Our Farms, Our Future

This week, Tim Dangen sat down with climate economics expert Dr David Hall. David is a researcher who studies climate policy, climate finance, and land-use, among other topics. He is also the Climate Policy Director at Toha, which is helping to build an economic market for investment in land regeneration.

This week, Tim Dangen sat down with restoration planting expert Adam Thompson. Adam is a beef farmer and the owner of native plant nursery, Restore Native. He grows native plants primarily for planting on farms, so he has lots of experience helping farmers to restore areas of native bush on their farms.

This week, Tim Dangen sat down with biodiversity monitoring expert Joanne Clapcott. Joanne is a freshwater scientist and team leader of the freshwater ecosystems team at Cawthron Institute in Nelson. Her work involves evaluating the biodiversity and health of bodies of freshwater like rivers, streams, and lakes to learn what’s living there and what it’s doing, so she has lots of experience monitoring biodiversity.

Host Tim Dangen sat down with native animal expert Danielle Shanahan to talk about how to help our native species thrive on farm. Danielle is the CEO of Zealandia Te Māra a Tāne, an eco-sanctuary in Wellington and has lots of experience with how to make room for native animals in a farming landscape.

This week, host Tim Dangen talks with David Norton about managing remnant bush on farm. David is a professor emeritus at the University of Canterbury and an expert in sustainable farm management, who works with farmers and catchment groups to integrate pastoral farming and biodiversity values.  

This week, host Tim Dangen chats with Sam “The Trap Man” Gibson about dealing with pests on farm. Sam is a catchment coordinator at NZ Landcare Trust in Tairāwhiti, and his passion is trapping pests.