ReGenAg Chat

Nic Renison and Liz Genever - two of the founders of Carbon Calling - talk to Michael Blanche from the infamous Pasture Pod and renowned Scottish grazer and guru. This is a follow-up to the one in December, where there were technical issues - they got to Michael owning his own sheep. They discuss all sorts, including his thoughts on regen, first generation farmers and how to make a good podcast.

Nic Renison and Liz Genever - two of the founders of Carbon Calling - spoke to Michael Blanche from the infamous Pasture Pod and renowned Scottish grazer and guru. There was major technical issues and this will be repeated in January. 

 Nic Renison and Liz Genever - two of the founders of Carbon Calling - spoke to Lynn Cassells from Lynbreck Croft about her experiences of being a first generation farmer and how they are stacking enterprises to work with their land. Lynn spoke about the development of Egg and Little Mountain Meat Clubs, the challenges of bees and the importance of sticking with your values. Some sound issues at t...

Nic Renison and Liz Genever - two of the founders of Carbon Calling - will be talking to Tim Downes - organic dairy and beef farmer from Shropshire - and Sarah Appleby - dairy farmer and cheese maker from Shropshire - about their experiences of dairy farming. Their focus on soil, grass, preventative health schemes and genetics is fundamental to making their systems work. They are brother and siste...

Nic Renison and Liz Genever - two of the founders of Carbon Calling - will be talking to Andrea Walker - organic beef and sheep farmer from Scotland - and Poppy Frater - livestock consultant - about their experiences of regenerative farming, particularly mob grazing systems, and setting up farms for next spring. We will discuss the variety of roles for women in farming, the use of the she pronoun...

Nic Renison and Liz Genever - two of the founders of Carbon Calling - will be talking to Yann Le Du - consultant and retired researcher and farmer - and Rich Thomas - mixed farmer from Herefordshire - about their experiences of working with sheep on herbal and diverse swards and tall grass grazing systems. A significant number of the approaches for regenerative agriculture are focused on beef catt...

Nic and Liz will be talking to Ally Houston, chef and food entrepreneur, ( paleocanteen.co.uk ) and Dr Tony Butler, a retired GP with an interest in metabolic health, about how red meat can have a positive impact on human health. They will be talking about the science behind paleo diets – eating like people living in the Palaeolithic (stone) age – and how it can help improve physical and mental he...

Liz Genever and Nicola Renison (co-founders of Carbon Calling) chatted to Jaime Elizondo, a regenerative rancher and adviser about his work with ranches and farms all over the world. He talked about how not to kill mycorrhizae and the importance of mineral nutrition for livestock and the soil's micro-organisms. We talked about non-selective grazing and the advantages over selective grazing, p...

Liz Genever and Nicola Renison (co-founders of Carbon Calling) chatted to Ceri and Darren Mann from British Scarabs (@BScarabs on Twitter) and Bruce Thompson (@friesian_man on Twitter, dairy farmer from Ireland) about their love of dung beetles. CerI and Darren are heavily involved in educating people, identification and conserving dung beetles. They run a Facebook group - British Scarabs - where...

Liz Genever and Nicola Renison (co-founders of Carbon Calling) chatted to Mike Powley (beef and arable farmer from Yorkshire) and Andrew and Bob Brewster (organic beef farmers from Angus, mobgrazing.co.uk) about their approaches to improving soil health through no till techniques, pasture cropping and mob grazing. Then there were asked questions from the listeners via the friendly leprechaun. As i...

This could be the start of greatness... You can judge that! Liz Genever and Nicola Renison (co-founders of Carbon Calling) have "interviewed" James Evans (organic beef and sheep farmer from Shropshire) and Sam Vincent (dairy, beef and pig farmer from Dorset) about their journeys into regenerative agriculture. Then there were asked questions from the listeners via the friendly leprechaun....

We are back and we still need to buy some editing software! Liz Genever and Nicola Renison (co-founders of Carbon Calling) chatted to Ed White (beef and egg farmer from Somerset, slowfarming.co.uk) and Andy Rumming (beef farmer from Wiltshire, andyrummingsbeef.co.uk) about their approaches to business. Then there were asked questions from the listeners via the friendly leprechaun. As it was origin...