Tales of a Nuffield Scholar with Ali Warren-Walker, Laura Underdown, Stu Oates and Ben Andrews

About this episode

The episode features discussions with Nuffield Scholars about their diverse backgrounds and insights into sustainable agriculture and land use.

Today on series two of Tales of a Nuffield Scholar supported by NFU Mutual we begin looking ahead to the 2026 Nuffield Farming Scholarships Conference in Leeds 🎙️ Across this series we’ll hear from scholars who will feature within the conference presentation groups, giving a flavour of the conversations, ideas and experiences set to shape the event 🌍 This first episode focuses on the presentation group “New Pathways for Land, Rivers, Carbon and Nature” with Ali Warren Walker, Laura Underdown, Stu Oates and Ben Andrews 🌱 We spoke about the journeys that brought each of them into agriculture and Nuffield, from commercial science and food systems through to regenerative farming, television, environmental research and flooding resilience. It was fascinating hearing how different backgrounds and industries can all arrive at similar questions around the future of land use and sustainability 🚜 Across the episode we explored everything from fossil free farming and natural capital markets through to waste valorisation, flooding, biodiversity and the role of farming in protecting rivers and ecosystems. One of the most interesting parts was hearing how much their thinking has already…

People in this episode

Host: Wallace Currie

Guests: Ali Warren-Walker, Laura Underdown, Stu Oates, Ben Andrews

Topics covered

• Nuffield Farming Scholarships
• sustainability
• land use
• regenerative farming
• collaboration in agriculture
• biodiversity
• natural capital

Keywords

• Nuffield Scholar
• agriculture
• fossil free farming
• natural capital markets
• waste valorisation
• flooding resilience
• ecosystems
• collaboration

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: NFU Mutual

Places: Leeds

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