Ben Raskin is Head of Horticulture and Agroforestry at the Soil Association. He is also working at Eastbrook Farm in the UK, where he is overseeing the implementation of various agroforestry systems over the last few years, mainly focused on silvopasture. Ben gives us some detailed feedback on these first years on the farm : the design of the different fields, what species they have chosen and why, as well as how they approached weed control and tree protection from livestock. Ben is passionate about wood chips and he explains how they are using them on the farm and with what results. We also discuss how to integrate agroforestry in the workflow and skillset of an existing large scale farm. • TABLE OF CONTENTS 01:17 Introduction 06:52 Eastbrook farm 08:17 Motives for planting trees 13:17 Agroforestry systems on the farm 29:22 Suppressing weeds and wood chips 41:47 Scaling the supply of woodchips 49:07 Protecting trees 57:39 Bringing the agroforestry skillset onto farms 01:07:17 Knowledge and managing a complex system 01:12:02 Selling the produce of diversification 01:18:29 Mistakes and learnings  • RESOURCES https://helenbrowningsorganic.co.uk/eastbrook-farm/ https://www.soilassociation.org/farmers-growers/technicalinformation/agroforestry-handbook/ https://www.benraskin.com/general-8 • GET IN TOUCH www.regenerativeagroforestry.org • SUPPORT US www.gumroad.com/regenagroforestry • FOLLOW US on Facebook, LinkedIn and Instagram See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.