Martin Lines and Nature Friendly Farming at Scale
Martin farms arable crops in South Cambridgeshire and leads the Nature Friendly Farming Network (NFFN). On farm, he focuses on soil health, integrated pest management, mixed rotations and schemes that pay for public goods. Martin convenes farmer networks, shares what works in practice, and acts as a constructive voice across the sector – aiming for…
EMERGENCY EPISODE - Wild Fires, Grazing, Rewilding and the Conversation We're Not Having Enough
This emergency podcast from Meet The Farmers about wildfires and the fast-approaching new normal has some intriguing systems-based, unintended consequences thoughts regarding land management. They touch on so many things whose compounding effects make wildfires both more likely and more severe. This podcast is well worth a listen here.
Agri Culture - Building A Life Of Health From The Ground Up: Steading & Co Family (Part 1)
When we talk systems, these guys are taking it to a whole new level. Phillip is all about improving the land through homemade biological inputs, grazing management and testing everything from pH to conductivity; Konrad works the cows (Belties and Angus) and has a Temple Grandin corral to minimise stress and ease handling and is…
I Sell Water and Sunshine
"We've been taught for a long time that we couldn't change the land; the soil was what it was. We couldn't change organic matter, change it significantly in a human lifetime and we don't believe that any longer. With the things we know now, about organisms in the soil and adding livestock and diversity, we…
Agricology in the Field - Mike Mallett
How Maple Farm Kelsale uses heritage grains, agroforestry and free-range hens to build soil health — regenerative farming lessons from Mike Mallett.