Wheat from the Chaff podcast: Flooding, Universal income &

Wheat from the Chaff podcast: Flooding, Universal income & In-field crop diversity

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Phil Carson (Nature Friendly Farming Network) and ffinlo Costain (8point9.com) discuss the week’s land use news - including: Government must deliver promised flood support, says CLA “Slurry pollution as damaging as sewage” NFFN unveils UK general election manifesto Farmers demand Universal Basic Income Research finds ten times more pests in insecticide-treated corn fields In-field crop diversity could deliver ecological resilience Urgent need for new approach to combat global grassland degradation --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/farmgate/message

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