My guest today is Thomas Gent, who farms regeneratively on 800 hectares in South Lincolnshire alongside his father and grandfather. The Gents were earlier adopters of practices we now call regenerative, having implemented minimum tillage 16 years ago, in an attempt to keep costs down, and step away from the race towards ever bigger and more expensive farm machinery.

Today Thomas promotes their regenerative practices via the Gentle Farming brand, which exists to bring the farm closer to its customers, through talks and farm walks, and sales of crops direct to businesses interested in sustainable supply chains.

As well as working on the farm Thomas is UK Country Lead at Agreena, the largest soil carbon credit programme in Europe, which he has worked with since their inception.

Our conversation is really entertaining and far reaching, covering everything from what a regenerative farm looks like, to opportunities for farmers in soil carbon credits, and the challenges of developing a market for regeneratively produced food.

Thomas was a fantastic guest, who clearly loves diving in to the thorny issues around food, the environment and farm business models. I’m sure you’re going to enjoy hearing his take on all these issues.

* Gentle Farming website

* Thomas’ LinkedIn

* Thomas’ Instagram

* Agreena website

* Unpicking Food Prices report

* Nutrient density could disrupt the entire food industry! Deep Seed podcast

* Regenified website

* Wildfarmed website

* Six Inches of Soil film

* Ravenous, by Henry Dimbleby and Jemima Lewis

* Kiss the Ground film

Music by RomanSenykMusic via Pixabay

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