New Foundation Farms: The Radical Natural Podcast
New Foundation Farms is pioneering a fundamental shift in the system that feeds us.
Too many human beings see themselves as somehow outside nature, not part of it. We believe in the possibility that humans can become a beneficial keystone species on planet Earth.
We are building a radically natural food system in the UK in which we use methods from permaculture, biodynamic growing, organic and regenerative farming to grow food at scale in a way that has never been done before.
The result will be a hyper-local food system that uses stacked enterprises to deeply connect people with a wide variety of produce grown locally, everywhere.
It is about becoming indigenous again; not going back to the past, but going forward to explore the "wisdom of place" that returns us to a positive role in nature.
New Foundation Farms is a growing team of people who are passionate and inspired, and among the best at what they do in a variety of disciplines ranging from farming and processing to procurement and supply through to organisational architecture and systems thinking. This podcast series explores elements that are needed to help bring this radical natural vision to life though conversation.
New Foundation Farms: The Radical Natural Podcast
#7. Marcus Link - Human beings as a beneficial keystone species & how it is the foundation of New Foundation Farms
Glen Burrows talks to Marcus Link, co-founder and collaborative CEO, about the origins of New Foundation Farms. In a wide ranging conversation, they talk about the possibility of human beings as a beneficial keystone species and what it has to do with New Foundation Farms. The discuss software models that optimise for the symbiosis between economy and ecology, the operations of purpose-built meat processing facilities, holism and reductionism, and how philosophy without action is meaningless and action without purpose can be deadly.
They also discuss the mindset needed to create a truly regenerative food system and predictions for the future growth of this type of nature based farming as New Foundation Farms sets out to offer a new foundation for society based in a regenerative approach to food and farming, at scale.