Farmers’ Weekly podcast features FFCC report

Farming Futures Lead Dr Charlie Taverner appears on the Farmers Weekly Podcast to discuss our latest report.

17th March 2025

"What we found is that it's been really difficult, consistently over decades, to make money from growing good, healthy food and that's not what's been valued in the economy of food."

Last week, FFCC Farming Futures Lead Dr Charlie Taverner appeared on the Farmers' Weekly podcast to discuss his latest report, 'Paying the Price.'

The report shows that farming incomes have barely improved since the 1970s. It makes the case to move away from a food system that prioritises cheap food at all costs, where Big Food and Big Ag rake in the profits, and where farmers, public health, the environment, and food resilience pay the price.

Listen in full below.