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Farming For Change

James Smith
Farming For Change
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  • Farming For Change

    Dadspace - A place to talk and chat

    09/06/2026 | 1h 12 mins.
    In this Episode James and Ben sit down with Denver, the founder of Dadspace to discuss mental health amongst men. An Episode where Ben admits to a situation at home that is in need of management to keep a family business 'happy'.
  • Farming For Change

    A Rambling Catch up

    06/05/2026 | 1h 3 mins.
    In the latest episode, Ben heads to Loddington to visit James and have a general catch up/moan about agriculture on our farms, in general and across the world.
  • Farming For Change

    You Herd It Here First

    09/09/2025 | 1h 1 mins.
    In this episode, James and Ben are joined by Ed Kerr and Craig Lappin-Smith - a banker and restaurateur respectively, and joint co-founders of Herd - a project to promote regenerative farming through fractional ownership of farmland. 
    Up for discussion - why food should be front and centre of nature recovery, why rewilding may not be all it's cracked up to be and why James isn't cut out for goat-herding...
  • Farming For Change

    Risky Business

    01/08/2025 | 55 mins.
    In this episode, James and Ben are joined by Oliver Scott, the Farms Director at Mawley Hall in Shropshire, to discuss 'agflation', the importance of diversity in farming and the financial viability of moving away from the status quo.
  • Farming For Change

    The Natural Health Service

    17/06/2025 | 58 mins.
    In this episode, James and Ben are joined by Will Shotton from Tibico Fermentary  to talk about all things gut health, ultra-processed food and the impact of modern day farming on our microbiomes.
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About Farming For Change
A quarterly podcast where two Nuffield Scholars - James Smith, a fifth-generation farmer, and Ben Taylor-Davies, an agroecologist, chat about all things regenerative farming, rewilding, biodiversity, soil health and more, occasionally joined by special guests from the field (no pun intended). Music: "He Tried To Be A Poet" by One Man Book, licensed with permission from the Independent Music Licensing Collective - imlcollective.uk.
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