Farm Gate
The world's highest ranking food security podcast.Produced by ffinlo Costain.Farm Gate is part of 8point9.com#farmingnews, regenfarming regenag agroecology landuse naturalcapital foodsecurity food farming ecologicalsecurity
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Risks and reflections (opens the original)
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ffinlo Costain (8point9.com) is joined by Tom Pycraft (Ark Events), Jimmy Woodrow (Pasture for Life), and Sue Pritchard (Food, Farming and Countryside Commission). They discuss food system risk and reflection on the discussion and outcomes from the UK's first Conference on Food & National Security. For the key takeaways from the conference - Click the link or scroll down (https://8point9.com/key-takeaways-from-conference-on-food-national-security/) * The UK’s food system is a national security t
"Attack is less likely in a resilient homeland" (opens the original)
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In central London, on September the 8th, Farm Gate and Ark Events will host the UK's first Conference on Food and National Security. The conference will uniquely deal with the subjects of food, nature and national security - because ecological and defence vulnerabilities, driven by our food system itself, go beyond simply food security and resilience. We will be discussing food security, resilience and emergency preparedness - but the key focus will be food system driven insecurity. We'll be tal
The shocks are bigger; our resilience is better (opens the original)
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Martin Lines (Chief Executive, Nature Friendly Farming Network) and ffinlo Costain (Editor, 8point9) discuss how Britain's farms have coped under the duress of this summer's fifth heatwave, and what needs to change to make food production more heat and water resilient. They also talk about the UK's new Prime Minister and his announcement of a £65m boost to support farmers during the drought. Martin and ffinlo are joined by Owen Thomas, a 17 year old shepherd rearing sheep on Martin's farm.
What's next for Wakelyns? (opens the original)
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Wakelyns is an inspirational organic farm in Suffolk; an oasis within a desert of conventional arable farming - it pioneered UK agroforestry and population grain - it runs courses, events and retreats. But Wakelyns is facing an uncertain future, for which community buyout offers a solution. ffinlo Costain is joined by, David Wolfe, Wakelyns' founder and co-owner. To find out more and to buy community shares in Wakelyns - follow this link: https://wakelyns.co.uk/
What next after no-till? (opens the original)
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In the final week of our 10 More Days of Groundswell series, I talk to Ben Adams (Farmer, Adams Agriculture) and Mark Palmer (Director and farm advisor, Systems4Food Ltd). Cover crops and no-till have transformed regenerative arable in England. But the easy wins are largely banked, and a more honest conversation is starting: what does soil health really look like once you've ticked the obvious boxes? Farmers funded through Defra's ADOPT programme are running on-farm trials testing cover crops wi
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