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A quarterly podcast where two Nuffield Scholars - James Smith, a fifth-generation farmer, and Ben Taylor-Davies, an agroecologist, chat about all things regenerative farming, rewilding, biodiversity, soil health and more, occasionally joined by special guests from the field (no pun intended).
Music: "He Tried To Be A Poet" by One Man Book, licensed with permission from the Independent Music Licensing Collective - imlcollective.uk.
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Recent Episodes
S3E5 You Herd It Here First
In this episode, James and Ben are joined by Ed Kerr and Craig Lappin-Smith - a banker and restaurateur respectively, and joint co-founders of Herd - a project to promote regenerative farming through…
S3E4 Risky Business
In this episode, James and Ben are joined by Oliver Scott, the Farms Director at Mawley Hall in Shropshire, to discuss 'agflation', the importance of diversity in farming and the financial viability…
S3E3 The Natural Health Service
In this episode, James and Ben are joined by Will Shotton from Tibico Fermentary to talk about all things gut health, ultra-processed food and the impact of modern day farming on our microbiomes.
S3E2 A Long Awaited Update!
Join Ben and I as we reunite after a significant hiatus to catch up on the latest happenings at Townsend Farm. We discuss the rapid changes in the farming landscape that have occurred since our last…
S3E1 The One Where We Get Political...
Ben and James are joined by Antony Yousefian, partner at The First Thirty, a company that's aim is to regenerate 30m hectares by 2030. We cover a lot of ground in this one - vertical farming,…
S2E6 Intern Goals...
In this episode, Ben and James chat with Townsend Farm's summer intern about biodiversity, French agroecology, composting and how to dig a circle. Make sure to check Loddington Farm's Instagram page…
S2E5 Strawberry Fields (or tables) Forever...
In this episode, Ben and James chat to Marion Regan, fourth generation 'guvnor' of Hugh Lowe Farms in Kent, about robots, Wimbledon, lacewings and how they continue to grow soft fruit sustainably in…
S2E4 The Long Road to Greggs...
In this episode, James and Ben talk to Andy Cato from Wildfarmed about the company's mission to fix food to fix the planet, and how he believes we can farm in nature's image while comfortably feeding…
S2E3 10th Episode Special!
In this episode, instead of chatting to another farmer James meets with Ben's long-suffering wife, Helen, and Ben wasn't there so they could say what they want! It's easy to forget that behind most…
S2E2 Are You Excited About Celery?!
In this episode, Ben and James chat with Harry Winslet from G's about bugs in jugs, how boring celery is and the trials and tribulations of implementing organic and regenerative practices in fresh…
S2E1 That's What Friends Are For
Ben visits James who's feeling down in the dumps about farming after the heatwave. They discuss why food production has become so high risk and the impact climate change is having on our ability to…
S1E7 Jamie's Farm
In this episode, James and Ben are in Monmouth to visit Dan Smith who runs one of Jamie's Farms - an incredible charity that provides residential experiences to vulnerable young people, combining…
S1E6 We Don't Milk People
On this episode James and Ben are joined by Tim May, estate manager at Kingsclere Estates in Hampshire, to discuss cows, circular economies, enterprise stacking and guerilla gardening.Meanwhile, Ben…
S1E5 Down a Rabbit Hole...
James and Ben travel to Wexcombe Manor Farm to chat to fourth-generation farmer, George Hosier about his move to a no-till farming system and the role engineering can play on a mixed farm.
S1E4 Paint Your Barn!
In light of COP26, this episode focuses on the role of agroecology in mitigating climate change. Ben and James are joined by Ollie Gillard from Gage Graphics to discuss how art can play a role in…
S1E3 The Oddest Wolfpack
James and Ben are joined by Ben Whale, who is the farm manager responsible for the 2,000 acre Edgecote Estate in the Oxfordshire/Northamptonshire borders. This episode is more or less a case study on…
S1E2 Boats & Flerds
James and Ben are joined by Ed Brown, an Agronomist and Head of Agroecology at H L Hutchinson Ltd, to discuss the barriers and attitudes that stand in the way of moving to a better way of farming.…
S1E1 What is Regenerative Farming?
James and Ben discuss tilling, the differences between organic and regenerative farming, flood biology, rewilding and on a slight tangent...beavers and Christmas trees.
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Farming For Change has published 18 episodes since July 2021, covering topics in Earth Sciences, Science.
Farming For Change is currently moderate with new episodes every 2 months. Average episode length is 54m.
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