Vicki Hird is Head of the Sustainable Farming Campaign for Sustain: The Alliance for Better Food and Farming, and she also runs an independent consultancy. An experienced and award-winning environmental campaigner, researcher, writer and strategist working mainly in the food, farming and environmental policy arenas, Vicki has worked on government policy for many years and is the author of Perfectly Safe to Eat?: The Facts on Food.

Vicki’s passion is insects. The first pets she gave her children were a family of stick insects, and she received a giraffe-necked weevil tattoo for her 50th birthday. Vicki has a masters in pest management and is a fellow of the Royal Entomological Society (FRES).

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EPISODE LINKS

Rebugging the Planet: https://rebuggingtheplanet.org/

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PODCAST INFO

Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/regenerative-agriculture-club/id1589813038

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OUTLINE:

0:00 Introduction

3:06 Being conscious about rebugging the planet

5:16 Teaching children

6:53 Life under the soil

8:11 What's your advice on starters who want to rebug their own farm?

10:08 Advice to parks and other recreational areas19:20 Food and agriculture supply chains

21:23 What does a rebugged planet look like in your world view?


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