About this episode

The episode discusses private finance for green farming and features insights from Kemi Badenoch on rural policy at the Groundswell event.

This week’s Farmers Weekly Podcast comes from the Groundswell show in Hertfordshire, where Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch tells farmers she wants their ideas for a new rural policy. Speaking to Farmers Weekly, Ms Badenoch says future policy should be shaped by farmers and land managers – not just by officials in Westminster and Whitehall. We also examine whether private finance can help pay for greener farming, as Lloyds Bank launches the Food and 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 Groundswell co-founder Alex Cherry as the UK’s leading regenerative farming event marks its 10th anniversary. This episode is brought to you by  Certis Belchim – crop protection specialists. Special Guests: * Kemi Badenoch, leader of the Conservative Party * Ben Makowiecki, agriculture sustainability director, Lloyds Bank * Alex Cherry, co-founder, Groundswell * Andrew Meredith, editor, Farmers Weekly…

Topics covered

• green farming
• private finance
• rural policy
• regenerative agriculture
• countryside stewardship
• Groundswell event

Keywords

• green farming
• private finance
• Kemi Badenoch
• Groundswell
• regenerative agriculture
• Lloyds Bank
• countryside stewardship
• sustainability

Sponsors

Certis Belchim

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