We Can Do Both

• Pitch Up!

  TIM MAY runs a 2,500 acre organic farm near Basingstoke. He is also the founder of ‘Pitch Up!’ – a network of UK farms that provides entrepreneurs with land and capital to get environmentally friendly businesses off the ground. In this episode Neil visits Tim to find out more about this initiative, the philosophy behind it, how it works in practice, and where its future might be headed. Listen and you’ll hear: how Pitch Up! works (1m30s); the businesses Tim has on his farm (4m23s); the ideal businesses for a project like this (9m00s); Tim’s system of farming (13m51s); ideas or future initiatives on his farm (19m25s); Tim’s pitch to people with suitable business ideas (24m45s).Learn more about Pitch Up! On their website: pitchupandgrow.comFollow them on Instagram: www.instagram.com/pitchupandgrowThis podcast is produced by jakelloyd.co.uk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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• Paulownia: a tree for the future?

  On a recent trip to the Netherlands Neil spoke with two men from an organisation that supports farmers to become suppliers of biobased materials to the construction industry. At the forefront of their work is the Paulownia tree – a fast-growing species from China that can be used in construction and insulation. In this episode, Neil meets Co-Founder of “Dealin.Green” MATTHIJS VAN STAALDUINEN and Agricultural Advisor HANS VAN DAM to learn more about the Paulownia tree and its potential role in carbon sequestration and offsetting in the UK. Listen and you’ll hear: about the Paulownia tree itself (1m00s); how much carbon they can absorb (3m15s); one of the unique qualities of the Paulownia (6m55s); what Paulownia wood can and cannot be used for (8m07s); claiming carbon credits on Paulownia trees (12m13); the future of Paulownia trees (15m30s); a short tour of Dealin.Green’s Paulownia trees (22m25s).Learn more about Dealin.Green: https://dealin.greenLearn more about carbon credits: bit.ly/3WOrmMfThis podcast is produced by jakelloyd.co.uk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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• The Farm Carbon Toolkit

  BECKY WILSON is the Technical Director for The Farm Carbon Toolkit, an independent, farmer-led organisation, supporting farms to become resilient, climate-positive businesses, with healthy soils, rich wildlife, and well-managed water resources. In this episode they discuss how this vision might be achieved across a range of different farms.Listen and you’ll hear: how the Farm Carbon Toolkit works (1m00s); addressing the typical challenges of carbon reduction on arable farms (3m10s); how farmers can benefit from the research Becky is involved in (15m15s); addressing the typical challenges of carbon reduction on livestock farms (19m08s); the benefits of diversity in grasslands (23m43s); a focus on beef farming (30m33); a focus on sheep farming (37m26s).Learn more about the Farm Carbon Toolkit: www.farmcarbontoolkit.org.ukThis podcast is produced by jakelloyd.co.uk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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• Neil in conversation with his producer Jake

  Neil becomes the interviewee in this episode, as his producer JAKE LLOYD asks the questions. They discuss Neil’s political and farming career, what they’ve learned from making this podcast, and why both Neil and young farmers feel a sense of cautious optimism about the future.Listen and you’ll hear: why Neil began this podcast (1m34s); a short history of his farming life (2m23s); why Neil got into politics (3m16s); what he learned about farming in the European Parliament (5m14); the challenges of being both a farmer and a politician (10m30s); what it was like to be a part of creating farming policy post-Brexit (17m35s); Neil on his efforts to be a bridge-builder in the farming world (27m45s); how he feels about the current government’s farming policies (34m32s); his optimism about the future (38m00s).This podcast is produced by jakelloyd.co.uk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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• Award-Winning Tenant Farmers Amelia & Jason Greenway

  AMELIA and JASON GREENWAY only began farming in 2018, but were named Tenant Farmers of the Year at the Southwest Farming Awards in 2023. Neil recently visited them at their farm on the Killerton Estate in Devon, where they breed pedigree highland cattle, alongside rare breed pigs. They spoke about the ups and downs of tenant farming and they talked about how they look after their sensitive landscape and its soils.Listen and you’ll hear: Amelia on the farm and her journey into farming (0m55s); Amelia on how they farm highland cattle (8m41s); their partnership with the National Trust (16m41s); Amelia on why they chose rare breed pigs (26m04s); Jason joins Neil to describe his journey from high-input farming to nature-friendly farming (33m03).Visit Jason & Amelia’s website hereThis podcast is produced by jakelloyd.co.uk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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