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8point9 editor, ffinlo Costain, is joined by Tim Coates, a co-founder of Oxbury Bank, which launched in 2021 as the only UK bank dedicated exclusively to the rural economy. In Farm Gate Leaders, ffinlo talks to someone who's played a defining role in our food and farming system - someone who's helping to deliver lasting and progressive change.

In Ukraine, explosive munitions have contaminated the soil with chemicals and heavy metals - hundreds of thousands of hectares will have to be surveyed and demined - and countless craters will have to be refilled. We consider the cost of restoring Ukraine's agricultural soils.ffinlo Costain is joined by Professor Wilfred Dolfsma from Wageningen, who recently led a study into the economics of Ukrainian soil recovery - and by Nick Padwick from Wild Ken Hill.Read more on 8point9: https://8point9.com/cost-of-repairing-ukraines-war-ravaged-soils-could-be-20-billion/More information about the research here

We're investigating how farmers and land managers can create income streams from restoring peatland. Why is peatland important? What's the difference between upland and lowland peatland markets? How can farmers fund projects and sell credits? And what's the role of the IUCN UK Peatland Programme?I'm joined by Andy Howard, Chief Executive of CSX Carbon - and Sam Welsh, Head of Sales and Marketing at Forest Carbon. This is the eighth episode in our series: Filling the Funding Gap, in which we discuss how natural capital markets can help farmers transition towards resilient and regenerative food production.Filling the Funding Gap is sponsored by Barclays, Environment Bank, Forest Carbon, Howden Insurance, Regenerate and Saffery. Farm Gate is part of 8point9.com - the land use news channel.

In this programme, 8point9.com's ffinlo Costain investigates how farmers and other land stewards can earn money from creating and managing woodland. ffinlo is joined by George Hepburne-Scott, Director, Forest Carbon - by David Robertson, Director of Investment and Business Development, Scottish Woodlands - by David McCulloch, Head of CarbonStore, Tilhill - and by Mark Lee, who farms at Torpenhow Farm in Cumbria.They discuss woodland carbon credits, additionality, biodiversity, nature credits, timber production and input savings resulting from woodland integration.This is the seventh episode in Farm Gate's Filling the Funding Gap series, sponsored by Barclays, Environment Bank, Forest Carbon, Howden Insurance, Regenerate and Saffery.You can find more in this series in your feed, or by visiting https://8point9.com/farm-gate/

⁠8point9.com⁠⁠⁠ editor, ffinlo Costain, is joined by farmer and columnist, Joe Stanley - they discuss the abrupt closure of SFI24, the Sustainable Farming Scheme, and what that means for farmers and the countryside - they look at Paying The Price, a report by the Food Farming & Countryside Commission into UK diets - and they talk about the opportunity to stack natural capital services with food production.(Views expressed in the podcast by Joe and ffinlo do not necessarily represent the views of their respective companies and organisations.)

Many farmers have been dismayed by a clause in the UK Planning and Infrastructure Bill that will give Natural England the power to acquire farmland compulsorily to meet nature recovery objectives. The concern has been heightened further because compulsory purchase prices will exclude 'hope value'.8point9.com's ffinlo Costain is joined by Rob Hindle from Rural Solutions and Gabriel Connor-Streich from Greenshank Environmental.

In the first of our monthly food and farming 'Leaders' series, ffinlo Costain speaks to Shelagh Hancock who became Chief Executive of First Milk at a challenging time and led the company to becoming the UK's first regenerative co-operative dairy.

ffinlo Costain investigates how farmers can earn money by stacking renewable electricity generation with other farming activity.Featuring:Louise Daniels, Head of External Affairs for Thrive RenewablesRoger Stones, Senior Energy Consultant for NFU EnergyHarvie Agnew, Policy Analyst at Solar Energy UKNick Spicer, Chief Executive at YourEcoNature Friendly Farming Network's Farming Champion, Jon FishFarm Gate's Filling the Funding Gap series is sponsored by Barclays, Environment Bank, Forest Carbon, Howden Insurance, Regenerate and Saffery. Farm Gate is part of 8point9.com - the land use news channel.Further reading from Solar Energy UKFarming Sustainably Report - https://solarenergyuk.org/resource/farming-sustainably-report/Solar Habitat 2024: Ecological Trends on Solar Farms in the UK - https://solarenergyuk.org/resource/solar-habitat-2024-ecological-trends-on-solar-farms-in-the-uk/

In this programme ffinlo Costain investigates how farmers and other land stewards can earn money from managing water effectively on their land.Interviews and discussion cover:What sort of payments are available to farmers?Where might those payments come from?Maintenance payments focussed on water infiltration The relationship between farmers and water companiesThe future of nutrient neutralityffinlo is joined by:Andy Cato, Co-founder of WildfarmedGabriel Connor-Streich, Chief Executive of Greenshank EnvironmentalTim Stephens, Catchment Partnerships and Delivery Manager at Wessex WaterLee Truelove, Head of Regenerative Farming at First MilkThis is the fifth episode in Farm Gate's Filling the Funding Gap series, in which we discuss how natural capital markets can help farmers to bridge the gap between public payments and the real costs of transition towards resilient and regenerative food production.Farm Gate's Filling the Funding Gap series is sponsored by Barclays, Environment Bank, Forest Carbon, Howden Insurance, Regenerate and Saffery. Farm Gate is part of 8point9.com - the land use news channel.

8point9.com⁠ editor, ffinlo Costain, is joined by farmer and columnist, Joe Stanley, for Farm Gate's monthly chat through the big land use topics of the moment.In this podcast the duo discuss the ongoing battle around inheritance tax - the government's land use framework - and ask whether gene editing is a force for good? (Views expressed in the podcast by Joe and ffinlo do not necessarily represent the views of their respective companies and organisations.)