Farmerama Radio is an award-winning podcast sharing the voices behind regenerative farming.
We are committed to positive ecological futures for the earth and its people, and we believe that farmers of the world will determine this.
Each month, we share the experiences of grass roots farmers instigating radical change for the future of our food, our health, and the planet. Tune in to hear how these producers are discovering a more ecological farming future and to learn how their decisions can have a positive impact on us all. This is regenerative farming in action.
#95: ADOPT-Funded Innovations, Farming on Crutches, Regenerative Hospitality, and a Preview of ORFC 2027
In the third and final episode of our 2026 summer series, Farmerama speaks to two farmers currently working on ADOPT-funded projects: Emma Loder-Symons of Nonington Farms in Kent on the two-year Mill-It project to grow millet for human consumption, addressing harvesting without glyphosate and highlighting millet’s drought resilience and low-cost potential; and Bryony Graham, a fourth-generation arable farmer on the Essex/Hertfordshire border, on short rotation coppice willow for biomass and an ADOPT-funded trial to make clean, peat-free compost at commercial scale, alongside wider benefits for carbon capture and habitat. Find out more about all the ADOPT funded projects here: https://farmpep.net/adopt/live-projects
We also head to Sierra Leone to hear from Mabutu Samai and farm manager Lahai Makie about Farming on Crutches, training amputees in agroecology and bokashi production while seeking funding to expand. Find out how to support their work here: https://farmingoncrutches.org/donate
Geetie Singh-Watson and Philippa Hughes share details of their brand new Level 3 regenerative hospitality course, launching this month as a partnership between The Bull Inn in Totnes, Farmacy and the Apricot Centre. Find out more here: https://farmacylondon.com/pages/education
And finally the ORFC Farm Practice Advisor Andy Dibben previews the diverse, practical programme of the 2027 Oxford Real Farming Conference. Tickets are on sale now: https://orfc.org.uk/event/oxford-real-farming-conference-2027/
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29 Aug 2026
#94: Gardening Language, Eating the Rotation, Agroforestry at Scale, and Rethinking Sugar
In the second episode of our 2026 summer series, Farmerama hears from Sheila Das, Head of Gardens and Parks at the National Trust. She reflects on regenerative agriculture’s influence on gardening, argues for less combative language (rejecting terms like “maintenance” and “ornamental”), and more focus on soil, roots, process, and seeing weeds as signals in living systems.
Josiah Meldrum of Hodmedod introduces their forthcoming cookbook Whole Food (DK), framed as both recipes and a “recipe” for food-system change by “eating the rotation,” reviving stigmatized dishes like gruel and pottage, and valuing diverse UK arable crops and bi-cropping. You can pre-order Whole Food here: https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/hodmedods
Anand Ethirajalu of Conscious Planet outlines Cauvery Calling’s agroforestry-led plan (2.42 billion trees; 140 million planted), organic nurseries, and Save Soil’s farmer training (50,000 trained; one-third transitioned), emphasising farm accounting and net profit.
Finally, baker and historian Chloe-Rose Crabtree of SOURCED Journeys discusses “Sugar season,” linking sugar’s technical uses to histories of slavery and ongoing exploitation, questioning ethical sourcing, exploring unrefined sugars like piloncillo/panela. Read or pitch to SOURCED here: https://www.sourcedjourneys.com/blog
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25 Jul 2026
#93: A Land Visualisation, Better Food Traders, the Power of Food and Farming Radio
In the first episode of our 2026 summer series, Farmerama hears from Sam Sivapragasam and Summayah Zannath, part of the core collective at Land in Our Names, about the progress of their Land Project for Black and people of colour.
Plus Julia Kirby-Smith, executive director of Better Food Traders shares how this membership network is supporting independent sustainable food retailers.
Thanks to the Six Inches of Soil podcast, we’re sharing Sheila Dillon talking about her long-time work in the food and farming broadcasting world and Abby Rose’s reflections on Cereal Revisited.
And finally we’ve got a couple of voice notes to share from our Cereal Revisited Digital Soundmap.
Find out more about the Land Project and donate to LION. https://landinournames.community/projects/land-project
Find out more about becoming a Better Food Trader.
https://betterfoodtraders.org/join-us/
Find Baking a Better Tomorrow here.
https://www.sustainweb.org/news/feb26-new-magazine-baking-a-better-tomorrow-grain-changers/
You can listen to the full episode of Six Inches of Soil here.
https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/unite-bringing-together-podcasters-ideas-in-the-field/id1773830638?i=1000774217772
Listen to all the voicenotes on the Cereal Revisited Digital Soundmap here: https://farmerama.co/cereal-revisited/
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