Natural Capital - Scottish Agroecological Partnership

In this episode, we're joined by Abi Mordin from Propagate and Colleen McCulloch from the Soil Association to explore the work of the Scottish Agroecological Partnership (SAP), a collaboration of organisations working to make agroecology central to farming, crofting and growing in Scotland.We discuss what agroecology means in practice, how collaboration is helping farmers, crofters and growers build more resilient businesses and their project to upscale agroecology. Through on-farm workshops, peer-to-peer learning and knowledge exchange, the partnership is supporting the adoption of farming practices that are good for soils, nature and people. We also explore the barriers to change, the economic case for agroecological farming, the role of policy, and what Scotland's farming future could look like.Host Harry Fisher, Producers Iain Boyd & Fiona Salter, Editor Kieron Sim, Executive Producer Kerry HammondKey Timestamps:1:10 – 10:21 What SAP do, who is involved and what is agroecology10:22 – 18:39 What does it look like in practice, farmer clusters18:40 – 24:29 Overcoming barriers to adoption and making the transition24:30 – 38:18 workshops, knowledge sharing and engaging with policyResources:FAS Biodiveristyhttps://www.fas.scot/environment/biodiversity/FAS Natural Capital podcasthttps://www.fas.scot/sounds/natural-capital/Scottish Agroecology Partnership (SAP)https://www.agroecology.scot/SAP Eventshttps://www.agroecology.scot/about-sap/events/For more information, visit www.FAS.scotTwitter: @FASScotFacebook: @FASScotNational Advice HubPhone: 0300 323 0161Email: [email protected]