Introducing Field Notes, our new ‘quick listens’ podcast series that delves into some of the critical issues in food, farming and land use – and the radical and practical solutions at hand.

First up is a field note from FFCC Chief Exec Sue Pritchard, who interrogates an issue that’s been making headlines in recent weeks: the government’s Consultation on Land Use and the incoming #LandUseFramework.

In this episode, Sue covers:

• Some background to the Land Use Framework and our pilots, including how Michael Barbour’s Public Value Framework informed our work
• Why maps are a very important tool within the framework process, but are not sufficient
• How real multifunctional land use can create thriving rural communities and economies
• Why working at different scales is so important, from local and catchment to county and national
• What a Land Use Framework needs to ultimately do to be effective

Listen in full below: