Farming For Change

About Farming For Change

A quarterly podcast where two Nuffield Scholars - James Smith, a fifth-generation farmer, and Ben Taylor-Davies, an agroecologist, chat about all things regenerative farming, rewilding, biodiversity, soil health and more, occasionally joined by special guests from the field (no pun intended). Music: "He Tried To Be A Poet" by One Man Book, licensed with permission from the Independent Music Licensing Collective - imlcollective.uk.

Publisher

James Smith

Category

science

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

8 Jul 2021

Latest episode

9 Jun 2026

Latest episodes

20 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   9 Jun 2026

   Dadspace - A place to talk and chat

   In this Episode James and Ben sit down with Denver, the founder of Dadspace to discuss mental health amongst men. An Episode where Ben admits to a situation at home that is in need of management to keep a family business 'happy'.

2. 

   6 May 2026

   A Rambling Catch up

   In the latest episode, Ben heads to Loddington to visit James and have a general catch up/moan about agriculture on our farms, in general and across the world.

3. 

   9 Sept 2025

   You Herd It Here First

   In this episode, James and Ben are joined by Ed Kerr and Craig Lappin-Smith - a banker and restaurateur respectively, and joint co-founders of Herd - a project to promote regenerative farming through fractional ownership of farmland. Up for discussion - why food should be front and centre of nature recovery, why rewilding may not be all it's cracked up to be and why James isn't cut out for goat-herding...

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Spotify

5.0 / 5

11 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 30 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

27

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

81

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Guest appearances

Books guests

Based on episode analysis; this does not confirm that the show is currently accepting guests.