大象传媒 Food & Farming Awards finalist: Andrew Howard's On Farm Trials
Charlotte Smith and Lucy Speed visit the third of their finalists in the "Farming for the Future" category at this year's 大象传媒 Food and Farming Awards.
Andrew Howard has a curious, restless mind. He's always wondering what he can change, and how he can prove whether a change has made a difference.
This curiosity has lead him to invite scientists, conservationists and agri-tech businesses onto his arable farm, in Kent, to test theories in a multitude of on-farm trials. He's currently testing out drones that use AI to analyse crop nutrition, and experimenting with adding compost extract to his soils when planting seeds.
One of his passions is intercropping - the practise of growing more than one crop in the same field. He says it can spread your risk - if one crop fails, the other might still survive.
Andrew and his experiments have been chosen by judges, Charlotte Smith and Lucy Speed, as one of their three finalists in the "Farming for the Future" category of this year's 大象传媒 Food and Farming Awards. In this programme, Charlotte and Lucy visit the farm and learn more about his many trials.
Presented by Charlotte Smith and Lucy Speed
Produced by Heather Simons
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- Next Sunday 06:35大象传媒 Radio 4