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
40 episodes
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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ReGen Ag Chat 24: "Making space for nature" with James Robinson and Neil Heseltine
Nic Renison and Liz Genever - two of the founders of Carbon Calling - spoke to James Robinson, dairy farmer from Cumbria, and Neil Heseltine, beef and sheep farmer from North Yorkshire.Both James and Neil are part of the Nature Frie...
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ReGen Ag Chat 23: "Planning the New Worm Order" with Anna de la Vega
Nic Renison and Liz Genever - two of the founders of Carbon Calling - spoke to Anna de la Vega, founder of Urban Worm.The Urban Worm CIC is a social enterprise dedicated to raising the potential for vermiculture to provide solutions for...
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ReGen Ag Chat 22: "Where do you start to set up a regen farm?" with Russ Carrington
Nic Renison and Liz Genever - two of the founders of Carbon Calling - spoke to Russ Carrington, who is a farmer and consultant from Herefordshire.Russ was pivotal in the early days of setting up Pasture For Life. After 10 years ther...
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ReGen Ag Chat 21: Setting our intentions for 2023 with Stuart Johnson
Nic Renison and Liz Genever - two of the founders of Carbon Calling - spoke to Stuart Johnson, who is a mixed farmer from Northumberland.Stuart, alongside his dad and brother, is in the process of changing their farming methods using th...
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ReGen Ag Chat 20: Making your farm resilient series: Using tall grass grazing systems
Nic Renison and Liz Genever - two of the founders of Carbon Calling - spoke to Emily Padfield, David Cornforth and Fergus Henderson about their grazing systems.Emily Padfield is part of a farming couple from Warwickshire. She is current...
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ReGen Ag Chat 19: Making your farm resilient series: Silvopastoral systems
Nic Renison and Liz Genever - two of the founders of Carbon Calling - spoke to Dan Carne (Woodmeadow Trust) and Dr Nigel Kendall (University of Nottingham) about the benefits of trees within all grazing systems.Dan Carne is the director...
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ReGen Ag Chat 18: Making your farm resilient series: Dryland pasture production
Nic Renison and Liz Genever - two of the founders of Carbon Calling - spoke to Professor Derrick Moot (researcher from New Zealand) and Dave Cross (mixed farmer from Norfolk).Professor Derrick Moot from Lincoln University (NZ) led the w...
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ReGen Ag Chat 17: Warming up stretches with Greg Judy
Nic Renison and Liz Genever - two of the founders of Carbon Calling - spoke to Greg Judy, a regenerative rancher from Missouri.He is the headline speaker for the Carbon Calling conference in Cumbria on Saturday 25th June and will be...
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ReGen Ag Chat 16: Getting up and close to soil microbes with Ian Bell and Tanja Dekker
Nic Renison and Liz Genever - two of the founders of Carbon Calling - talked to Ian Bell, who is a Certified Soil Food Web Lab-Tech and working towards being a Soil Food Web consultant. He is the founder of Northern Soil Regen, which works with...
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ReGenAg chat 15 - The Champions of Carbon Calling
Nic Renison and Liz Genever - two of the founders of Carbon Calling - spoke to the other two founders of Carbon Calling - Tim Nicolson and Reno. It is an opportunity to hear from Tim, who is the host farmer of Carbon Calling, and what he has fo...
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