Conversation Beneath The Trees
by Conversation Beneath The Trees
Latest episode
S2 E13 - Agroforestry insights: Boosting tillage and horticulture…
S2 E13 - Agroforestry insights: Boosting tillage and horticulture…
About this podcast
Welcome to Conversation Beneath The Trees, a podcast bringing together scientists, farmers and innovators from all across Ireland to share their ideas and experiences of farming with trees.
This podcast is produced by the Irish Agroforestry Forum and funded by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine Forestry Promotion Fund.
Our hosts are Catherine Cleary and Ray Ó Foghlú. Production by Karishma Kusurkar from The Curated Pod. Project lead - Maureen Kilgore, Manager of the Irish Agroforestry Forum.
Episodes
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- S2 E13 - Agroforestry insights: Boosting tillage and horticulture production and resilience · 1 h 15 minIn our final episode of Season 2, we’ve invited Imogen Rabone, Ben Raskin and Jack Browne to share their insights across boosting tillage, horticulture production and resilience…
- S2 E12 - Trees and socio-cultural influence: Recognising the value of natural capita · 51 minIn this episode we explore the science of assessing the good things that forests do for us with PhD student Kathleen Conroy. Kathleen tells us about developing a tool to measure…
- S2 E11 - The effect of trees and green space on our health and wellbeing · 57 minIn this episode we explore the links between our health and how we feel around trees with psychologist Dr. Eoin Galavan and GP Dr. Sean Owens who starts by telling us about an…
- S2 E10 - Trees on farms: Improving soil and productivity · 59 minIn this episode we explore the crucial nature of the health of our soil with Dr. Aga Soil Scientist and farmer Liam O'Connor tells us about his journey from engineering to…
- S2 E9 - Protecting Ireland's waterways: The power of trees as a 21st century environmental tool · 1 h 8 minIn this episode we hear from Paul O’Callaghan and Mike O’Connor about the impact of farming and climate change on our water systems, catchment science, how agroforestry could…
- S2 E8 - Medicinal trees: Healing livestock and farmers · 53 minIn this episode we talk to medical herbalist Anne Stobart about the long and fascinating story of plants being used as medicine for people and animals. Episode host: Catherine…
- S2 E7 - The art of forest gardening · 1 h 2 minIn this episode we talk to economic botanist Andrew Ormerod about the best plants to grow in a forest garden. He's joined by permaculture expert Donal Chambers and Department of…
- S2 E6 - Cattle, trees and the hills: A balanced approach · 1 h 10 minIn this episode, we chat to John Holland, Henry O’Donnell and Nikki Yoxall who discuss upland farming, ancient farming practices, what is most sustainable for farming, what type…
- S2 E5 - The role of trees in dairy farming · 1 h 4 minIn this episode we hear from Lindsay Whistance and David Kerr who discuss the day-to-day operations of a dairy farm and how agroforestry can support and strengthen it. We chat…
- S2 E4 - Remembered cures: The long history of connection between plants, human and animal health · 53 minIn this episode we talk to sheep farmer and ethnobotanist William Milliken who works at the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew. He researches the relationship between plants and…
- S2 E3 - Crafting sustainable tree and sheep farming methods · 1 h 14 minIn this episode we hear from Marina Conway, Reamai Mathers and Jim McAdam who tell us about pioneering projects they have been a part of, the benefits of nurturing and planting…
- S2 E2 - Inheriting a forest: Trees, succession and family legacy · 1 h 9 minIn this episode we explore what it's like to take on a forest. We hear from Olive Leavy and Brendan Guinan, two people who found themselves becoming an accidental forester and…
- S2 E1 - The future of trees on farms: Policy that works for farmers, the environment and the next generation · 1 h 3 minIn this episode, Catherine and Ray find out how Ireland is towards the top of the European league table for hedgerows and "trees outside the forest" and explore the future for…
- Season 2 Trailer · 2 minSeason 2 Welcome to Conversation Beneath The Trees, a podcast bringing together scientists, farmers and innovators from all across Ireland to share their ideas and experiences…
- S1 E9 - Food from trees: Charlie Cole · 56 minIn our ninth episode we'll hear all about Charlie Cole’s small family run farm - Broughgammon - outside Ballycastle, County Antrim. Charlie’s family have turned fifty acres into…
- S1 E8 - Dairy farming, trees and wildlife · 1 h 14 minIn our eighth episode, Ray Ó Foghlú is in the host's chair and he's joined by Lindsay Whistance and Mick O’Sullivan who tell us all about the relationship between trees, nature…
- S1 E7 - Regenerative farming, the transition · 56 minIn our seventh episode, we get to the bottom of regenerative farming, what it is and how farms can transition to a more regenerative model. Our experts are forester and farmer…
- S1 E6 - Food from trees : Alan Kingston · 56 minIn our sixth episode we do a “deep dive” into how Skibbereen farmer Alan Kingston is farming with trees and berries - there will be lots of berries, including one you may not…
- S1 E5 - Farming innovation · 54 minIn our fifth episode, we travel through time to “farms of the future” to see what innovations are on the horizon. We're joined by Brendan Digney from tech start-up Machine Eye…
- S1 E4 - The potential for tree fodder · 1 h 9 minIn our fourth episode, we invited a panel of guests to tell us all the latest happenings in the world of tree fodder, the research into it and its potential uses. We’re joined by…
