New Foundation Farms: The Radical Natural Podcast
New Foundation Farms is pioneering a fundamental shift in the system that feeds us.
Too many human beings see themselves as somehow outside nature, not part of it. We believe in the possibility that humans can become a beneficial keystone species on planet Earth.
We are building a radically natural food system in the UK in which we use methods from permaculture, biodynamic growing, organic and regenerative farming to grow food at scale in a way that has never been done before.
The result will be a hyper-local food system that uses stacked enterprises to deeply connect people with a wide variety of produce grown locally, everywhere.
It is about becoming indigenous again; not going back to the past, but going forward to explore the "wisdom of place" that returns us to a positive role in nature.
New Foundation Farms is a growing team of people who are passionate and inspired, and among the best at what they do in a variety of disciplines ranging from farming and processing to procurement and supply through to organisational architecture and systems thinking. This podcast series explores elements that are needed to help bring this radical natural vision to life though conversation.
New Foundation Farms: The Radical Natural Podcast
Groundswell Sessions #08 - Alex Godfrey, Joint Head of Natural Capital at Savills
Groundswell is an annual two-day festival of regenerative agriculture that takes place every June on a farm in Hertfordshire. Its a gathering of change in food and farming where farmers, conservationists, ecologists, chefs, agriculture industry representatives as well as financiers and MPs gather, speak and collaborate ideas about how we can transform food and farming into a more planet friendly agro-ecological future.
https://groundswellag.com/
This year we decided to film a mini series of friends, movers and shapers of the regenerative movement who are all in one place at one time.
Co-founder and Collaborative CEO Mark Drewell conducted interviews for New Foundation Farms with a selection of chosen guests.
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Episode 08 - Alex Godfrey - Savills
Joint Head of Natural Capital, Rural Management at Savills
Alex was one of the original founders of New Foundation Farms before moving on to Savills.
Alexander Godfrey has ten years of experience in investment banking (fixed income), a BSc in Economics and an MSc in Global Energy and Climate Policy, focusing on regenerative agriculture and climate finance, from SOAS University.
Alex consulted on a silvopasture enterprise in the Bolivian Amazon, stacking enterprise and engaging with indigenous people whilst developing an effective nature-based solution to mitigate climate change.
Alex has worked as an analyst in the UK’s agricultural space with a focus on natural capital and carbon markets.
Alex Co-founded New Foundation Farms, a disruptor in the agricultural sector, establishing a large-scale regenerative agri-food enterprise in the UK. Creating a nexus between agri-food business, ESG capital and society.
Last but certainly not least, Alex works on a mixed farm in the Cotswolds with Aberdeen Angus cattle and arable rotations. He describes himself as a “systems-based thinker and a firm believer in a world that believes in people, planet and profit” – not just the third one!
Podcast - Sustainable AF - "A blueprint to achieve a better and more sustainable future for all by 2030”
Our goal is to give you the information you need about one of the world’s great attempts to make the planet a better, cleaner, fairer place- the Sustainable Development Goals. They’re intended to tackle some of our biggest system challenges from health, education, inequality and even climate change. This year the pandemic has been dramatic but it was a huge challenge that affected everyone and the world worked together to tackle it. The bigger problems we face in the 21st century are around inequality, political polarisation, climate and environmental challenges, technology that’s evolving ahead of our ability to understand and our natural human tendency to fail to look ahead.
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Contacts for Alex Godfrey
https://www.savills.co.uk/people/savills-oxford/alex-godfrey.aspx
https://www.linkedin.com/in/alex-godfrey-817644152/?originalSubdomain=uk
https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/sustainable-af/id1556484313
https://www.buzzsprout.com/1608616