Nature Friendly Farming Podcast

Oct 06 2023 25 ep. 30 mins 19
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Join us our hosts, Ben Eagle and Will Evans, as they chat with nature-friendly farmers on how they are tackling climate change, biodiversity recovery and sustainable food production. #RethinkFarming

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Farmers and Facilitators: How you can tackle the climate crisis on a local level

Oct 06 2023 33 mins  
Produced in association with FWAG, in this episode Ben and Will are joined by FWAG's Jenny Phelps as well as Fiona Galbraith and Ian Simpson to discuss how local facilitators can bring farmers, local people and organisations together to tackle environmental and climate issues on a local level.

Profitability of Sustainable Agriculture with Sue Pritchard - Fewer Inputs Leaves More Room For Profit and Nature

Oct 03 2022 29 mins  
Ben and Will are joined by Sue Pritchard, Chief Executive of The Food Farming & Countryside Commission (FFCC). The FFCC is an independent UK charity whose mission is to find radical and practical ways to improve climate, nature, health, wellbeing and rural economies across all four of the home nations; England, Wales, Scotland and NI. The organisation commissions and conducts resea

Landscape Approaches with Jenny Phelps - Farming Together For Bigger, Better Outcomes

May 31 2022 37 mins  
Ben and Will are joined by Jenny Phelps MBE who is a senior farm conservation advisor for the Gloucestershire Farming and Wildlife Advisory Group (FWAG) and guest lecturer at the Royal Agricultural University. Jenny has over 30 years of experience in giving on-farm advice and has been with FWAG for 10 years. She leads many different projects, including the Upper Thames Catchment B

Working with the Landscape with Nikki Yoxall - Agroecology, Agroforestry & The Wee Mob

Feb 25 2022 32 mins  
Ben and Will head to Aberdeenshire to speak to first-generation farmer, grazier and NFFN Scotland Steering Group member Nikki Yoxall. From agroecology to agroforestry, Nikki shares how an agroecological approach can go beyond food production and how building community can help manage a wider landscape. She shares her journey into farming, a decision that came after working as Head

Keeping It Local with Helen Keys - Growing Flax for Linen & Farmer-Led Innovation

Feb 18 2022 32 mins  
Ben and Will head to County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, to talk about all aspects of food quality with farmer, Helen Keys, and to hear about her exciting business, SourceGrow, a platform that helps farmers decide what to grow and supports local by allowing restaurants to find suppliers.Helen also shares how she, and her partner, Charlie, are working to restore locally-grown textiles

Keeping Nature in the Family with Aylwin Pillai - Agroecology, Changing Subsidies & The Future of Land Use

Feb 11 2022 29 mins  
In this episode, Ben & Will speak with Aylwin Pillai, an environmental lawyer and partner in family-run Kinclune Estate and Organic Farm in Angus, Scotland. Aylwin shares her family's farming history, their agroecological approach, why she's an activist for nature-friendly farming & the important role small farms have in advocating for changes in land use. She shares how Kinclune i

A Wake Up Call with Sam Kenyon - Flash Floods & Natural Management Solutions

Jan 18 2022 22 mins  
In this episode, we focus on the water section of NFFN’s ‘Rethink Farming’ report by speaking to Sam Kenyon in North Wales. Sam farms next to the River Elway in Denbighshire and we hear all about how she’s taking a proactive and nature-friendly approach to water management, and how farmers should be planning for a changing climate.Support Sam's crowdfunding campaign: https:

It's a Can of Worms with Will Scale - Good Soil Function & The Impact on Farm Business

Dec 05 2021 32 mins  
For World Soil Day, Ben and Will are digging into all things SOIL with William Scale, a farmer with 20 years experience of no-tillage farming in Pembrokeshire. They dive into the ground beneath our feet through stories of William’s farming and why his ecological approach to land management matters to soil function.

If You Build It, They Will Come with Patrick Barker - COP26 & Bringing Biodiversity Back

Nov 23 2021 33 mins  
The NFFN podcast is back! And for the first episode of series three, Ben and Will talk to arable farmer and NFFN steering group member, Patrick Barker, all about the incredible range of environmental measures he and his cousin Brian have put in place on their farm, why it’s so important that farmers engage with the public, and the what’s, why’s, and how’s of NFFN’s new re

The Isle of Diversification

Apr 20 2021 26 mins  
In this final episode of the second series of the podcast Ben Eagle and Will Evans meet Anthony Curwen who is Managing Director of Quex Park in Kent. They learn about how Anthony's business changed from a large-scale vegetable operation to a fully diversified estate including multiple diversifications on top of the arable business.