Harvesting knowledge at Groundswell discussions

Episode 405,   Jul 24, 2023, 01:57 PM

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Last month, we hosted some speaker sessions at Groundswell covering topics on regenerative agriculture, crop rotation, perennial agriculture, genetic diversity of grains, and composting.

In this podcast, Jason Hendy, Knowledge Exchange Manager, AHDB, brings together a summary of each session, including interviews with the speakers.

Speakers
Day one - session one: Mind the Gap
John Pawsey, Mind the Gap session speaker at Groundswell
Alice Andrews, Cereals Rural
Jonathan Hodgson, Great Newsome Farm
James Standen, Director of Farms, Newcastle University Farms

Session two: Is perennial agriculture the future?
Stephen Briggs, Senior Partner at Abacus Agriculture, head of technical development at Innovation for Agriculture & Non Exec Director of AHDB
David Miller, Famer
Dominic Amos, Organic Arable
Emily Grant, Sheep farmer and an independent consultant

Day two - session three: Discussing the genetic diversity of grains
Michael Marriage, Farmer at Doves Farm Foods ltd
DR Phil Howell, Lead NIAB’s germplasm development, Designing Future Wheat, IWYP European Winter Wheat Hub projects.
Dr Edward Dickin, Lecturer in crop physiology at Harper Adams University
Fred Price, Farmer, Gothelney Farm

Session four: Getting comfortable with composting
Julia Cooper, Principal Researcher in Crop Diversity and Agronomy, Organic Research Centre
Ben Taylor-Davies, Farmer
Billy Lewis, Farmer, Boycefield Farm
Andrew Sincock, Director and joint owner of Agriton and Agro-Vital


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This episode was produced and edited by Pinstone