ReGenAg Chat

Liz Genever and Nic Renison

We are delving into the world of regenerative agriculture with regular interviews with farmers who are changing how they farm to benefit their land, their community and themselves. Hosted by Nic Renison and Liz Genever, founders of the Carbon Calling conference and lovers of Crunchy Nut Cornflakes.

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Friday · 1 hr 24 min
Be The Change series: Episode 7 talking with Dani Olding about trees
Be The Change is a new project that Carbon Calling are running. It focuses on three farmers - Sarah Bell, Alan Robinson and Liz Hargreaves. Specific farm plans are being created by working with lots of different organisation and people from within our community. We are doing a series of podcasts with the people involved. For this episode, we talk to Dani Olding who has experience in forestry and agroecology. She has been involved in work at Sarah's farm. We talk about getting more trees on farm, while ensuring we are thinking through how they will bring in revenue in the future. We also talk about our favourite trees and top tips for establishment. See https://www.carboncalling.farm/bethechange for more details of the farmers and the project. Thanks to Esmée Fairbairn Foundation for their contribution to the BTC project.
July 3 · 1 hr 28 min
Be The Change series: Episode 6 talking with Henry Russell and Tarja Wilson
Be The Change is a new project that Carbon Calling are running. It focuses on three farmers - Sarah Bell, Alan Robinson and Liz Hargreaves. Specific farm plans are being created by working with lots of different organisation and people from within our community. We are doing a series of podcasts with the people involved. For this month, we talk to Henry Russell, who is a regenerative adviser (https://www.russellregen.com/) and was worked with Liz and Rob on the recent Farming in Protected Landscapes funded project looking at Maximum Sustainable Output analysis. Liz talks to Tarja, who works for the Forest of Bowland National Lanscape, about her involvement with the farm and the breeding wader survey. We talk a bit about the event at Liz and Rob's on the 9th of July. LINKS: https://www.carboncalling.farm/liz-event https://www.instagram.com/reel/DZvFfoFOBrL/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA== - weed surfer https://www.forestofbowland.com/ See https://www.carboncalling.farm/bethechange for more details of the farmers and the project. Thanks to Esmée Fairbairn Foundation for their contribution to the BTC project.
June 15 · 1 hr 4 min
Be The Change series: Episode 5 talking with Liz and Rob Hargreaves
Be The Change is a new project that Carbon Calling are running. It focuses on three farmers - Sarah Bell, Alan Robinson and Liz Hargreaves. Specific farm plans are being created by working with lots of different organisation and people from within our community. We are doing a series of podcasts with the people involved. For this month, we talk to Liz, and her husband Rob, Hargreaves, who farm in the Forest of Bowland in Lancashire. We talk about the challenges of their system and what we are covering at their event on the 9th July. We also touch on the importance of balance within the ecosystem and who decides what species need to be controlled. WARNING: There is a bit of swearing in this episode LINKS: https://www.carboncalling.farm/liz-event See https://www.carboncalling.farm/bethechange for more details of the farmers and the project. Thanks to Esmée Fairbairn Foundation for their contribution to the BTC project.
June 11 · 56 min
Be The Change series: Episode 4 talking with Simon Hare
Be The Change is a new project that Carbon Calling are running. It focuses on three farmers - Sarah Bell, Alan Robinson and Liz Hargreaves. Specific farm plans are being created by working with lots of different organisation and people from within our community. We are doing a series of podcasts with the people involved. For this month, we talk to Simon Hare, who is Alan's grazing mentor. We talk about his system and the changes that are happening, how he is supporting Alan and then we get personal about his diet and health. Liz is off to eat more protein and Nic is going to lift heavier. LINKS: https://www.carboncalling.farm/alansevent https://www.nffn.org.uk/farmer-stories/simon-hare-creating-a-thriving-farm-ecosystem-through-livestock-management https://pastureforlife.org/ https://www.fwi.co.uk/farm-life/health-and-wellbeing/scottish-farmer-finds-new-purpose-with-on-farm-gym https://ketobrainhealth.co.uk/ See https://www.carboncalling.farm/bethechange for more details of the farmers and the project. Thanks to Esmée Fairbairn Foundation for their contribution to the BTC project.
March 10 · 54 min
Be The Change series: Episode 3 talking with Alan Robinson
Be The Change is a new project that Carbon Calling are running. It focuses on three farmers - Sarah Bell, Alan Robinson and Liz Hargreaves. Specific farm plans are being created by working with lots of different organisation and people from within our community. We are doing a series of podcasts with the people involved. For this month, we talk to Alan Robinson, who is one of the BTC farmers from Cumbria. We talk through his "journey" and how he is developing his system. The importance of mindset and building a network are very strong themes. LINKS: https://www.kingsdalehead.com/ https://pastureforlife.org/ https://www.thecourtyarddairy.co.uk/ https://ahdb.org.uk/take-control-of-your-farm-s-future-with-roots-to-resilience AMP =adaptive multi-paddock grazing See https://www.carboncalling.farm/bethechange for more details of the farmers and the project. Thanks to Esmée Fairbairn Foundation for their contribution to the BTC project.
February 22 · 1 hr 23 min
Be The Change series: Episode 2 talking with Will Heygate
Be The Change is a new project that Carbon Calling are running. It focuses on three farmers - Sarah Bell, Alan Robinson and Liz Hargreaves. Specific farm plans are being created by working with lots of different organisation and people from within our community. We are doing a series of podcasts with the people involved. For this month, we talk to Will Heygate, who is a sheep and arable farmer from Northamptonshire. He runs a similar system to Sarah and will share their experiences through the recently funded Anglian Water cluster group focusing on biological approaches. LINKS: BHAG = big hairy audacious goals We spoke about Jade's recent webinar - https://youtu.be/Y-v_VfYYOms?si=vVAnPSuiDlBOOyKB https://www.regenben.com/ https://indigro.co.uk/agronomists-the-team/ See https://www.carboncalling.farm/bethechange for more details of the farmers and the project. Thanks to Esmée Fairbairn Foundation for their contribution to the BTC project.
January 7 · 1 hr 4 min
Be The Change series: Episode 1 talking with Sarah Bell
Be The Change is a new project that Carbon Calling are running. It focuses on three farmers - Sarah Bell, Alan Robinson and Liz Hargreaves. Specific farm plans are being created by working with lots of different organisation and people from within our community. We are doing a series of podcasts with the people involved. The first one is with Sarah Bell, one of the farmers. She is based in Rutland and runs a mixed farm with her family. See https://www.carboncalling.farm/bethechange for more details of the farmers and the project. Thanks to Esmée Fairbairn Foundation for their contribution to the BTC project.
Aug 22, 2025 · 21 min
Launch of Be The Change programme
Carbon Calling is stepping off the stage and back into the fields, launching a new campaign to support three forward-thinking farmers with a year of hands-on coaching from our team and trusted partners. Be The Change is a year long coaching programme using the Carbon Calling network of professional partners to give you support and direction for a clearer future for your farm. We’re looking to recruit three farms across the North and Midlands who are willing to work with us for 12 months, taking a deep dive into their farm, and ultimately host an on-farm event in June 2026. We are looking for farms who make most of their income from farming, who are interested in making changes to their system (e.g. reducing inputs, changing breeds, detailed soil tests, encouraging more nature through schemes, getting different people onto their farms) or are confused with where they have got to and need some additional support. Go to https://www.carboncalling.farm/bethechange for more info
Jun 20, 2025 · 18 min
Carbon Calling conference 2025 special - Nicola MacPhail
Liz Genever and Nic Renison - co-founders of Carbon Calling CIC - chat with Nicola MacPhail, who is one of the facilitators on the Tuesday at this year's conference. She is wrangling up to 12 tables of chatty people. We talk to Nic about the session she is planning and the inspiration around it This is the last one of a series of four podcasts where we talk to people who are talking at the conference. Go to https://www.carboncalling.farm/ for more details. This episode is sponsored by Cactus Tree Guards - https://cactustreeguards.co.uk/ - for all your tree protection needs.
Jun 15, 2025 · 24 min
Carbon Calling conference 2025 special - Ian Robertson
Liz Genever and Nic Renison - co-founders of Carbon Calling CIC - chat with Ian Robertson, who is one of the speakers on the Thursday at this year's conference. And he loves soil more than anyone we know! We talk to Ian about the background to his love of soil and helping farmers. Plus what he will cover at the upcoming conference, which will be an interpretation of Nic and Reno's soil results. This is the third of a series of four podcasts where we talk to people who are talking at the conference. Go to https://www.carboncalling.farm/ for more details. This episode is sponsored by Cactus Tree Guards - https://cactustreeguards.co.uk/ - for all your tree protection needs.
Jun 10, 2025 · 44 min
Carbon Calling conference 2025 special - Daniel Iddon
Liz Genever and Nic Renison - co-founders of Carbon Calling CIC - chat with Daniel Iddon, who is one of the speakers on the Thursday at this year's conference. And he loves fungi more than anyone we know! We talk to Daniel about the background to his company and his love of wood. Plus what he will cover at the upcoming conference. This is the second of a series of four podcasts where we talk to people who are talking at the conference. Go to https://www.carboncalling.farm/ for more details. This episode is sponsored by Cactus Tree Guards - https://cactustreeguards.co.uk/ - for all your tree protection needs.
Jun 5, 2025 · 44 min
Carbon Calling conference 2025 special - Jules Matthews
Liz Genever and Nic Renison - co-founders of Carbon Calling CIC - chat with Jules Matthews, who is the headliner at this year's conference. And we love her. We talk to Jules about her background and her approach with clients. Plus what she will cover at the upcoming conference. This is the first of a series of four podcasts where we talk to people who are talking at the conference. Go to https://www.carboncalling.farm/ for more details. This episode is sponsored by Cactus Tree Guards - https://cactustreeguards.co.uk/ - for all your tree protection needs.
May 14, 2025 · 25 min
ReGen Ag chat - Liz and Nic chat through the conference
Liz Genever and Nic Renison talk through the programme for the upcoming conference on the 24-26 June. More details can be found at carboncalling.farm, including the full programme and the link for ticket sales
Apr 16, 2025 · 1 hr 14 min
ReGen Ag Fancy Chat 14 - Peter Craven
Liz Genever and Nic Renison - co-founders of Carbon Calling CIC - chat with Peter Craven who has recently been appointed Head of Agriculture at Natural England. We talk about Peter move from his family farm to working with NIAB and now Natural England. We spent a while discussing his Nuffield studies and the importance of setting up a family charter. See https://www.nuffieldscholar.org/sites/default/files/2023-11/Peter%20Craven%20Nuffield.pdf and https://familycharter.co.uk/. Liz and Peter were on Oxford Farming Conference Emerging Leaders Programme together in 2020, and we bumped into one another again at ORFC in January. This is the third of a series of three podcasts where we talk to people who have changed their "identity" and are now leaders within regenerative and agroecological approaches. This episode is sponsored by Cactus Tree Guards - https://cactustreeguards.co.uk/ - for all your tree protection needs.
Mar 26, 2025 · 1 hr 3 min
ReGen Ag Fancy Chat 13 - Marian Boswall
Liz Genever and Nic Renison - co-founders of Carbon Calling CIC - chat with Marian Boswell, who is a landscape architect (https://www.marianboswall.com/) and author. Her newest book - The Kindest Garden - has been recently published. She was on the CREATE UK course with Liz and came to Carbon Calling in 2024, and we love her. We talk about beavers and energy work!!! This is the second of a series of three podcasts where we talk to people who have changed their "identity" and are now leaders within regenerative and agroecological approaches. This episode is sponsored by Cactus Tree Guards - https://cactustreeguards.co.uk/ - for all your tree protection needs.
Mar 5, 2025 · 1 hr 29 min
ReGen Ag Fancy Chat 12 - Alex Crawley
Liz Genever and Nic Renison - co-founders of Carbon Calling CIC - chat with Alex Crawley, who is an ex-army officer and civil servant, who now runs a grazing management service on the English and Welsh border with his wife. He talks about how he runs a profitable and nature-based business, plus his plans for his Nuffield travels. This is the first of a series of three podcasts where we talk to people who have changed their "identity" and are now leaders within regenerative and agroecological approaches. This episode is sponsored by Cactus Tree Guards - https://cactustreeguards.co.uk/ - for all your tree protection needs.
Feb 14, 2025 · 1 hr 59 min
ReGen Ag Fancy Chat 11 - Antony Yousefian
Liz Genever and Nic Renison - co-founders of Carbon Calling CIC - chat with Antony Yousefian, who is the founder of The First Thirty (TFT). Through TFT they are investing in companies that are using nature within the solution. This is the third of a series of three podcasts were we talk to "disrupters" - people who want to do things differently and challenge the status quo. This episode is sponsored by Cactus Tree Guards - https://cactustreeguards.co.uk/ - for all your tree protection needs.
Jan 26, 2025 · 1 hr 27 min
ReGen Ag Fancy Chat 10 - James (JJ) Edwards
Liz Genever and Nic Renison - co-founders of Carbon Calling CIC - chat with James (JJ) Edwards who is first generation sheep and cattle farmer. They talk about all sorts - mental health, the challenge of having sheep hours apart, conservation grazing, Carbon Calling conference and acknowledging our privilege. This is the second of a series of three podcasts were we talk to "disrupters" - people who want to do things differently and challenge the status quo. This episode is sponsored by Cactus Tree Guards - https://cactustreeguards.co.uk/ - for all your tree protection needs.
Jan 8, 2025 · 1 hr 3 min
ReGen Ag Fancy Chat 9 - Holly Silvester
Liz Genever and Nic Renison - co-founders of Carbon Calling CIC - chat with Holly Silvester who is a commercial organic vegetable and seed grower, and Future Resilience Seed Coordinator for The Gaia Foundation Seed Sovereignty Programme. She is incredibly passionate about empowering farmers and growers to come together to improve crops specifically adapted to local areas, soils and local markets. The Gaia Foundation Seed Sovereignty Programme are having a seed swapping event later in the year. See https://www.seedsovereignty.info/events/upcoming-events/ for more info. This is the first of a series of three podcasts were we talk to "disrupters" - people who want to do things differently and challenege the status quo. This episode is sponsored by Cactus Tree Guards - https://cactustreeguards.co.uk/ - for all your tree protection needs.
Dec 24, 2024 · 59 min
ReGen Ag Fancy Chat 8 - Dominie Fearn
Liz Genever and Nic Renison - co-founders of Carbon Calling CIC - chat with Dominie Fearn is the founder of The Wild Hare Group and has a passion about nutritious food and its link to soil health. Determined to find a way to produce fresh convenience foods using nutritious, natural and fully-traceable ingredients, she set on her way to producing fresh, nutritious, sustainable ready meals – and the Wild Hare was born. This is the third and last one in a series of podcasts focusing on food, health and getting regenerative approaches to more people. This episode is sponsored by Cactus Tree Guards - https://cactustreeguards.co.uk/ - for all your tree protection needs.

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