Carbon cash delays, farm assurance frustration, Minette Batters book, & the rise of regenerative supply chains

About this episode

This episode discusses delays in carbon payments, farm assurance reviews, a book by Minette Batters, and the development of regenerative supply chains.

This week, farmers report delays receiving payments from soil carbon scheme Agreena – with some growers saying they are owed thousands of pounds. We examine the latest Farm Assurance Review and ask whether Red Tractor and other schemes can deliver fairer treatment for UK grain producers facing competition from unassured imports. We review Harvest , the new book by former NFU president Baroness Minette Batters. And we visit the Green Farm Collective’s Soil to Slice conference in Harrogate, where farmers, millers, wholesalers and bakers are working together to build more value into regenerative supply chains. Chapters 00:00 Welcome and headlines 00:51 Agreena payment delays spark farmer frustration 09:40 Farm Assurance Review – what happens next? 19:56 Minette Batters’ new book Harvest 25:29 Sugar beet with a clover understorey 28:33 Rural crime falls by 21% 33:53 Markets: lamb breaks £9/kg, diesel dips below £1/litre 36:48 Soil to Slice: building value through regenerative supply chains 47:15 Podcast wrap-up Guests * George Dunn, Chief Executive, Tenant Farmers Association * Michael Kavanagh, Green Farm Collective * Verity Megginson, Yorkshire…

People in this episode

Hosts: Johann Tasker, Lou

Guests: George Dunn, Michael Kavanagh, Verity Megginson, Natalia Spinetto, George Herbert

Topics covered

• carbon payments
• farm assurance
• regenerative agriculture
• book review
• supply chains
• rural crime
• market trends

Keywords

• Agreena
• Red Tractor
• Minette Batters
• regenerative supply chains
• farm assurance
• rural crime
• market trends

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Agreena, Red Tractor, Green Farm Collective, Collective Food, Hobbs House Bakery

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