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ReGenAg Chat
Hosted by Liz Genever and Nic Renison · EN
We are delving into the world of regenerative agriculture with regular interviews with farmers who are changing how they farm to benefit their land, their community and themselves. Hosted by Nic Renison and Liz Genever, founders of the Carbon Calling conference and lovers of Crunchy Nut Cornflakes.
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Carbon Calling conference 2025 special - Jules Matthews
Jun 5, 202500:44:16Tap to summarizeLiz Genever and Nic Renison - co-founders of Carbon Calling CIC - chat with Jules Matthews, who is the headliner at this year's conference. And we love her. We talk to Jules about her background and her approach with clients. Plus what she will cover at the upcoming conference. This is the first of a series of four podcasts where we talk to people who are talking at the conference. Go to https://www.carboncalling.farm/ for more details. This episode is sponsored by Cactus Tree Guards - https://cactustreeguards.co.uk/ - for all your tree protection needs.
Transcribe →ReGen Ag chat - Liz and Nic chat through the conference
May 14, 202500:25:06Tap to summarizeLiz Genever and Nic Renison talk through the programme for the upcoming conference on the 24-26 June. More details can be found at carboncalling.farm, including the full programme and the link for ticket sales
Transcribe →ReGen Ag Fancy Chat 14 - Peter Craven
Apr 16, 202501:14:24Tap to summarizeLiz Genever and Nic Renison - co-founders of Carbon Calling CIC - chat with Peter Craven who has recently been appointed Head of Agriculture at Natural England. We talk about Peter move from his family farm to working with NIAB and now Natural England. We spent a while discussing his Nuffield studies and the importance of setting up a family charter. See https://www.nuffieldscholar.org/sites/default/files/2023-11/Peter%20Craven%20Nuffield.pdf and https://familycharter.co.uk/. Liz and Peter were on Oxford Farming Conference Emerging Leaders Programme together in 2020, and we bumped into one another again at ORFC in January.This is the third of a series of three podcasts where we talk to people who have changed their "identity" and are now leaders within regenerative and agroecological approaches. This episode is sponsored by Cactus Tree Guards - https://cactustreeguards.co.uk/ - for all your tree protection needs.
Transcribe →ReGen Ag Fancy Chat 13 - Marian Boswall
Mar 26, 2025Tap to summarizeLiz Genever and Nic Renison - co-founders of Carbon Calling CIC - chat with Marian Boswell, who is a landscape architect (https://www.marianboswall.com/) and author. Her newest book - The Kindest Garden - has been recently published. She was on the CREATE UK course with Liz and came to Carbon Calling in 2024, and we love her. We talk about beavers and energy work!!!This is the second of a series of three podcasts where we talk to people who have changed their "identity" and are now leaders within regenerative and agroecological approaches. This episode is sponsored by Cactus Tree Guards - https://cactustreeguards.co.uk/ - for all your tree protection needs.
Transcribe →ReGen Ag Fancy Chat 12 - Alex Crawley
Mar 5, 2025Tap to summarizeLiz Genever and Nic Renison - co-founders of Carbon Calling CIC - chat with Alex Crawley, who is an ex-army officer and civil servant, who now runs a grazing management service on the English and Welsh border with his wife. He talks about how he runs a profitable and nature-based business, plus his plans for his Nuffield travels. This is the first of a series of three podcasts where we talk to people who have changed their "identity" and are now leaders within regenerative and agroecological approaches. This episode is sponsored by Cactus Tree Guards - https://cactustreeguards.co.uk/ - for all your tree protection needs.
Transcribe →ReGen Ag Fancy Chat 11 - Antony Yousefian
Feb 14, 2025Tap to summarizeLiz Genever and Nic Renison - co-founders of Carbon Calling CIC - chat with Antony Yousefian, who is the founder of The First Thirty (TFT). Through TFT they are investing in companies that are using nature within the solution. This is the third of a series of three podcasts were we talk to "disrupters" - people who want to do things differently and challenge the status quo. This episode is sponsored by Cactus Tree Guards - https://cactustreeguards.co.uk/ - for all your tree protection needs.
Transcribe →ReGen Ag Fancy Chat 9 - Holly Silvester
Jan 8, 2025Tap to summarizeLiz Genever and Nic Renison - co-founders of Carbon Calling CIC - chat with Holly Silvester who is a commercial organic vegetable and seed grower, and Future Resilience Seed Coordinator for The Gaia Foundation Seed Sovereignty Programme. She is incredibly passionate about empowering farmers and growers to come together to improve crops specifically adapted to local areas, soils and local markets. The Gaia Foundation Seed Sovereignty Programme are having a seed swapping event later in the year. See https://www.seedsovereignty.info/events/upcoming-events/ for more info. This is the first of a series of three podcasts were we talk to "disrupters" - people who want to do things differently and challenege the status quo. This episode is sponsored by Cactus Tree Guards - https://cactustreeguards.co.uk/ - for all your tree protection needs.
Transcribe →ReGen Ag Fancy Chat 8 - Dominie Fearn
Dec 24, 2024Tap to summarizeLiz Genever and Nic Renison - co-founders of Carbon Calling CIC - chat with Dominie Fearn is the founder of The Wild Hare Group and has a passion about nutritious food and its link to soil health. Determined to find a way to produce fresh convenience foods using nutritious, natural and fully-traceable ingredients, she set on her way to producing fresh, nutritious, sustainable ready meals – and the Wild Hare was born.This is the third and last one in a series of podcasts focusing on food, health and getting regenerative approaches to more people. This episode is sponsored by Cactus Tree Guards - https://cactustreeguards.co.uk/ - for all your tree protection needs.
Transcribe →ReGen Ag Fancy Chat 5 - Rose Ferraby
Sep 30, 2024Tap to summarizeLiz Genever and Nic Renison - co-founders of Carbon Calling CIC - catch-up and then chat with Rose Ferraby, who is an archaeologist and artist. We talked about what considering the past can help us plan the future of land use, plus how to engage people with wider conversations about land. Expect a collage session at the next Carbon Calling.This episode is sponsored by Cactus Tree Guards - https://cactustreeguards.co.uk/ - for all your tree protection needs.
Transcribe →ReGen Ag Fancy Chat 4 - Francis Dunne
Jul 21, 2024Tap to summarizeLiz Genever and Nic Renison - co-founders of Carbon Calling CIC - catch-up and then chat with Francis Dunne, who is an independent grass and forage seed specialist. We talked about herbal leys and the importance of understanding what the objective of the ley in when making decisions. Francis shared his experience of getting seeds to grow. We also briefly debated cultivations vs glyphosate.This episode is sponsored by Cactus Tree Guards - https://cactustreeguards.co.uk/ - for all your tree protection needs.Carbon Calling conference is happening on Saturday the 3rd of August 2024 with more details on carboncalling.farm
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