George Monbiot is one of Britain's finest writers on Climate. He has a weekly column where he writes on political and environmental issues with The Guardian and is the author of multiple books.  His book feral has inspired a rewinding movement in the UK, and his latest book Regenesis looks at the future of farming. 

In this podcast we discuss

• The complexity of soil 


• How common farming practices are destroying the structure of soil  


• What working on a pig farm is like 


• How much DEFRA suck 


• Where there is hope in eco-farming


• The impact of animal agriculture 


• The future of protein


• How farmers control farming policies

Find more from George on his website: https://www.monbiot.com/about/

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