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Foodlands

 Connecting Framework into the farmland biodiversity 

 conservation conversation... 

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Series Guests

Charles  C. Mann

Charles C. Mann

Science Writer

American journalist, author and TED speaker specialising in scientific topics.

Siim Sellis

Siim Sellis

Estonian Organic Farmer and ex-professional Skier.

Farmer at Hauka Farm OÜ, part of Framework's Czech Republic Farmer Cluster.

Prof. Ian Bradley

Prof. Ian Bradley

Cultural Historian

Emeritus Professor of Cultural and Spiritual History at the University of St Andrews

 Cristóbal Reina

Cristóbal Reina

Olive Farmer & Hunter

Framework Farmer Cluster Spain, Sociedad de Cazadores President

Michelle Nijhuis

Michelle Nijhuis

Science Communicator

Award-winning environmental and science journalist whose work appears in National Geographic and elsewhere

Dr Youri Martin

Dr Youri Martin

Engineer in Biodiversity

Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology expert in biodiversity conservation involving monitoring, species distribution modelling and ecological restoration.

Juan Carlos Laso Bayas

Juan Carlos Laso Bayas

Research Scholar

Novel Data Ecosystems for Sustainability Research Group, Advancing Systems Analysis Program at The International Institute Of Advanced Systems Analysis, Austria.

Lorenzo Costa

Lorenzo Costa

Regenerative Farming and Permaculture expert.

Farmer, educator and Regenerative Farming and Permaculture expert involved in Framework's Italian Farmer Cluster. International writer and speaker for sector outlets.

Alberta Guerra

Alberta Guerra

Senior Policy Analyst

ActionAid USA expert in global food policies, focusing on right to food, land rights, agroecology, and global governance. ActionAid liaison with the Committee on World Food Security, IFAD and FAO, Rome, Italy.

Prof. Stefanie Engel

Prof. Stefanie Engel

Environmental Economist

Alexander von Humboldt-Professor of Environmental Economics at Framework partner Osnabrück University, Germany.

Louise Amand

Louise Amand

The Capitals Coalition
TEBBAgrifood Belgium

Collaboration Officer developing guidance for agrifood businesses and sustainable agriculture fostering collaboration and partnerships across international projects.

Patrick Holden

Patrick Holden

The Sustainable Food Trust

Organic dairy farmer, campaigner for sustainable food and farming, and co-founder of U.K. The Sustainable Food Trust and U.S. Sustainable Food Alliance.

Dr Lee-Ann Sutherland

Dr Lee-Ann Sutherland

Social, Economic and Geographical Sciences

Director of project partner the James Hutton Institute's International Land Use Study Centre.

Prof Mark Maslin

Prof Mark Maslin

Author and Earth System Scientist

Author and Professor of Earth System Science at University College London. Member of UCL Anthropocene, founder of geospatial agri-tech company Rezatec.

 Steffen Fritz

Steffen Fritz

Program Director and Principal Research Scholar

Steffen Fritz is the Strategic Initiatives Program Director and a researcher in the Novel Data Ecosystems Research Group of the Advancing Systems Analysis Program at the International Institute of Advanced Systems Analysis, Austria.

Prof. Camilla Moonen

Prof. Camilla Moonen

Assistant Professor in Agronomy and Field Crops

BA Wageningen University, PhD University of Pisa. Expert in the vegetation management of field margins, use of cover crops to manage weeds communities and the management of functional agrobiodiversity. Assistant Professor at Framework Project Partner Sant'Anna University.

Diego Guidotti

Diego Guidotti

CEO of Aedit

Aedit develops a software platform for farm data collection and analytics. The platform empowers farm-mapping for specific agrochemical application and irrigation deployment. Aedit is a spin-off of Framework project partner the Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna.

Dr Timothée Parrique

Dr Timothée Parrique

Ecological Economist

A French social scientist, specialising in Degrowth economics. PhD Centre d’Études et de Recherches sur le Développement with the Stockholm Resilience Centre at Stockholm University.

Clare Buckerfield

Clare Buckerfield

Farming and Wildlife Advisory Group

FWAG Adviser in Dorset currently facilitating Framework's Cranborne Chase Farmer Cluster. Expert in grassland restoration and management.

Bertrand Frézel

Bertrand Frézel

Confédération Paysanne Breton

Farm advisor from the environmentally conscious peasant farming movement in Brittany, France.

Isabelle Doussan

Isabelle Doussan

Environmental Law

Environmental Legal Expert at Framework project partner the French National Agricultural Research Institute (INRAE)

Prof Derek Stewart

Prof Derek Stewart

Director of the Advanced Plant Growth Centre

The APGC is £27M flagship project at Framework Project Convenor The James Hutton Institute. It delivers increased commercial, economic and environmental benefits to the agricultural, food and drink sectors in the UK and internationally by innovative use of precision controlled environment technologies.

Tamme van der Wal

Tamme van der Wal

Agritech Spatial Information Management expert

Commercial Manager Akkerweb, with special attention for the data revolution, Public Sector Information, user and usage aspects of spatial data, demand driven developments, satellite data (navigation and earth observation), INSPIRE, information policy etc. Mainly active agriculture, precision farming, CAP, water management, natural resources.

Andrea Gennai

Andrea Gennai

Forest engineer for Italian Protected Areas

Head of Planning and Management Foreste Casentinesi National Park, educator at the University of Pisa. Specialist in Protected Areas Management.

Tristan Quinn-Thibodeau

Tristan Quinn-Thibodeau

National Campaigner Action Aid USA

Campaigner focusing on biofuels, land rights, and food sovereignty working to build support for land, food, energy and climate policies that work for the environment, communities and families. Action Aid engages global policymakers to promote environmental health, good opportunities and good food for everyone.

About+

From the environmental podcast Prophets, Wizards & The Quest To Value Nature comes Foodlands,

a specially commissioned series presented by the Framework Project. 

Designed as a go-to resource for people new to the issue of how our food system impacts life on earth, as well as veterans who want to hear from different perspectives, Foodlands is an editorially independent series inspired by our project's interdisciplinary ethos which places facts over fictions, collaboration over conflict and progress over labels.

Hear from experts, activists and regular people from across the global north considering the past and future of our food lands as biodiversity loss, climate crises and food security challenges spark the question - how to value sustainability in our food system?

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Co-Presenter, Assistant Producer 

Alexandra Georges-Picot

Alexandra is a journalist with an MPhil in Agricultural History.

She's based in Brittany, FR.

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Production Assistant 

Beatrix Keillor 

Beatrix is a lab technician, administrator and science communications coordinator based in Dundee, UK. 

Co-Presenter, Producer, Editor

Theo Simmons

Theo is a filmmaker and producer with Taskscape Media. He's based in Cumbria, UK

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Transcription Assistant 

Greta Sharp 

Greta is an artist, audio transcriber and freelancer based in

Margate , UK. 

A podcast by Taskscape Media*

*Taskscape Media is the media production arm of Taskscape Associates, project partner for Communication, Participation & Knowledge Exchange.

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