre arable farm in Canada, Philip & Heidi purchased 100 acres in Fife, Scotland, now Toll Ranch. The reality of industrial agriculture was sobering. The dependence on synthetic chemicals, GMO seeds, and the decline of food quality became impossible to ignore. When their own health began to suffer, the connection between the health of the soil and their own well-being became clear.
Without a fixed plan, but also coming to realise the connection between health and food through their own experiences, Symone and Alex left their corporate careers behind to begin a new chapter alongside Symone’s parents and brother, Konrad. Together, the family settled on a steading with one simple guiding principle: better health begins with healthy soil.
From this foundation, Steading & Co. grew, not as a farm business, but as a regenerative systems-orientated approach to better health shaped by our own experiences. We saw how easily health becomes fragmented: soil, food, and people’s wellbeing are often treated as separate concerns, when in reality they are deeply connected. Steading & Co. exists to bring these elements back together, helping people build health from the ground up. Be that through soil, food, or wanting stronger bodies through personal training.
Our focus is on the conditions that allow health to be built.
Starting with regenerating soil, growing nutrient-dense food, and coaching people to have strong bodies through functional movement.
The System We Work In
This is a living health system.
Holistic, interconnected, and resilient.
Most modern systems intervene after something breaks.
Soil is depleted, food is nutrient poor, and unfortunately people are treated symptom by symptom. Soil, food, and people's health are treated separately. In reality it's deeply connected. This is why we work from the ground up.