Best Farmerama Radio Podcasts (2024)

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Less And Better?: Ep 8: A Compass not a Map 35:12

2M ago35:12

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What do we do about meat? With this urgent question as its starting point, this series seeks to move beyond polarised debate and identify key questions and shared values to help us build a better meat future for all.In this final episode, co-hosts Katie Revell and Olivia Oldham reflect on everything they’ve heard over the course of the series, thin…

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Less And Better?: Ep 7: Not A Small Act 1:01:49

2M ago1:01:49

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What do we do about meat? With this urgent question as its starting point, this series seeks to move beyond polarised debate and identify key questions and shared values to help us build a better meat future for all.In this episode, co-hosts Olivia Oldham and Katie Revell look into the question: can it ever be morally right to farm animals? They sp…

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Less And Better?: Ep 6: Just Meat 32:48

2M ago32:48

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What do we do about meat? With this urgent question as its starting point, this series seeks to move beyond polarised debate and identify key questions and shared values to help us build a better meat future for all.In episode 6, co-hosts Olivia Oldham and Katie Revell explore questions of food justice as they relate to less and better meat. By spe…

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Less And Better?: Ep 5: Healthy Eating, Healthy Producing 55:04

2M ago55:04

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What do we do about meat? With this urgent question as its starting point, this series seeks to move beyond polarised debate and identify key questions and shared values to help us build a better meat future for all.In episode 5, co-hosts Katie Revell and Olivia Oldham ask: does a future of 'less and better' meat also mean a healthier future? They …

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Less And Better?: Ep 4: What is Land For? 29:13

3M ago29:13

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What do we do about meat? With this urgent question as its starting point, this series seeks to move beyond polarised debate and identify key questions and shared values to help us build a better meat future for all.In episode 4, co-hosts Katie Revell and Olivia Oldham ask: why do we use land the way we do, and how should we use it in the future? T…

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Less And Better?: Ep 3: Alternative Proteins: More and Better? 41:01

3M ago41:01

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What do we do about meat? With this urgent question as its starting point, this series seeks to move beyond polarised debate and identify key questions and shared values to help us build a better meat future for all.In episode 3, co-hosts Katie Revell and Olivia Oldham explore the question: if we decide to eat less and better meat, what do we eat i…

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Less And Better?: Ep 2: The cow or the how? 48:00

3M ago48:00

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What do we do about meat? With this urgent question as its starting point, this series seeks to move beyond polarised debate and identify key questions and shared values to help us build a better meat future for all.In episode 2, co-hosts Katie Revell and Olivia Oldham meet a climate scientist, along with regenerative and organic farmers across the…

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Less And Better?: Ep 1: Its Complicated 33:27

3M ago33:27

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It feels like one of the biggest questions of our time: what do we do about meat? Rather than choosing either extreme – business as usual, or ruling out meat altogether – some people suggest the best approach is one of ‘less and better meat’. But how much less is ‘less’? And which meat is ‘better’? How do we even begin to answer these questions?In …

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87: Landscape Scale Regeneration – Connecting Ecology, Community & Culture - Groundswell 2023 56:19

5M ago56:19

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This month we bring you a conversation Abby convened at Groundswell Festival back in June, focused on Landscape Scale Regeneration. We hear from three people involved in different ways in an initiative in Waterford, Ireland. This discussion expands upon the Commonland initiative in Southern Spain we featured back in Episode 68, highlighting the pow…

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Good Bread: Part 3: A common language 39:22

6M ago39:22

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Is it possible or productive to organise around a common language in order to reimagine how we produce grain and bread? In the third and final part of Good Bread, Kim and Ruth reflect on some of their experiences working on the project and consider what the future of good bread might look like.This series is in response to the Body Lab, a participa…

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Good Bread: Part 2: The price of consistency 39:13

6M ago39:13

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Consistency is at the heart of industrial bread production, from the field to the mill to the oven. But what is it costing us?This series is in response to the Body Lab, a participatory arts and research project by baker Kimberly Bell (@smallfoodbakery) and artist Ruth Levene (@leveneruth) which explores the industrial processes of grain testing.…

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Good Bread: Part 1: What is good bread? 29:37

7M ago29:37

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This series is in response to the Body Lab, a participatory arts and research project by baker Kimberly Bell (@smallfoodbakery) and artist Ruth Levene (@leveneruth) which explores the industrial processes of grain testing. Over three episodes, Lucy Dearlove explores what the body lab is, what the work around it has entailed so far, and what the o…

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86: Brazil nuts, spare bed and Ecovineyards 37:10

7M ago37:10

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This month we learn how some people importing Brazil nuts to the UK is supporting the indigenous people of the amazon. We visit a restaurant who are making use of spare growing space in their community and learn about agro-ecological approaches to managing vineyards across Australia.By Farmerama

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86: Brazil nuts, spare bed and Ecovinyards 37:10

7M ago37:10

37:10

This month we learn how some people importing Brazil nuts to the UK is supporting the indigenous people of the amazon. We visit a restaurant who are making use of spare growing space in their community and learn about agro-ecological approaches to managing vineyards across Australia.By Farmerama

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85: New use for abandoned Farmland, London growing community and Potato art 34:40

8M ago34:40

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This month we begin in Ibiza where we learn about a project matching new and diversifying farmers with abandoned farmland to grow more organic produce on the island. We hear from a food growing project in London that teaches to produce food and care for the land and has a foundation in traditional African philosophy. And we dive deep into the world…

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84: Beltane celebrations, Black farmers market and mentoring 34:12

9M ago34:12

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In this months episode we head to Scotland to hear about a Beltane celebration for young people in rural areas. We speak to the organiser of the London-based Black Farmers Market, and we check in with another farmer benefiting from the Pasture for Life mentoring program.This episode of Farmerama was made by Abby Rose Jo Barratt Katie Revell and Dor…

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83: a Jewish grassroots collective, mentoring and native wild plants 32:19

10M ago32:19

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This month we meet two people who are building a community group to celebrate an earth-based connection between their religion and the land. We learn about the success of a mentoring programme for farmers. And we end with a request from a Botanist. We're very grateful to those of you that support us and allow us to bring you these stories every mo…

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Shorts: Jumping Fences 17:45

11M ago17:45

17:45

This is a short episode about the Jumping Fences report. Jumping Fences is about understanding the barriers that prevent Black people and people of colour from accessing land for agroecological farming in Britain – and addressing those barriers.The report is a collaboration between the Landworkers’ Alliance, Land in Our Names and the Ecological Lan…

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82: Sail powered supply networks, Hydrology and a regenerative finance model 26:31

11M ago26:31

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This month we start by hearing about the possibilities of supply networks fuelled by sailing ships. We are encouraged to think again about water in the landscapes we are part of, and we hear how one woman in Mexico is working on connecting people in the financial world and those who work with the land with the aim of re-orienting our economy so it …

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81: The Seaweed Commons, Soy-free Pigs and Regenerative Viticulture 33:27

12M ago33:27

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This month Severine von Tscharner Fleming tells us all about the work she's been doing as part of the Seaweed Commons, an international learning and advocacy network for conservation minded seaweed farmers, wild harvesters, marine biologists and researchers.We also have the third and final installment of our series on animal feed made in collaborat…

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Shorts: Vandana Shiva 18:34

1y ago18:34

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This special episode features a conversation recorded with Vandana Shiva at the 2023 Oxford Real Farming Conference. Following the publication of her memoir, Terra Viva: My Life in a Biodiversity of Movements – which coincided with her 70th birthday – the writer and activist was at ORFC to reflect on her life and to take part in a discussion on the…

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80: Meditating on Nature, Devolved Farming Policy and Soya-free Chickens 32:49

1y ago32:49

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This month, we continue to share some of the conversations we had at the Oxford Real Farming Conference at the beginning of the year. First, we meet Satish Kumar, founder of Schumacher College and editor of Resurgence and Ecologist Magazine. Satish shared his meditation practice with the conference, and talked to us about his connection to food and…

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Shorts: Agroecology – Enabling the Transition 23:45

1y ago23:45

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In this special episode, we hear about the project “Agroecology: Enabling the Transition”, which brings together farmers, crofters and growers across Scotland to exchange knowledge and experience. Through farm visits, conversations and shared meals, the project aims to create supportive spaces where participants feel comfortable to ask questions, v…

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79: ORFC 2023, Beetles, Land Ownership, Soya overproduction 28:18

1y ago28:18

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This month, we are at ORFC celebrating the first in-person conference for three years! We learn about beneficial beetles, alternative forms of land ownership, and some of the potential problems with the overproduction of soya. Thank you to everyone who signed up to our Patreon. We appreciate every one of you - your support helps us to keep bringing…

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Farming Fashion: Part 3 31:19

1y ago31:19

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Welcome to Farming Fashion, our three part series co-produced by Southeast and SOuth West England Fibresheds and Farmerama Radio. In this third and final episode we talk to three designers from independent design studios who work with native natural fibres and dyes and who are pioneering a shift toward a new paradigm for fashion. While none of them…

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Farming Fashion: Part 2 32:13

1+ y ago32:13

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Welcome to Farming Fashion, our three part series co-produced by Southeast and SOuth West England Fibresheds and Farmerama Radio. In this second episode of the Farming Fashion series we will hear from three farmers or growers who have diversified their businesses explore fibre processing, responding to one of our biggest farming fashion challenges …

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Less And Better?: Ep 8: A Compass not a Map 35:12

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Less And Better?: Ep 7: Not A Small Act 1:01:49

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Less And Better?: Ep 6: Just Meat 32:48

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Less And Better?: Ep 5: Healthy Eating, Healthy Producing 55:04

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Less And Better?: Ep 4: What is Land For? 29:13

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Less And Better?: Ep 3: Alternative Proteins: More and Better? 41:01

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Less And Better?: Ep 2: The cow or the how? 48:00

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Less And Better?: Ep 1: Its Complicated 33:27

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87: Landscape Scale Regeneration – Connecting Ecology, Community & Culture - Groundswell 2023 56:19

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Good Bread: Part 3: A common language 39:22

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Good Bread: Part 2: The price of consistency 39:13

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Good Bread: Part 1: What is good bread? 29:37

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86: Brazil nuts, spare bed and Ecovineyards 37:10

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86: Brazil nuts, spare bed and Ecovinyards 37:10

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85: New use for abandoned Farmland, London growing community and Potato art 34:40

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84: Beltane celebrations, Black farmers market and mentoring 34:12

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83: a Jewish grassroots collective, mentoring and native wild plants 32:19

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Shorts: Jumping Fences 17:45

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82: Sail powered supply networks, Hydrology and a regenerative finance model 26:31

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81: The Seaweed Commons, Soy-free Pigs and Regenerative Viticulture 33:27

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Shorts: Vandana Shiva 18:34

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80: Meditating on Nature, Devolved Farming Policy and Soya-free Chickens 32:49

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Shorts: Agroecology – Enabling the Transition 23:45

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79: ORFC 2023, Beetles, Land Ownership, Soya overproduction 28:18

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Farming Fashion: Part 3 31:19

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Farming Fashion: Part 2 32:13

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