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Landed Part 2: Re-storying the Landscape

Landed Part 2: Re-storying the Landscape https://farmerama.co/wp-content/themes/movedo/images/empty/thumbnail.jpg 150 150 Farmerama Radio Farmerama Radio //farmerama.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/farmerama-logo.with-url-1.png 12 July 2021 12 July 2021

Over the last 250 years, Gaelic culture in the Highlands of Scotland has experienced what academic Iain MacKinnon refers to as “cultural devastation”. For farmer’s son, Col Gordon, the forced…

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Landed Part 1: The Family Farm

Landed Part 1: The Family Farm https://farmerama.co/wp-content/themes/movedo/images/empty/thumbnail.jpg 150 150 Farmerama Radio Farmerama Radio //farmerama.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/farmerama-logo.with-url-1.png 28 June 2021 28 June 2021

“What if we’ve been getting this wrong?” Col Gordon is a farmer’s son from the Scottish Highlands. After a decade away, he’s finally returned to the place that he loves:…

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#66: Ecosystem Agriculture, The Probiotic Turn and Regenerative Flower Growing

#66: Ecosystem Agriculture, The Probiotic Turn and Regenerative Flower Growing https://i0.wp.com/farmerama.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Screen-Shot-2021-05-30-at-19.44.51.png?fit=397%2C397&ssl=1 397 397 Farmerama Radio Farmerama Radio //farmerama.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/farmerama-logo.with-url-1.png 1 June 2021 1 June 2021

Liv Wilson of Wetherly / SSAW Collective. Image Source: Instagram (@_wetherly_) This month we begin by hearing from the ever-inspiring Mimi Casteel – farmer, ecologist, and wine maker. Mimi shares…

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#65: Community farm investment, Naked oat mylk and Palestinian fair trade

#65: Community farm investment, Naked oat mylk and Palestinian fair trade https://farmerama.co/wp-content/themes/movedo/images/empty/thumbnail.jpg 150 150 Farmerama Radio Farmerama Radio //farmerama.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/farmerama-logo.with-url-1.png 26 April 2021 30 April 2021

Kindling Farm. Image from @kindlingtrust This month we start with a fond farewell to internationally renowned water specialist Professor Tony Allan, most noted for his pioneering work on the concept…

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#64: Dung beetles, herbal medicine, hydrology and soil carbon

#64: Dung beetles, herbal medicine, hydrology and soil carbon https://i0.wp.com/farmerama.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Screenshot-2021-03-29-at-10.29.50.png?fit=1078%2C848&ssl=1 1078 848 Farmerama Radio Farmerama Radio //farmerama.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/farmerama-logo.with-url-1.png 29 March 2021 29 March 2021

Rasheeqa Ahmad | Image from Hedge Herbs This month, we begin by hearing from Sally-Ann Spence, an entomologist in Wiltshire, who is passionate about preserving dung beetles as a keystone…

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#63: Indian farmers’ protests, the Forever Flock and Biopriming

#63: Indian farmers’ protests, the Forever Flock and Biopriming https://i0.wp.com/farmerama.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Screen-Shot-2021-02-28-at-17.33.46.png?fit=528%2C592&ssl=1 528 592 Farmerama Radio Farmerama Radio //farmerama.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/farmerama-logo.with-url-1.png 28 February 2021 28 February 2021

This month, we start with speaking to Dr Vandana Shiva. Vandana is an Indian scholar who set up the Navdanya Farm that works with hundreds of thousands of farmers…

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Farmerama’s Position on the Deregulation of Gene Editing in the UK

Farmerama’s Position on the Deregulation of Gene Editing in the UK https://i0.wp.com/farmerama.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Balcaskie-Wheat-Landrace-21st-Aug-2019-2019-08-21-at-14-32-48-scaled.jpg?fit=2560%2C1707&ssl=1 2560 1707 Farmerama Radio Farmerama Radio //farmerama.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/farmerama-logo.with-url-1.png 26 February 2021 26 February 2021

Now that the UK has left the EU, many European laws and regulations—including those dealing with gene editing and genetic modification—can be revisited. The Department of the Environment, Farming and…

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#62: ORFC Global 2021

#62: ORFC Global 2021 https://i0.wp.com/farmerama.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Whanganui_River-1.jpg?fit=993%2C660&ssl=1 993 660 Farmerama Radio Farmerama Radio //farmerama.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/farmerama-logo.with-url-1.png 1 February 2021 1 February 2021

This month we invite you to join us as we take a dip into some of the key sessions at the recent Global Oxford Real Farming Conference, where Farmerama were…

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#61: Fine Fleeces, Pasture Cropping and Land in Commons

#61: Fine Fleeces, Pasture Cropping and Land in Commons https://farmerama.co/wp-content/themes/movedo/images/empty/thumbnail.jpg 150 150 Farmerama Radio Farmerama Radio //farmerama.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/farmerama-logo.with-url-1.png 29 December 2020 30 December 2020

Andy Cato & Abby It’s good to be back this month with a collection of conversations with farmers who are building a more ecological future. We begin at Whistlebare Farm…

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Who Feeds Us? #6: Looking Back and Moving Forward

Who Feeds Us? #6: Looking Back and Moving Forward https://farmerama.co/wp-content/themes/movedo/images/empty/thumbnail.jpg 150 150 Farmerama Radio Farmerama Radio //farmerama.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/farmerama-logo.with-url-1.png 16 November 2020 16 November 2020

Image by Hannah Grace In this final episode, we revisit some of the people we’ve heard from throughout the series. We tease out some common threads that bind these apparently…