Podcasts

Listen: 44 minutes

SFT Podcast: Land use in the UK – can we do it all?

How can we make the land we have in the UK work best for nature, for people and for producing food?

Groundswell Podcasts 2026: From friends of the SFT

Find links to podcasts from our friends at Farm Gate, Meet the Farmers, Brash Ag and more – recorded live in the Podcast Tent at Groundswell 2026.

Listen: 29 minutes

SFT Podcast: The next generation of farmers – Nuffield Farming’s young scholarship programme

On this week’s episode, we hear from the next generation of farmers – Summer, Craig and Jess, three members of Nuffield’s Next-Gen class of 2026.

Listen: 44 minutes

SFT Podcast: Ozempic and sustainable farming – an unlikely alliance?

Could the rise of GLP1s such as Ozempic be a catalyst for more sustainable farming?

Listen: 44 minutes

Best of the SFT Podcast Tent at Groundswell 2026

This episode of the SFT Podcast is a compilation of our favourite conversations that took place in our Podcast Tent at Groundswell this year.

Listen: 43 minutes

John Cherry and Joanna Bowen on 10 years of Groundswell and the art of storytelling in agriculture

In this very special edition of the SFT Podcast, Patrick Holden sits down with John Cherry and Joanna Bowen, the co-founders of Groundswell.

Listen: 54 minutes

Chris van Tulleken on ultra-processed food, corporate power and human health

Broadcaster and bestselling author Chris van Tulleken joins Patrick Holden for a conversation about ultra-processed food, public health, farming and the future of our food systems.

Listen: 37 minutes

SFT Podcast: Should we be eating salmon?

What’s really going on in food and farming? Two farmers – Patrick Holden, founder of the Sustainable Food Trust, and Stuart Oates, founder of the Fossil Free Farm project – get behind…

Listen: 58 minutes

Owen Shiers on reviving black oats in Wales and the balance between valuing culture and making a profit in farming

For this episode of the SFT Podcast, we hear from Owen Shiers – Welsh folk singer, researcher, grain grower and cultural historian.

Listen: 35 minutes

SFT Podcast: Food security, food sovereignty and self-sufficiency in times of conflict

We’re talking about food security – as the war in Iran shows no sign of easing, we discuss the impact of the conflict on food security in the Middle East and in the UK.

Listen: 82 minutes

Dr Federica Amati on the link between environmental health and nutrition and the importance of improved public food education

SFT CEO, Patrick Holden, is joined by Dr Federica Amati, Head Nutritionist at ZOE, with a special guest appearance from Professor Tim Spector, Founder of ZOE, for the first half of the episode.

Listen: 36 minutes

Sebastian Pole on healing herbs and better business

Sebastian Pole is a herbalist, best known for establishing organic tea and supplement brand, Pukka herbs.

Listen: 31 minutes

Andy Cato on changing direction

Patrick speaks to Andy Cato, farmer and musician, who found fame in 00’s electric pop duo Groove Armada.

Tim Spector on microbiomes, human and soil health

Tim Spector, professor of genetic epidemiology joins the podcast to discuss diets, microbes and the microbiome.