ReGenAg Chat
We are delving into the world of regenerative agriculture with regular interviews with farmers who are changing how they farm to benefit their land, their community and themselves. Hosted by Nic Renison and Liz Genever, founders of the Carbon Calling conference and lovers of Crunchy Nut Cornflakes.
Episodes
50 episodes
ReGen Ag Fancy Chat 14 - Peter Craven
Liz Genever and Nic Renison - co-founders of Carbon Calling CIC - chat with Peter Craven who has recently been appointed Head of Agriculture at Natural England. We talk about Peter move from his family farm to working with NIAB and ...
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ReGen Ag Fancy Chat 13 - Marian Boswall
Liz Genever and Nic Renison - co-founders of Carbon Calling CIC - chat with Marian Boswell, who is a landscape architect (https://www.marianboswall.com/) and author. Her newest book - The Kindest Garden - has been recently published. <...
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ReGen Ag Fancy Chat 12 - Alex Crawley
Liz Genever and Nic Renison - co-founders of Carbon Calling CIC - chat with Alex Crawley, who is an ex-army officer and civil servant, who now runs a grazing management service on the English and Welsh border with his wife. He talks about how h...
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ReGen Ag Fancy Chat 11 - Antony Yousefian
Liz Genever and Nic Renison - co-founders of Carbon Calling CIC - chat with Antony Yousefian, who is the founder of The First Thirty (TFT). Through TFT they are investing in companies that are using nature within the solution.
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ReGen Ag Fancy Chat 10 - James (JJ) Edwards
Liz Genever and Nic Renison - co-founders of Carbon Calling CIC - chat with James (JJ) Edwards who is first generation sheep and cattle farmer. They talk about all sorts - mental health, the challenge of having sheep hours apart, conservation g...
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ReGen Ag Fancy Chat 9 - Holly Silvester
Liz Genever and Nic Renison - co-founders of Carbon Calling CIC - chat with Holly Silvester who is a commercial organic vegetable and seed grower, and Future Resilience Seed Coordinator for The Gaia Foundation Seed Sovereignty Programme. She is...
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ReGen Ag Fancy Chat 8 - Dominie Fearn
Liz Genever and Nic Renison - co-founders of Carbon Calling CIC - chat with Dominie Fearn is the founder of The Wild Hare Group and has a passion about nutritious food and its link to soil health. Determined to find a way to produce fresh conve...
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ReGen Ag Fancy Chat 7- Dr David Unwin
Liz Genever and Nic Renison - co-founders of Carbon Calling CIC - catch-up and then chat with Dr David Unwin, who is a GP who specialises in using diet to reduce risk of type 2 diabetes. He has reversed his Type 2 diabetes (driven by his ...
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ReGen Ag Fancy Chat 6 - Dr Sally Bell
Liz Genever and Nic Renison - co-founders of Carbon Calling CIC - catch-up and then chat with Dr Sally Bell, who is a doctor who specialises in women's health. She is a massive advocate for good food alongside spending time in nature, breathwor...
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ReGen Ag Fancy Chat 5 - Rose Ferraby
Liz Genever and Nic Renison - co-founders of Carbon Calling CIC - catch-up and then chat with Rose Ferraby, who is an archaeologist and artist. We talked about what considering the past can help us plan the future of land use, plus how to engag...
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ReGen Ag Fancy Chat 4 - Francis Dunne
Liz Genever and Nic Renison - co-founders of Carbon Calling CIC - catch-up and then chat with Francis Dunne, who is an independent grass and forage seed specialist. We talked about herbal leys and the importance of understanding what the object...
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ReGen Ag Chat Carbon Calling conference special 2 - Vic Ballantyne
Liz Genever and Nic Renison - co-founders of Carbon Calling CIC - chat to Vic Ballantyne - speaker at this year's conference. She spoke about her farming system and diversified business, plus why she loved last year's Carbon Calling.Liz...
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ReGen Ag Chat Carbon Calling conference special - Allen Williams
Liz Genever and Nic Renison - co-founders of Carbon Calling CIC - chat to Allen Williams - headliner at the upcoming conference - about why people need to come and see him in a few weeks.In the chat we talk about the documentary
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ReGen Ag Fancy Chat 3 - Jack Bobo
Liz Genever and Nic Renison - co-founders of Carbon Calling CIC - catch-up and then chat with Jack Bobo, who is the Director of the University of Nottingham Food Systems Institute. We talked about all sorts, including regenerative production at...
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ReGen Ag Fancy Chat 2 - Stuart Johnson
Liz Genever and Nic Renison - co-founders of Carbon Calling CIC - catch-up and then chat with Stuart Johnson, who is farmer from Northumberland and provided some UK context to the information we heard from Gabe in the last episode.
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ReGen Ag Fancy Chat 1- Gabe Brown
Liz Genever and Nic Renison - co-founders of Carbon Calling CIC - catch-up with themselves and then have a chat with the legend of Gabe Brown, US rancher and founder of Understanding Ag. This episode is sponsored by Cactus Tr...
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Carbon Calling Conference 2023 - Session 5 - More than just meat and milk
In this session we spoke to Broomhouse Farm about connecting people with farming, Sally & Andrew Hatton about making cheese again in Nidderdale , and Sara Grady about making British pasture leather a success.
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Carbon Calling Conference 2023 - session 2 - Jaime Elizondo (Real Wealth Ranching)
Jaime Elizondo from Real Wealth Ranching goes through the key points of his grazing approach
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Carbon Calling Conference 2023 - Session 4 - Farmers helping other farmers
In this session, Bruce Thompson (dairy farmer and Nuffield Scholar) talked about helping other dairy farmers connect with different approaches, particularly around sustainable parasite control. We also heard from Stuart Johnson (mixed farmer, N...
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Carbon Calling Conference 2023 - session 1 - Bringing people together
This is the first session from this year's Carbon Calling conference, which is held in Tim and Emma's shed near Penrith. This session is chaired by Martin Lines from Nature Friendly Farming Network, and features Sarah Langford (aut...
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Carbon Calling Conference 2023 - Session 3 - How to embrace change panel
Michael Blanche spoke to Nikki Yoxall (head of research at Pasture for Life and regenerative farmer), Amy Hughes (podcaster and AHDB engagement lead for beef and lamb), Claire Writtle (regenerative consultant and vet) and Sarah Langford (author...
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ReGen Ag Chat 28: "Dung beetles will be at Carbon Calling" with Bruce Thompson
Nic Renison and Liz Genever - two of the founders of Carbon Calling - spoke to Bruce Thompson again. He is a speaker at the Carbon Calling conference in September. We last spoke to him in May 2020 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBcsc8gJamM&am...
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ReGen Ag Chat 27: "Getting our eye in before Carbon Calling" with Jaime Elizondo
Nic Renison and Liz Genever - two of the founders of Carbon Calling - spoke to Jaime Elizondo. He is the headline speaker for Carbon Calling conference in September.He is a real rancher with over 30 years of experience on ...
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ReGen Ag Chat 26: "Bringing cheese making back to Nidderdale" with Andrew and Sally Hatton
Nic Renison and Liz Genever - two of the founders of Carbon Calling - spoke to Andrew and Sally Hatton. They are first generation farmers in Nidderdale, who have brought back seasonal cheese making back to the area. They are milking Northern Da...
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ReGen Ag Chat 25: "Biochar - miracle or gimmack?" with Dr Donna Udall
Nic Renison and Liz Genever - two of the founders of Carbon Calling - spoke to Dr Donna Udall from the Centre of Agroecology, Water and Resilience at Coventry University about biochar. They also talked about attitudes to scientists within t...
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