From food and beer, to textiles and fragrances, a vast range of industries rely on agriculture to create our favourite everyday products. Notably, farmers also use crop rotation and provide other crops to various industries. In this episode we learn how others are adopting regenerative agriculture practices and the challenges they face. Can other industries follow the potato's footsteps in farming for the future?  Joining the discussion is Imogen Stanley and Samata Pattinson.  Samata Pattinson, CEO of BLACK PEARL, is a prominent advocate for cultural sustainability and sustainable ..read more

In a changing climate, farms are already experiencing shifts in harvest seasons, crop yields, weather events, and more. Ensuring crops and farms are climate resilient is more important than ever. Can technology help us catch up with climate change to ‘future-proof’ our farms?   Joining the discussion is Emily Ford and Martin Harris.   Emily is a Nuffield Canada Scholar and Senior Agronomist at Quattro Ventures. In her daily work she works on crop production through real-time field monitoring and providing solutions for top crop performance.   Martin is a passio ..read more

The UN has predicted that 2050 will see the global population surpass nine billion. Global food production needs to increase significantly in order to feed us all. To keep everyone fed in this changing climate, and to make sure food production can be part of slowing and even reversing temperature rise, we have to produce food in a different way. Of course farmers and food businesses are key to this, so it was a real privilege to talk to a panel that represented both! The Panel… Charlie Angelakos, Vice President of Global External Affairs and Sustainability at McCain Foods Grant F Reid, Chair ..read more

Welcome to the first episode of the Hot Potato Podcast: a series that grabs the burning issue of climate change with both hands and asks how regenerative agriculture can help solve the problem.  Our food supply is heavily reliant on industrial agriculture, but current intensive farming methods cannot be sustained in the long term. Techniques used to maximize food production are having a negative effect on climate, biodiversity and soil health. We need our food supply to be sustainable in the face of an ever-changing world. So, today, we are getting to the root of it all and asking: How ..read more

Welcome to the Hot Potato Podcast: a series that grabs the burning issue of climate change with both hands and asks how regenerative agriculture can help solve the problem. We all know farming systems need to change to help feed the 8 billion people (and growing!) people on this planet. But how? Here on the Hot Potato Podcast, we’re starting with- who’d have thought it- the humble spud! As the third most consumed crop globally, potatoes play a vital role in how land is farmed and how people are fed. So keep your ears peeled as, together, we chip away at the hottest challenge facing food prod ..read more