The Regenerative Agroforestry Podcast

#55 Economic modelling and agroforestry design with Harry Greene

Propagate is a leader in the agroforestry space, specialising in project development and planting agroforestry systems at scale. It's a huge pleasure to chat with Harry,

#54 The importance of peer to peer learning to activate local agroforestry dynamics with Claire Lemarié

In this episode I discuss with Claire Lemarié her experience working with farmers in the Pays de la Loire region in France, where she is a technical adviser for the chamb

#53 Practicalities of integrating coppicing into your farm with Mark Krawczyk

Coppicing is an ancient and modern tree management system. Coppicing is known for its multi-functionality: capable of producing biomass, animal forage, firewood and much

#52 Agroforestry at the landscape scale to transform ecological function and boost productivity with Bruce Maynard

Bruce Maynard and his family are livestock managers and row crop farmers in New South Wales in Austalia. Over his carreer, he has succesfully integrated shrubs and trees

#51 Feedback from 30 years of research on alley cropping systems with Christian Dupraz

What have we learnt from 30 years at one of the most prominent agroforestry research sites in the world? In collaboration with AGROMIX, We are excited to present an inter

#50 Hedges and trees as pillars of a viticulture agroecology transition with Jean-Baptiste Cordonnier

Conventional viticulture and its intensive management has created some important challenges for wine producers and the regions where they are located. Jean-Baptiste Cordo

#49 The potential of agroforestry in human scale regenerative enterprises with Richard Perkins

I am today with Richard Perkins from Ridgedale Farm in Sweden. For those who do not know, Richard is a leading educator and author in the field of regenerative agricultur

#48 Striking the balance between complexity and efficiency in large scale Syntropic systems with Daniel Fröbel

Today we continue investigating Syntropic Farming with Daniel from the Mata do Lobo farm in Brasil. In the past 4 years, they have been working solutions to scale these c

#47 The synergies of trees and poultry and adopting silvo-poultry at scale with David Brass

David Brass is the CEO of the Lakes Free range egg company. Almost 30 years ago he started planting trees in the fields to encourage his laying hens to go and range. Sinc

#46 How can regenerative agriculture be scaled into the food industry supply chain?

Our team attended the Regenerative Agriculture and Food Systems Summit, organised by Kiasko Research in order to catalyse a regenerative transition in the food industry.

#45 Rethinking the agricultural status-quo by mimicking natural ecosystems with Mark Shepard

Mark Shepard is the founder of the Restoration Agriculture farming method and New Forest Farm, where Mark grows food in perennial polycultures, without using external fer

#44 The potential of fast growing biomass trees in agroforestry systems with Michael Weitz

Michael Weitz is a European expert in fast growing biomass trees, with a special passion for Poplar. These fast growing crops are especially interesting for agroforestry

#43 The story, philosophy and principles of Syntropic Farming with Marc Leiber

Syntropic Farming has recently gained international attention, and it is about time we interview an expert on the podcast! Whilst I call him an expert, Marc Leiber prefer

#42 Stories and facts: how to convince decision makers about the importance of agroforestry

Today I have the pleasure of welcoming Patrick Worms on the show. He is a policy advisor for World Agroforestry and the ex-president of the European Agroforestry Federati

#41 The transition to Regen Ag and Belgian alley cropping trials with Soil Capital Farming

Thomas Lecomte and Guillaume Sneessens are agronomists and experts in the field of regenerative agriculture. Through Soil Capital Farming, they both manage and consult a

#40 How to diversify a milk and meat farm using silvopasture and alley cropping with Felix Riecken

I talk with Felix Riecken who is planting out silvopastoral and silvoarable systems on his 90ha family farm in the North of Germany. The farm traditionally produces cow m

Special Episode #1 - EURAF Conference 2022

As Dimitri and I travelled recently to the 2022 EURAF conference in Sardinia, we wanted to share with you the work of the European Agroforestry Federation. In this short

#39 The nuances of farm forestry and the opportunities of integrating biodiversity with Campbell Mercer

Campbell Mercer owns 40ha outside Melbourne, Australia where he has set up a world class olive farm - producing award winning organic olive oil. Campbell uses a variety o

#38 Understanding a EU funded pig agroforestry system with Carl Sheard

My guest today is Carl Sheard who produces pigs in France. He has received EU funding for his project so we try and understand with him what kind of opportunity it offers

#37 Increasing tree cover from 3% to 20% for resilience, profit and biodiversity with Jill and Andrew Stewart

Andrew and Jill Stewart are owners and managers of Yan Yan Gurt West Farm in the Otway Ranges, Southern Victoria, Australia. For the past 30 years, they have taken regene