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
Groundswell Sessions #09 - André Tranquilini, Biodynamic Farmer & Estate Manager at Waltham Place
Groundswell is an annual two-day festival of regenerative agriculture that takes place every June on a farm in Hertfordshire. Its a gathering of change in food and farming where farmers, conservationists, ecologists, chefs, agriculture industry representatives as well as financiers and MPs gather, speak and collaborate ideas about how we can transform food and farming into a more planet friendly agro-ecological future.
https://groundswellag.com/
This year we decided to film a mini series of friends, movers and shapers of the regenerative movement who are all in one place at one time.
Co-founder and Collaborative CEO Mark Drewell conducted interviews for New Foundation Farms with a selection of chosen guests.
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Episode 09 - André Tranquilini, Biodynamic farmer
André Tranquilini is the estate manager at Waltham Place, a 220 acre organic and biodynamic farm and garden in Berkshire, UK. Originally from Brazil, he has worked extensively as a market gardener and outdoor teacher, and is a founding member of the biodynamic seed company, Living Seeds, in Portugal. André has worked on farms in Brazil, Portugal and the UK, and has travelled widely, teaching workshops and lecturing on biodynamics.
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Contacts for André Tranquilini
https://www.walthamplace.com/
https://wheretheleavesfall.com/explore/article-index/biodynamic-by-nature/
https://podcasts.apple.com/in/podcast/ep-17-andre-tranquilini-copper-tools-and-biodynamics/id1574051515?i=1000564413549