Jul 11 2023 9 mins
Groundswell is an annual two-day festival of regenerative agriculture that takes place every June on a farm in Hertfordshire. Its a gathering of change in food and farming where farmers, conservationists, ecologists, chefs, agriculture industry representatives as well as financiers and MPs gather, speak and collaborate ideas about how we can transform food and farming into a more planet friendly agro-ecological future.
https://groundswellag.com/
This year we decided to film a mini series of friends, movers and shapers of the regenerative movement who are all in one place at one time.
Co-founder and Collaborative CEO Mark Drewell conducted interviews for New Foundation Farms with a selection of chosen guests.
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Episode 08 - Alex Godfrey - Savills
Joint Head of Natural Capital, Rural Management at Savills
Alex was one of the original founders of New Foundation Farms before moving on to Savills.
Alexander Godfrey has ten years of experience in investment banking (fixed income), a BSc in Economics and an MSc in Global Energy and Climate Policy, focusing on regenerative agriculture and climate finance, from SOAS University.
Alex consulted on a silvopasture enterprise in the Bolivian Amazon, stacking enterprise and engaging with indigenous people whilst developing an effective nature-based solution to mitigate climate change.
Alex has worked as an analyst in the UK’s agricultural space with a focus on natural capital and carbon markets.
Alex Co-founded New Foundation Farms, a disruptor in the agricultural sector, establishing a large-scale regenerative agri-food enterprise in the UK. Creating a nexus between agri-food business, ESG capital and society.
Last but certainly not least, Alex works on a mixed farm in the Cotswolds with Aberdeen Angus cattle and arable rotations. He describes himself as a “systems-based thinker and a firm believer in a world that believes in people, planet and profit” – not just the third one!
Podcast - Sustainable AF - "A blueprint to achieve a better and more sustainable future for all by 2030”
Our goal is to give you the information you need about one of the world’s great attempts to make the planet a better, cleaner, fairer place- the Sustainable Development Goals. They’re intended to tackle some of our biggest system challenges from health, education, inequality and even climate change. This year the pandemic has been dramatic but it was a huge challenge that affected everyone and the world worked together to tackle it. The bigger problems we face in the 21st century are around inequality, political polarisation, climate and environmental challenges, technology that’s evolving ahead of our ability to understand and our natural human tendency to fail to look ahead.
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Contacts for Alex Godfrey
https://www.savills.co.uk/people/savills-oxford/alex-godfrey.aspx
https://www.linkedin.com/in/alex-godfrey-817644152/?originalSubdomain=uk
https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/sustainable-af/id1556484313
https://www.buzzsprout.com/1608616