UK governments spend around £4 billion a year on farming and nature, but we need a further £4-10 billion a year just to hit our nature and environment targets. Meanwhile, £11 trillion is managed by the UK's investment industry, and the gap is a rounding error by comparison. So how do we get more of that capital flowing into nature recovery and agroecological food and farming systems?ffinlo Costain is joined by Isabelle Cadignan, Co-Lead on Climate Risk & Resilience at Howden Insurance Brokers - by Annabel Ross, Director of Capital Markets Sustainability for Lloyds Banking Group - by Eoin Murray, the Chief Investment Officer at Rebalance Earth - and by Tom Pycraft, the founder of Ark Events.

UK governments spend around £4 billion a year on farming and nature, but we need a further £4-10 billion a year just to hit our nature and environment targets. Meanwhile, £11 trillion is managed by the UK's investment industry, and the gap is a rounding error by comparison. So how do we get more of that capital flowing into nature recovery and agroecological food and farming systems? ffinlo Costain is joined by Isabelle Cadignan, Co-Lead on Climate Risk & Resilience at Howden Insurance Brokers - by Annabel Ross, Director of Capital Markets Sustainability for Lloyds Banking Group - by Eoin Murray, the Chief Investment Officer at Rebalance Earth - and by Tom Pycraft, the founder of Ark Events.

UK governments spend around £4 billion a year on farming and nature, but we need a further £4-10 billion a year just to hit our nature and environment targets. Meanwhile, £11 trillion is managed by the UK's investment industry, and the gap is a rounding error by comparison. So how do we get more of that capital flowing into nature recovery and agroecological food and farming systems?ffinlo Costain is joined by Isabelle Cadignan, Co-Lead on Climate Risk &amp; Resilience at Howden Insurance Brokers - by Annabel Ross, Director of Capital Markets Sustainability for Lloyds Banking Group - by Eoin Murray, the Chief Investment Officer at Rebalance Earth - and by Tom Pycraft, the founder of Ark Events.

Mobilising capital for food and nature

ffinlo Costain (8point9) talks to Martin Lines (Nature Friendly Farming Network). Martin has been with the Conservatives in Birmingham, lobbying MPs and activists on behalf of food, farming and nature. The pair discuss:<ul><li>A more confident Conservative party?</li><li>Plans to abolish Natural England and the Environment Agency</li><li>"Fewer rules" versus environmental outcomes</li><li>Do the Tories have a new policy on SFI?</li><li>More development, less emphasis nature?</li><li>Anti-solar, anti stacking? </li><li>Net zero and carbon markets</li><li>Inheritance tax</li></ul>

ffinlo Costain (8point9) talks to Martin Lines (Nature Friendly Farming Network). Martin has been with the Conservatives in Birmingham, lobbying MPs and activists on behalf of food, farming and nature. The pair discuss:A more confident Conservative party?Plans to abolish Natural England and the Environment Agency"Fewer rules" versus environmental outcomesDo the Tories have a new policy on SFI?More development, less emphasis nature?Anti-solar, anti stacking? Net zero and carbon marketsInheritance tax

Bonfire of the (environmental) regulations?

Has 'regen' become toxic - is it how we save the world, or just a niche type of farming that's been hijacked by corporate food businesses?To investigate, ffinlo Costain is joined by Baroness Minette Batters, Member of the House of Lords, farmer, former NFU president and author of Harvest: A farmer's story of heritage, home and hope - and by Clare Hill, a regen farmer and co-founder of Roots to Regeneration, a transition accelerator programme for farmers and professionals.

Has 'regen' become toxic - is it how we save the world, or just a niche type of farming that's been hijacked by corporate food businesses? To investigate, ffinlo Costain is joined by Baroness Minette Batters, Member of the House of Lords, farmer, former NFU president and author of Harvest: A farmer's story of heritage, home and hope - and by Clare Hill, a regen farmer and co-founder of Roots to Regeneration, a transition accelerator programme for farmers and professionals.

Has the word 'regen' become toxic?

ffinlo Costain (8point9) talks to Martin Lines (Nature Friendly Farming Network). Martin has spent three days (and nights) lobbying Labour MPs and activists on behalf of food, farming and nature. Find out the key themes and what was said behind the scenes.<ul><li>Labour's conference theme was "Hope Again". How does that mood music translate into action for food, farming and nature. </li><li>Labour's return to its rural roots.</li><li>Food resilience, security, and El Niño.</li><li>The Great British Grid as a rural opportunity. </li><li>Growth in every (rural) postcode.</li><li>Public procurement and diet.</li><li>The SFI fallout. </li><li>Finance joining the dots. </li><li>How NFFN lobbying actually works. </li></ul>

ffinlo Costain (8point9) talks to Martin Lines (Nature Friendly Farming Network). Martin has spent three days (and nights) lobbying Labour MPs and activists on behalf of food, farming and nature. Find out the key themes and what was said behind the scenes.Labour's conference theme was "Hope Again". How does that mood music translate into action for food, farming and nature. Labour's return to its rural roots.Food resilience, security, and El Niño.The Great British Grid as a rural opportunity. Growth in every (rural) postcode.Public procurement and diet.The SFI fallout. Finance joining the dots. How NFFN lobbying actually works.

Should food, farming and nature "Hope Again"?

In this episode of Martin's Farm on the Farm Gate podcast, ffinlo Costain speaks to Martin Lines (Chief Exec, Nature Friendly Farming Network) and Holly Purdey (National Trust tenant at Horner Farm, Somerset, and NFFN England Vice Chair).They discuss:<ul><li>The debacle of England's Sustainable Farming Incentive</li><li>How to embed resilience and adaptability into farm businesses</li><li>What Martin found out at the Liberal Democrat Conference</li><li>Whole farm agreements and outcome-based payments</li><li>Farm Nutrient Plans</li><li>And the coming impacts of the biggest El Niño ever recorded</li></ul>

In this episode of Martin's Farm on the Farm Gate podcast, ffinlo Costain speaks to Martin Lines (Chief Exec, Nature Friendly Farming Network) and Holly Purdey (National Trust tenant at Horner Farm, Somerset, and NFFN England Vice Chair). They discuss:The debacle of England's Sustainable Farming IncentiveHow to embed resilience and adaptability into farm businessesWhat Martin found out at the Liberal Democrat ConferenceWhole farm agreements and outcome-based paymentsFarm Nutrient PlansAnd the coming impacts of the biggest El Niño ever recorded

'Nature doesn't do monocultures'

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Farm Gate host, ffinlo Costain, talks to Laura Higham (FAI Farms/Vet Sustain) and Simon Doherty (British Veterinary Association).  We ask how vets contribute to sustainability - and what’s the link between animal welfare, and good environmental management and performance on farms?
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Farm Gate host, ffinlo Costain, talks to Laura Higham (FAI Farms/Vet Sustain) and Simon Doherty (British Veterinary Association). We ask how vets contribute to sustainability - and what’s the link between animal welfare, and good environmental management and performance on farms? Produced by Farmwel and FAI Farms.

Farm Gate host, ffinlo Costain, talks to Laura Higham (FAI Farms/Vet Sustain) and Simon Doherty (British Veterinary Association). &nbsp;We ask how vets contribute to sustainability - and what’s the link between animal welfare, and good environmental management and performance on farms?
Produced by Farmwel and FAI Farms.

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