Farm Gate Podcast
1) "Being a prison officer really changed me."
Farm Gate Leaders: Nikki Yoxall, Regenerative farmerNikki Yoxall, a regen farmer based in the north-east of Scotland, embodies the UK regen farming movement - young, passionate, outspoken, media-savvy...Show More
2) How do regen monitoring systems compare?
A new report, the RegenCompass Version 1.0, developed by EARA (Euro Alliance for Regen Agriculture), offers the first comprehensive, farmer-led evaluation of the systems designed to identify and disti...Show More
3) 'Regen is a chance to reset farm economics'
At its heart, regenerative agriculture is an opportunity to reset a farm's relationship with both nature and economics. Most farmers who take the time to re-think their system, to reduce their use of ...Show More
4) How to reduce farm antibiotic use
Antibiotics are critical medicines for humans and livestock - but profligate use has led to rapidly increasing resistance, which is a threat for animal and human health. How then do we replace, reduce...Show More
5) How Brazil beat hunger
Brazil has lifted 40 million people out of food insecurity in just two years. This historic achievement was driven by political choices that put family farmers and food access first. ffinlo Costain is...Show More
6) 'Insects are a powerful tool for food production'
Integrated pest management is about establishing a farm as a connected ecosystem. To investigate the subject ffinlo Costain is joined by horticulturalist, Andy Dibben, the head grower at Abbey Home Fa...Show More
7) You can't live off nature's capital forever
Martin's Farm: February. ffinlo Costain finds out about integrated pest management and a hedge-laying competition run by Martin Lines at Papley Grove. Martin and ffinlo are also joined by Peter Craven...Show More
8) 'Why are you buying all that crap? That's dumb!'
Dr. Jonathan G Lundgren is an agroecologist, the founder and director of the Ecdysis Foundation, and Chief Executive of Blue Dasher Farm. He's the author of 107 peer-reviewed journal articles, he rece...Show More
9) Why should Trump's grab for Greenland matter to farmers?
In this month's Wheat from the Chaff, ffinlo Costain (8point9.com) and Joe Stanley (GWCT Allerton Project) discuss:Venezuela, Greenland and world securityMinette Batters' Farm Profitability ReviewSust...Show More
10) How can dairy farming be both high yielding and regenerative?
Stuart Rogers has found the sweet spot - by focussing on herd health and the overall health of his system, Rogers' dairy herd at Longmoor Farm in Dorset is both high yielding and regenerative. Listen ...Show More