About this podcast
A quarterly podcast where two Nuffield Scholars - James Smith, a fifth-generation farmer, and Ben Taylor-Davies, an agroecologist, chat about all things regenerative farming, rewilding, biodiversity, soil health and more, occasionally joined by special guests from the field (no pun intended).
Music: "He Tried To Be A Poet" by One Man Book, licensed with permission from the Independent Music Licensing Collective - imlcollective.uk.
Episodes
- Dadspace - A place to talk and chat · 1 h 12 minIn this Episode James and Ben sit down with Denver, the founder of Dadspace to discuss mental health amongst men. An Episode where Ben admits to a situation at home that is in…
- A Rambling Catch up · 1 h 3 minIn the latest episode, Ben heads to Loddington to visit James and have a general catch up/moan about agriculture on our farms, in general and across the world.
- You Herd It Here First · 1 h 1 min · Season 3 Episode 5In this episode, James and Ben are joined by Ed Kerr and Craig Lappin-Smith - a banker and restaurateur respectively, and joint co-founders of Herd - a project to promote…
- Risky Business · 56 min · Season 3 Episode 4In this episode, James and Ben are joined by Oliver Scott, the Farms Director at Mawley Hall in Shropshire, to discuss 'agflation', the importance of diversity in farming and the…
- The Natural Health Service · 58 min · Season 3 Episode 3In this episode, James and Ben are joined by Will Shotton from Tibico Fermentary to talk about all things gut health, ultra-processed food and the impact of modern day farming on…
- A Long Awaited Update! · 1 h 1 min · Season 3 Episode 2Join Ben and I as we reunite after a significant hiatus to catch up on the latest happenings at Townsend Farm. We discuss the rapid changes in the farming landscape that have…
- The One Where We Get Political... · 1 h 0 min · Season 3 Episode 1Ben and James are joined by Antony Yousefian, partner at The First Thirty, a company that's aim is to regenerate 30m hectares by 2030. We cover a lot of ground in this one…
- Intern Goals... · 45 min · Season 2 Episode 6In this episode, Ben and James chat with Townsend Farm's summer intern about biodiversity, French agroecology, composting and how to dig a circle. Make sure to check Loddington…
- Strawberry Fields (or tables) Forever... · 1 h 0 min · Season 2 Episode 5In this episode, Ben and James chat to Marion Regan, fourth generation 'guvnor' of Hugh Lowe Farms in Kent, about robots, Wimbledon, lacewings and how they continue to grow soft…
- The Long Road to Greggs... · 54 min · Season 2 Episode 4In this episode, James and Ben talk to Andy Cato from Wildfarmed about the company's mission to fix food to fix the planet, and how he believes we can farm in nature's image…
- 10th Episode Special! · 37 min · Season 2 Episode 3In this episode, instead of chatting to another farmer James meets with Ben's long-suffering wife, Helen, and Ben wasn't there so they could say what they want! It's easy to…
- Are You Excited About Celery?! · 51 min · Season 2 Episode 2In this episode, Ben and James chat with Harry Winslet from G's about bugs in jugs, how boring celery is and the trials and tribulations of implementing organic and regenerative…
- That's What Friends Are For · 49 min · Season 2 Episode 1Ben visits James who's feeling down in the dumps about farming after the heatwave. They discuss why food production has become so high risk and the impact climate change is…
- Jamie's Farm · 56 min · Season 1 Episode 7In this episode, James and Ben are in Monmouth to visit Dan Smith who runs one of Jamie's Farms - an incredible charity that provides residential experiences to vulnerable young…
- We Don't Milk People · 57 min · Season 1 Episode 6On this episode James and Ben are joined by Tim May, estate manager at Kingsclere Estates in Hampshire, to discuss cows, circular economies, enterprise stacking and guerilla…
- Down a Rabbit Hole... · 50 min · Season 1 Episode 5James and Ben travel to Wexcombe Manor Farm to chat to fourth-generation farmer, George Hosier about his move to a no-till farming system and the role engineering can play on a…
- Paint Your Barn! · 49 min · Season 1 Episode 4In light of COP26, this episode focuses on the role of agroecology in mitigating climate change. Ben and James are joined by Ollie Gillard from Gage Graphics to discuss how art…
- The Oddest Wolfpack · 49 min · Season 1 Episode 3James and Ben are joined by Ben Whale, who is the farm manager responsible for the 2,000 acre Edgecote Estate in the Oxfordshire/Northamptonshire borders. This episode is more or…
- Boats & Flerds · 56 min · Season 1 Episode 2James and Ben are joined by Ed Brown, an Agronomist and Head of Agroecology at H L Hutchinson Ltd, to discuss the barriers and attitudes that stand in the way of moving to a…
- What is Regenerative Farming? · 55 min · Season 1 Episode 1James and Ben discuss tilling, the differences between organic and regenerative farming, flood biology, rewilding and on a slight tangent...beavers and Christmas trees.
