Afleveringen
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Farming at its best - agroecological or regenerative farming - can deliver a broad range of positive environmental and social outcomes. But at its heart, farming is a business. To scale the positives we need to scale the business of regenerative and agroecological agriculture - and for that we need investment.
Pelican Ag is a venture capital business that invests in regen ag technology - I wanted to know more about what venture capital is - how it can help regen ag - and what makes venture capitalists tick?
ffinlo Costain talks to Pelican Ag founder partners, Christopher Ramsay and Simon Evill.
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Six Inches of Soil is the hit UK film that traces the trials and tribulations of three young farmers who are each trying to work regeneratively with their land.
Anna Jackson, farms an 800 acre mixed farm in Lincolnshire with her dad, Andrew - (0'50")
Beef farmer Ben Thomas has 75 acres of field and agroforestry in Cornwall - (16'24")
And Adrienne Gordon produces veges, salad and edible flowers in around four acres of market garden in Cambridgeshire - (29'36")
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Zijn er afleveringen die ontbreken?
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What exactly do the Soil Association mean by a Worm Hunt, and why do they want us to dance for these wriggly ecosystem warriors? Can venture capital really help to scale the transition to regenerative agriculture? Why has deer management become such a divisive issue in Scotland? And the latest UK Peatland Code revision is now open for consultation.
Interviews with:
Dr Renée Kerkvliet-Hermans from the IUCN UK Peatland Programme - 0'25''
Alex Burton, Head of Worms at the Soil Association - 7'57''
Simon Evill from Pelican Ag - 12'51''
Tom Turnbull from the Association of Deer Management Groups - 22'13''
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Do we seriously need to chop down more trees to address the climate crisis?
What about food? Is it possible to make a living from a third of an acre of land?
In a world struggling with antimicrobial resistance - what's the WHO doing downgrading a whole class of antibiotics?
And what about my farm - regenerative agriculture - it's a great idea, but it'll never work here!
I speak to regenerative farming advisor, Tim Williams - 0'40''
Paul Brannen, the author of Timber! How wood can help save the world from climate breakdown - 12'50''
Dr Laura Higham a veterinary consultant for FAI Farms - 25'15''
And Ben Hartman the author of The Lean Micro Farm - 37'10''
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Phil Carson (Nature Friendly Farming Network) and ffinlo Costain (8point9.com) discuss the week’s land use news - including:Government must deliver promised flood support, says CLA
“Slurry pollution as damaging as sewage”
NFFN unveils UK general election manifesto
Farmers demand Universal Basic Income
Research finds ten times more pests in insecticide-treated corn fields
In-field crop diversity could deliver ecological resilience
Urgent need for new approach to combat global grassland degradation
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Five interviews today - on topics ranging from the constant struggle for tenant farmers to dangers of slurry pollution.
1'08'' Martin Lines from the Nature Friendly Farming Network discusses the NFFN's general election manifesto, which includes a call for a fit-for-purpose farming budget
12'29'' Peter Powell from the Welsh Dee Trust talks about the terrible impact farm slurry can have on rivers
20'34'' Vicky Vanderstichele from North Star Transition tells me that scale is critical when it comes to financing nature-based solutions
32'09'' George Dunn, the chief executive of the Tenant Farmers Association, tells me about the often poor relationship between tenant farmers and their landlords
42'35'' And finally, Robin Walter from the Soil Association, makes the case for regenerative forestry.
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Wheat from the Chaff: Wye chicken? Unlocking nature finance - And special guest: Rob Yorke
Class-action-style claim takes on chicken giant, Avara
Report focusses on unlocking finance for nature
Updated carbon offsetting principles aim to combat greenwashing
SPECIAL GUEST: Rob Yorke
Welsh Government: New Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs confirmed
“Where is the Land Use Framework?” asks EAC
Questions remain over England’s plan for improving soil health
Government caps land area used for six key SFI payments
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Four conversations today - first, I'll meet David Wright, the Chief Executive of Ecometric, to find out about how exactly soil carbon is measured - then after that I'll talk to Chris D'Agorne from Life to Land about an analysis that shows that the non-native sycamore is now the UK's third most populous tree species. Later I'll discuss the benefits of having more trees on farms with Huw Evans from Three Pools, and we'll round up the programme with a conversation about the Westminster government's proposals for mandatory method of production labelling with Peter Stevenson and Catherine Jadav from Compassion in World Farming.
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ffinlo Costain (8point9.com) and Phil Carson (Nature Friendly Farming Network) discuss the week's land use news - and meet special guest, Chris Smaje, author of "Saying NO to a farm-free future"
This is a re-edit of the original podcast, which contained inaccuracies in the first section (soil carbon intro).NEWS ARTICLES DISCUSSED:New paradigm in soil science shows vast potential for carbon storageGood soil management reduces the “high risk of conventional grazing”White paper connects regenerative agriculture with nutrient density"They belong to this land" - The Reindeer ChroniclesINTERVIEW: CHRIS SMAJE“Cities, like feedlots, need to import food and water from afar"THIRD SECTIONNo single stretch of river in England in “good ecological health”Hedgerow regulations will be brought into English lawFarmers look to help rivers by cutting plough use in maize trialsRiver restoration key to saving Scotland’s disappearing salmon
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ffinlo Costain meets Judith D Schwartz - the author of Cows Save the Planet, Water in Plain Sight and The Reindeer Chronicles.
Western civilisation has, for generations, sought to extract itself from its dependency on the natural world. Indigenous knowledge has been devalued and lost. And even now, as our monumental folly becomes clearer with each passing day, those who lead us have little real conception of our innate dependency upon an interconnected natural world.Judith D Schwartz has collected evidence of landscape-scale recovery led by visionaries who have reconnected themselves with nature.
ffinlo and Judith discuss what we can learn from reindeer, green colonialism, prey and predator cultures, donkeys in Western Australia, natural capital and economic growth, and the transformation of the Loess Plateaux.
Find Judith at https://www.judithdschwartz.com/ and on X
Buy Judith's book, The Reindeer Chronicles, here.
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Phil Carson (Nature Friendly Farming Network) and ffinlo Costain (8point9.com) discuss the week's news - and are joined by special guest, farm business and succession adviser, Heather Wildman.
News stories Phil and ffinlo discuss:
Scottish Forestry rejects findings of Royal Society of Edinburgh tree report
Non-native Sycamore is third most common British tree
European Parliament votes to criminalise ecosystem destruction
Government policy “inconsistent” and failing to deliver on farm antibiotic use
Food and farming policies “fettered by neoliberal economics” says SDP
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NFFN Cymru unveils five-point plan for Welsh Government
Special guest Heather Wildman is from Saviour Associates - visit her website
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ffinlo Costain (8point9.com) and Phil Carson catch up on the week's land use news - and meet forestry expert, Andrew Heald.
News items they discuss:
Highland estate to generate biodiversity credits with SLR and RePlanet
https://8point9.com/highland-estate-to-generate-biodiversity-credits-with-slr-and-replanet/
How will BNG affect the UK biodiversity credit market? Max Bodmer, RePlanet
https://8point9.com/how-will-bng-affect-the-uk-biodiversity-credit-market-max-bodmer-replanet/
Call for “radical rethink” to reap benefits of UK organic market for farmers
https://8point9.com/call-for-radical-rethink-to-reap-benefits-of-uk-organic-market-for-farmers/
40 projects to benefit from £25 million funding for natural flood management
https://8point9.com/40-projects-to-benefit-from-25-million-funding-for-natural-flood-management/
African Development Bank policies “undermining biodiversity”
https://8point9.com/african-development-bank-policies-undermining-biodiversity/
“China and Brazil can lead harmonised criteria” for green agriculture
https://8point9.com/china-and-brazil-can-lead-harmonised-criteria-for-green-agriculture/
SPECIAL GUEST
Is the UK facing a timber crisis?
https://8point9.com/is-the-uk-facing-a-timber-crisis/
Wood-based construction can reduce emissions and store carbon long-term
https://8point9.com/wood-based-construction-can-reduce-emissions-and-store-carbon-long-term/
LONGER CONVO -
Liberal Democrats promise £1bn extra for English farmers
https://8point9.com/liberal-democrats-promise-1bn-extra-for-english-farmers/
Prime Minister “needs to map a realistic future for farmers”
https://8point9.com/prime-minister-needs-to-map-a-realistic-future-for-farmers/
Welsh Government says “We are listening”
https://8point9.com/welsh-government-says-we-are-listening/
AND Embrace the canopy – Wales’ Sustainable Farm Scheme
https://8point9.com/embrace-the-canopy-wales-sustainable-farm-scheme/
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Phil Carson (Nature Friendly Farming Network) and ffinlo Costain (8point9.com) are joined by regenerative farming expert, Niels Corfield.
Stories discussed:
Fluke control & prevention, beyond testing & treatment
River Action taking government to court over River Wye pollution
First Milk announces acquisition of BV Dairy
Cost of living crisis causing loneliness epidemic for young people
New housing developments to deliver a boost for nature in landmark move
Labour pulls ahead in crucial battle for the countryside vote
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Phil Carson (Nature Friendly Farming Network) and ffinlo Costain (8point9.com) chew through the week's land news, and talk to special guest, Rachel Jones (Sustain), about local food.
News topics discussed:
Scotland: Yousaf to continue 70 per cent direct funding, dependent on greening
https://8point9.com/scotland-yousaf-to-continue-70-per-cent-direct-funding-dependent-on-greening/
Survey reveals bleak relations between landlords and tenant farmers - FFINLO
https://8point9.com/survey-reveals-bleak-relations-between-landlords-and-tenant-farmers/
“Hidden” record of UK’s historic biodiversity to be digitised - PHIL
https://8point9.com/hidden-record-of-uks-historic-biodiversity-to-be-digitised/
UK-wide exhibition spotlights regenerative food producers - FFINLO
https://8point9.com/uk-wide-exhibition-spotlights-regenerative-food-producers/
Traceability markers to deliver transparency in recycled cotton supply chain - PHIL
https://8point9.com/traceability-markers-to-deliver-transparency-in-recycled-cotton-supply-chain/
Cairngorms awarded £10.7 million to become first net zero UK National Park
https://8point9.com/cairngorms-awarded-10-7-million-to-become-first-net-zero-uk-national-park/
National Parks must work for everyone
https://8point9.com/national-parks-must-work-for-everyone/
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Four interviews today:
Rowan Phillimore from The Gaia Foundation about the We Feed The UK arts project Pete Ritchie from Nourish Scotland about the country's progress towards being a Good Food Nation Jon Parker from the Food, Farming and Countryside Commission in Wales talking about Welsh farm policy And Ignas van Schaick, the co-producer of a new movie, Planet Soil, which delves deep into the earth, turning invertebrates into stars.--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/farmgate/message -
ffinlo and Phil talk through the week's land use news and are joined by special guest, Rhys Evans, from the Nature Friendly Farming Network, Wales.
News stories discussed:
High-tech aerial mapping reveals England’s hedgerow landscape
Economists calculate multi-trillion dollar opportunity to fix global food system
UK-Canada trade talks halted over safeguarding British food standards
“Deep concerns about biosecurity” at new GB border
Soil Association pushes back against criticism of organic salmon
A big win for grassland, but farmers need more
Farming risks being “lured” by far-right rhetoric
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Regular hosts Phil Carson and ffinlo Costain are joined by Stephen Alexander from the Nature Friendly Farming Network in Norther Ireland.
News we discuss:
NFU and AHDB to commission independent review of farm assurance
Scottish Government publishes long-awaited Good Food Nation plans
Supermarkets accused of “acting like a cartel”
Farmers aim to save Long Compton Abattoir from closure
Northern Ireland: Four-point plan to back nature-friendly farming
NI faces a “public health emergency” unless permanent access to vet medicines is secured
Future Amoc collapse linked to Greenland ice loss could have “profound impacts”
Research says human behavioural crisis at root of ecological breakdown
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A bumper programme, with five interviews covering everything from natural capital markets available to farmers to the fact that climate change is happening faster than predicted in Scotland. We'll hear from the Food Ethics Council about their proposals for UK dairy, from the head of the RSPB's Fair to Nature, and from a farmer who's successfully introduced hemp as a break crop.
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Helen Avery from the Green Finance Institute
Abi Williams from the Food Ethics Council
Christy York from the Hutton Wandesley Estate
Mark Varney from Fair to Nature
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Breed is critical to any livestock operation and an active breeding programme helps farmers to develop their herd around particular beneficial traits.
In the run up to the British Cattle Breeders Club conference this January, we've been taking an in-depth look at how the traits and characteristics needed for regenerative farming differ from mainstream cattle production.
We'll hear from three farmers with active on-farm breeding programmes - Sophie Wilson from Starveall Dairy - Silas Hedley Lawrence from FAI Farms - and Phyllis van Amburgh from Dharma Lea in the USA. We also hear from Rob Havard, who runs the breeding farm, Phepson Angus.
From 8point9.com
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