LEAFcast

The first in our series of LEAF Open Farm Sunday podcasts, where we meet LOFS host farmers from across the UK who will be sharing their experiences, magic moments and top tips to running an event. 

This week LOFS manager, Annabel Shackleton discusses  the joys of growing up with LOFS on farm, with long term host farmer Rebecca Dawes from Hilton of Aldie, Kinross, Scotland. 

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Lucy Redmore, LEAF's Assurance Manager discusses how the LEAF Marque Standard is kept robust, relevant and rigorous. Lucy outlines the current LEAF Marque Standard v16.0 draft public consultation – how it works, what it does, the different ways of getting involved and, crucially, the proposed changes.

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Building community engagement is one of the key elements of more integrated, sustainable farming.   We welcome two of LEAF's corporate members Samantha Balasuriya from Botanicoir and Mark Davies from Agrovista and hear about Botanicoir's work with communities in rural Sri Lanka and India to improve conditions and provide opportunities for local residents.  We also explore with one of their UK partners, Agrovista, how Botanicoir's ethos feeds into their own business approach.

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LEAF’s 10 year strategic direction (2021−2031) builds on our core capabilities and strengths and delivers against 8 commitments. In this series of podcasts, LEAF Chief Executive, Caroline Drummond explores each of the commitments and examines how each feed into LEAF’s wider ambitions. Today we learn about 'Building Sustainable Food Chains'.

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LEAF’s 10 year strategic direction (2021−2031) builds on our core capabilities and strengths and delivers against 8 commitments. In this series of podcasts, LEAF Chief Executive, Caroline Drummond explores each of the commitments and examines how each feed into LEAF’s wider ambitions. Today we learn about 'Measuring Impact & Harmonising Metrics'.

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LEAF’s 10 year strate­gic direc­tion (2021−2031) builds on our core capa­bil­i­ties and strengths and deliv­ers against 8 com­mit­ments. In this series of pod­casts, LEAF Chief Exec­u­tive, Car­o­line Drum­mond explores each of the com­mit­ments and exam­ines how each feeds into LEAF’s wider ambi­tions. Today we learn about ​‘Beacons of Excellence’.

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Jenny Clark, LEAF Assurance Manager, and Jess Corsair, LEAF Technical Coordinator, discuss the latest LEAF Marque Independent Evaluation, reflecting on the positives and the learnings contributing to our continual improvement. 

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LEAF’s 10 year strategic direction (2021-2031) builds on our core capabilities and strengths and delivers against 8 commitments.  In this series of podcasts, LEAF Chief Executive, Caroline Drummond explores each of the commitments and examines how each feeds into LEAF’s wider ambitions. Today we delve into 'Delivering Climate Positive Solutions'. 

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Caroline Drummond, LEAF Chief Executive, discusses our ambitious ten-year strategy, and why Integrated Farm Management must continue to advance and adapt to support the uptake of more regenerative, agroecological and resilient farming and food systems. 

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Caroline Drummond, LEAF Chief Executive, reflects on the recent ‘ZOOM into LEAF Marque’ spotlight week and the achievements of LEAF Marque growers, outlined in LEAF’s latest Global Impacts Report.

Read our 2021 Global Impacts report here.

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