Place, The Final Frontier with Tamara Giltsoff:In this episode of Gut the System I am walking and talking to Tamara Giltsoff. At heart Tamara is a designer, a disruptor and an innovator, having co-founded two climate tech start-ups and been a strategic advisor across a range of companies. Tamara has held a spectrum of impactful roles from leading innovation at the Foreign and Commonwealth Development Office, to working with The Good Economy, where she helped produce truly foundational work on Place-Based Impact Investing. More recently Tamara's work has taken a heading into the farming, food and finance sector, seeing her working yet again on a foundational piece of work now with the Soil Association Exchange, which gave birth to The Banking for Change report. SAX is working with major banks and farmers in the UK, to identify and address some of the barriers and potential drivers to helping more farmers transition their operations, to future proof regenerative farming enterprises. Looking at how financial innovation can catalysis systemic change, in place and within complex systems, holding nature and keystone farmers at the heart of those solutions.======================================Show notes:FCDOLand AliveM-PESAAnthemis GroupThe Good EconomyNew Foundation FarmsRoots to Regeneration Soil Association ExchangeBanking For Change ReportFFCCGreen Finance Institute New Economics FoundationBritish Business BankNational Wealth FundOxbury Transition FacilityMondragon Materials Exchange======================================Contact the show:Harry Farnsworth - HostNed Sedgwick - ProducerRosanna Farnsworth - Content Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Simon Evill
When the Levee Breaks with Simon Evill:In this episode of Gut the System I am walking and talking to Simon Evill, co-founding partner of Pelican Ag. An early-stage VC who invest from farm to fork, looking to scale regenerative farming, develop smart, local supply chains and drive sustainable consumer habits. In an industry that relies on innovation and distributive technologies, early stage venture capital is crucial for start-ups, in order for them to reach the scale and access the capital they need, to execute on their pioneering work. Pelican Ag were one of, if not the first, VC firm in the UK to be working with regeneration at the core of their manifesto.This is by no means the sum of Simon. A childhood spent elbow deep in 'Berkeley Compost,' producing biodynamic fruit and veg, sprouted deep roots into soil and ecosystems, a theme he would return to later in his career. Pre-seeding Pelican, Simon had a foundational early career, breaking the wave of Impact Investing at Clearly So. It was this experience, of seeing how well place capital can be catalytic for change, coupled with a growing frustration with the manifesto and criteria used by the impact investing community that led Simon to where he is today. Simon is now a key figure in the global regenerative transformation we're marching towards, championing and investing in companies that deliver more than IRR but deliver for nature, farming and health. Over the last few years, going deep into regeneration, Simon has become an industry spokesman for importance of restoring the water cycle, big and small and why water is the foundational building block for true systems change. Simon and his co-founding partner, Christopher Ramsey, now dedicate a large proportion of their time to educating and sharing the important work of water pioneers like Walter Jehne and Alpha Low.======================================Show notes:Didi Pershouse Walter Jehne - The Soil Carbon SpongeAlpha Lo - What if water is more important that carbonNatalie M Fleming Millan Millan Psedomonas syringaeRichard WainThe Lean Start-up ======================================Contact the show:Harry Farnsworth - HostNed Sedgwick - ProducerRosanna Farnsworth - Content Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Professor Nicola Cannon
Education, Education, Education with Professor Nicola Cannon: It's a lovely moment in life when you go full circle. In this episode that's just what I did. Returning to the Royal Agricultural University, where I did a masters in 'Sustainable Agriculture and Food Security', I interviewed the prolific and deeply knowledgeable Professor Nicola Cannon, who I was lucky enough to be lectured by during my time there.To say Nicola was ahead of the curve is an understatement. Her research spans over several decades and Nicola was writing papers on topics like integrated arable-livestock systems, long before the term regenerative entered the zeitgeist. We cover a broad range of topics during our walk and Nicola leaves no stone unturned when it comes to research. We're granted access into the myriad of experiments and trials she's currently conducting at the RAU, to prove the essential value of regenerative farming systems.'The proof is in the pudding' and 'walking the walk' are two expressions that summarise Professor Cannon's attitude to agricultural research. However, Nicola's not only passionate about research but also about teaching and extending her knowledge to the next generation of farmers and to those currently working the land. She helps them approach new farming systems in an informed and evidence backed manner in order to secure the future of their farm financially and environmentally.======================================Show notes:.SAFS.Professor Cannon.Research.RAU farms======================================Contact the show:Harry Farnsworth - HostNed Sedgwick - ProducerRosanna Farnsworth - Content Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Welcome Gut the System with Harry Farnsworth. In this podcast series I will be looking to delve into the world of systems thinking, talking to some of the greatest and smartest people working in the food, farming, health, energy and policy world. I will be talking to them about the issues we face globally, be that nature depletion, declining human health or the degradation of our soils and how we are now arriving at unique point, where we can start to restore and regenerate by looking more closely at the connectivity of these systems and nature.======================================Contact the show:Harry Farnsworth - HostNed Sedgwick - ProducerRosanna Farnsworth - Content Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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