On tonight’s show, Paul gives us the latest from Brambleby Farm — long‑awaited rain at last, a fraught pasteuriser move that ended well, steady calving, and the realities of cleanliness, rotations and costs on a small mixed farm. Our guest, holistic veterinarian Roger Meacock, joins me to explore his journey from conventional practice to non‑pharmaceutical approaches, from using magnets with downer cows to microcurrent biofeedback devices that aim to accelerate healing by working with the body’s own signalling. We range widely across food and farming: what happens when we intervene too much; breeding for hardiness; raw vs pasteurised milk; nutrient density from diverse pastures; and the mounting regulatory load facing vets and farmers. Roger flags his concerns about mRNA platforms in animals and the need for rigorous oversight, and we discuss Bovaer, PCR testing, and how policy steers practice. We finish on resilience — local food systems, directories like Food Finders Hub, and why many of us are building parallel, community‑based routes from farm to table while technology and regulation race ahead.

• 'Natural Healing Solutions (Roger Meacock MRCVS)': https://naturalhealingsolutions.co.uk/
• 'SEQUIVITY (Merck Animal Health) – RNA vaccine platform for swine': https://www.merck-animal-health-usa.com/products/sequivity/
• 'Veterinary Medicines Directorate (UK) – official': https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/veterinary-medicines-directorate/
• 'Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS) – official site': https://www.rcvs.org.uk/home/
• 'Bovaer (dsm‑firmenich) – methane‑reducing feed additive': https://www.dsm-firmenich.com/content/dsm/anh/en_US/products-and-services/products/methane-inhibitors/bovaer.html
• 'Food Finders Hub – UK directory for local food and farms': https://foodfindershub.org/
• 'Hoover Dam – U.S. Bureau of Reclamation (official)': https://www.usbr.gov/
• 'Nineteen Eighty‑Four by George Orwell – Orwell Foundation': https://www.orwellfoundation.com/the-orwell-foundation/orwell/books-by-orwell/nineteen-eighty-four/