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Newscast is on the face of it, a podcast about the news.

But it's also perhaps the world's most athletic podcast,

we have BBC correspondents dashing in and out,

ready to give us a deeper understanding of the biggest stories of the day.

Thankfully, we let them catch their breath before we actually start recording the podcast.

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Hello, it's Olly Dougmore here. Welcome to Radical, the podcast where we have conversations

about the global trends, changing our world, and radical ideas for the future. In my day job,

I'm the executive digital editor of the new statesman, but this week I'll be standing in for a mole

while he's up in Scotland, filming something called The Traders. Today I'm joined by Andy Cato,

farmer, innovator and one half of Groove Armada for a conversation about rebuilding our food

systems, quite literally from the ground up. There's a radical change happening in the world

of farming and Andy is on the front line. He's also had a bit of a radical change in his own

life as well. Andy walked away from the music industry and sold the rights to his back catalogue to take on one of the toughest challenges of our time, to try and change the way we grow things and champion regenerative farming.

While traditional modern farming focuses on maximizing output and scale, regenerative farming centres on restoring ecosystems and building long-term

resilience to the problems of the 21st century, the changing climate, and conflicts around the

world impacting the flow of the fertilisers and chemicals needed for mainstream farming methods.

In 2019, Andy founded Wildfarmed, a company which wants to help farmers transition to

regenerative systems while staying profitable.

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