Farm Gate

Jan 30 2025 167 ep. 44 mins 163

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The regenerative agriculture podcast, in search of practical solutions for ecological security. Produced by 8.9ha: https://www.8point9.com Farming news, regenerative farming, agroecology, land use, natural capital, land news

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New Wheat from the Chaff, with Joe Stanley

Jan 30 2025 58 mins

8point9.com editor, ffinlo Costain, is joined by a new co-host, Joe Stanley, for Farm Gate's monthly chat through the big land use topics of the moment. Joe Stanley is a Farmers’ Weekly columnist, author and Head of Sustainable Farming at the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust’s Allerton Project. In this podcast they discuss NFU leadership tactics - whether the ongoing

Filling the Funding Gap: How much can nature pay me?

Jan 20 2025 58 mins

This is the first of 11 programmes in a series called Filling the Funding Gap. Throughout the series we'll discuss how natural capital markets work and whether they can help farmers to bridge the gap between public payments and the real costs of transition towards resilient and regenerative food production. In this introductory programme we're taking a broad overview - discussing

Farm Gate 112: Nestlé: The great big regen corporation

Jan 13 2025 47 mins

When we think of regenerative food and farming, we tend to think of small to medium-scale farmers, supplying into small or perhaps independent supply chains. But what about big companies – what about massive corporations – can their supply chains be regenerative too? Nestlé has become the great big regen corporation – but who’s responsible for that decision, what does rege

Farm Gate 111: How can we build a positive narrative for farming?

Dec 13 2024 49 mins

In this programme, ffinlo Costain talks to two storytelling giants from the world of farming - Graham Harvey, former scriptwriter and farming story editor for the long-running BBC Radio drama, The Archers - And Ben Eagle who runs the podcast agency RuralPod Media and is the host of two farming podcasts: Rural Business Focus and Meet The Farmers. They talk about the public perceptio

Farm Gate 110: Are regenerative cereals possible?

Dec 06 2024 63 mins

In this programme, Farm Gate addresses the challenge of growing regenerative cereals in Britain. Is it possible? How can farmers deliver regeneration while producing the yields and profits necessary for viable farm businesses and a healthy food system? ffinlo Costain talks to Tim Parton from Brewood Park Farm, who's passionately championed regenerative agriculture for 15 years - an

Farm Gate 109: Down the Rabbit Hole

Nov 28 2024 45 mins

ffinlo Costain is joined by Charlie Bennett, author of Down the Rabbit Hole - The misadventures of an unlikely naturalist. They discuss the nature, language, heritage and history that Charlie showcases in his book - which is a perfect stocking filler. Down the Rabbit Hole is now available in Northumberland bookshops - across the UK in Waterstones - and for international listeners,

Farm Gate 108: At Work in the Ruins

Nov 21 2024 65 mins

ffinlo Costain speaks to Dougald Hine, author of 'At Work in the Ruins: Finding our place in the time of climate crisis and other emergencies'. Hine is a social thinker, writer and speaker, and one of the great minds behind the Dark Mountain Project. We talk about his new book, and about the role of agriculture and food production in taking humanity through ecological, social and

Farm Gate 107: Is the Land Alive?

Nov 14 2024 48 mins

In this programme, we're previewing LandAlive - the regenerative agriculture conference taking place at the Bath & West Showground on the 22nd and 23rd of November. ffinlo Costain is joined by: Tamara Giltsoff, co-founder of LandAlive George Dunn the chief executive of the Tenant Farmers' Association And Abby Allen, director of Pipers Farm and author of The Sustainable Meat

Farm Gate 106: What's Bill Gates doing to Africa's food?

Oct 31 2024 52 mins

Bill Gates, the founder of Microsoft - he's a good guy, right? Africa's food system has been a major recipient of Gates' $59bn philanthropy. But is Gates helping African food systems - or destroying them? Is he ending hunger - or depleting land resilience and contributing to food insecurity and societal instability? I'm joined by Tim Schwab, author of the new book, The Bill Gates P

8.9 Newsweek - Earthworms, Land Alive prizes, bast fibre, and Nuffield Farming

Oct 25 2024 68 mins

Seven conversations today, focussed on Land Alive, a new British regen farming event at the end of November; the findings of three Nuffield Farming Scholars; the potential to integrate bast fibre production within organic farm systems; and the perils faced by earthworms when the land floods. ffinlo Costain speaks to: Professor Mark Hodson, from the University of York - 0'34'' Grah