Farm Gate ffinlo Costain
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The regenerative agriculture podcast, in search of practical solutions for ecological security.
Produced by 8.9ha: https://www.8point9.com
With financial support from Our Sankalpa
Farming news, Regenerative farming, agroecology, land use, natural capital, land news
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8.9 Newsweek - Timber! Micro farms, AMR, and regen misconceptions
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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Wheat from the Chaff podcast: Flooding, Universal income & In-field crop diversity
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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8.9 Newsweek - A fit-for-purpose farming budget
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
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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8.9 Newsweek - Soil carbon assessments and method of production labels
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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Wheat from the Chaff (re-edit): Soil science, biodiversity renewal, and special guest: Chris Smaje
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 storage
Good soil management reduces the “high risk of conventional grazing”
White paper connects regenerative agriculture with nutrient density
"They belong to this land" - The Reindeer Chronicles
INTERVIEW: CHRIS SMAJE
“Cities, like feedlots, need to import food and water from afar"
THIRD SECTION
No single stretch of river in England in “good ecological health”
Hedgerow regulations will be brought into English law
Farmers look to help rivers by cutting plough use in maize trials
River restoration key to saving Scotland’s disappearing salmon
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