Farmers Weekly Podcast Ep 311: Private money for green farming

This week’s Farmers Weekly Podcast comes from the Groundswell show in Hertfordshire, where Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch told farmers she wants their ideas for a new rural policy.

Speaking to Farmers Weekly, Ms Badenoch said future policy should be shaped by farmers and land managers – not just by officials in Westminster and Whitehall.

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We also examine whether private finance can help pay for greener farming, as Lloyds Bank launches the Food & Nature Resilience Fund with Wildfarmed, Severn Trent Water, Affinity Water and AXA.

Plus, Farmers Weekly editor Andrew Meredith joins Hugh Broom and Louise Impey to discuss Defra, Countryside Stewardship Higher Tier, harvest progress, private finance and the mood at Groundswell.

And finally, we hear from the event’s co-founder Alex Cherry as the UK’s leading regenerative farming festival marks its 10th anniversary.

This episode is brought to you by crop protection specialist Certis Belchim.

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