ffinlo Costain (8point9.com) and Phil Carson (Nature Friendly Farming Network) discuss the week’s land use news – and meet special guest, Chris Smaje, author of “Saying NO to a farm-free future”
This is a re-edit of the original podcast, which contained inaccuracies in the first section (soil carbon introduction).
New paradigm in soil science shows vast potential for carbon storage
Good soil management reduces the “high risk of conventional grazing”
White paper connects regenerative agriculture with nutrient density
“They belong to this land” – The Reindeer Chronicles
Guest interview
“Cities, like feedlots, need to import food and water from afar”
Discussion
No single stretch of river in England in “good ecological health”
Hedgerow regulations will be brought into English law
Farmers look to help rivers by cutting plough use in maize trials
River restoration key to saving Scotland’s disappearing salmon