Shows
Farm Gate'Insects are a powerful tool for food production'Integrated pest management is about establishing a farm as a connected ecosystem. To investigate the subject ffinlo Costain is joined by horticulturalist, Andy Dibben, the head grower at Abbey Home Farm near Cirencester - by Patrick Barker an arable farmer from Lodge Farm near Westhorpe in Suffolk - and by Angus Walton, a livestock producer from Peelham Farm in the Scottish Borders.
2026-02-0355 min
Agricology PodcastAgroforestry Through the Elements - PeopleThis is the last episode of a new series exploring agroforestry, in which we use the elements as a framework to deepen understanding and challenge assumptions around trees on farms. The overarching aim is to explore how trees on farms contribute to more than just individual functions, holding the ability to transform whole landscapes and ecosystems. This episode dives into the human element of agroforestry. Wallace Currie welcomes Andy Dibben, Bid Webb and Dr Jonathan Code who focus on the educational and social dimensions that shape how agroforestry is understood and adopted. We explore the importance of co-design, community...
2025-12-1157 min
The Beet: A Podcast For Plant LoversTree-Powered Gardening with Andy Dibben and Ben RaskinIn this episode of the Beet Podcast, Jacques chats with Ben Raskin and Andy Dibben, authors of Silvohorticulture. They dive into this innovative technique of planting trees alongside crops, turning trees into the garden's stars while enhancing crop production with the perfect balance of light, water, and soil. Tune in to learn how to bring this tree-powered magic to your own backyard!Connect with Ben Raskin and Andy Dibben:Ben Raskin and Andy Dibben design and manage agroforestry systems and have extensive experience in commercial horticultural crop production. Through observation, they have...
2025-03-2445 min
The Thriving Farmer Podcast324. Exploring Agroforestry: Ben Raskin and Andy Dibben on SilvohorticultureHow can farmers integrate trees into vegetable production to enhance yield, biodiversity, and resilience? In this episode of the Thriving Farmer Podcast, we're joined by Ben Raskin and Andy Dibben, co-authors of Silvohorticulture, the first detailed guide on agroforestry for vegetable farms. With extensive experience in commercial horticulture and agroforestry design, Ben and Andy provide practical insights into how farmers can successfully integrate trees into their growing systems. Tune in to learn how agroforestry can optimize farm productivity, improve soil health, manage pests, and reduce costs—all while fostering biodiversity and resilience in changing climates. ...
2025-03-1157 min
Growers DailySILVOHORTICULTURE, Integrating Trees into the Market Garden with Ben Raskin & Andy DibbenSquirrels, today we begin with an ending and we will end with a beginning. My guests today, the wonderful and amicable Andy Dibben and Ben Raskin, authors of the new book SilvoHorticulture will be inspiring us to participate in the great art of welcoming trees into our cropping systems. The planting of trees that will continue to bestow generations to come with gifts unnumbered feels like the perfect last episode, doesn't it? Let's get inspired, shall we. Folks who support the show... Farmhand is the only all-in-one virtual assistant built by and for farmers. Sign u...
2025-03-101h 22
Roots and All - Gardening PodcastEpisode 322: Trees and Crops Better TogetherTrees and crops—better together! This week on Roots and All, I'm joined by Andy Dibben, co-author of Silvohorticulture, to explore how agroforestry can revolutionise our growing spaces for a more resilient and productive future. Links Silvohorticulture: A grower's guide to integrating trees into crops by Andy Dibben & Ben Raskin Other episodes if you liked this one: If you liked this week's episode with Andy Dibben you might also enjoy this one from the archives: 235: Woodchip - My guest this week is Ben Raskin, the Soil Association's Head of Hort...
2025-02-1026 min
HortWeek PodcastSilvohorticulture with Ben Raskin and Andy DibbenBen raskin and Andy Dibben have written Silvohorticulture, A Grower's Guide To Integrating Trees Into Crops published in January 2025 by Chelsea Green Publishing.Raskin is head of horticulture and agroforestry for the Soil Association and Dibben is head grower at Abbey Home Farms in Gloucestershire.They say interactions between trees and crops is an under-investigated area and that trees can offer many benefits for food growers.The foreword is by Stockfree Organic farmer Iain Tolhurst who calls this "agroforestry at its finest" and says which trees to choose is "no lo...
2025-01-1719 min
Conversation Beneath The TreesS2 E13 - Agroforestry insights: Boosting tillage and horticulture production and resilienceIn our final episode of Season 2, we’ve invited Imogen Rabone, Ben Raskin and Jack Browne to share their insights across boosting tillage, horticulture production and resilience including how to plan agroforestry layouts on a farm and how to diversify and create a range of habitats on your land to encourage soil and ecosystem biodiversity.
Episode host:
Ray Ó Foghlú
Episode guests:
Imogen Rabone
Ben Raskin
Jack Browne
Resources:
Trees on the land
Soil Association
Ben Raskin
Organic Matter...
2024-11-161h 15
The Organic Grower PodcastOGPod Episode 1: Andy Dibben and Abbey Home FarmIn this episode James will be talking to Andy Dibben, head grower at Abbey Home Farm in Gloucestershire. Andy oversees an incredibly complex and well-honed system and manages to speak about it with clarity, passion, and honesty.This episode covers year-round crop production, growing in 1000sqm of glasshouse, cover crops, issues of scale, and Andy's top tips for growing parsnips and cauliflowers.More about Abbey Home Farm: https://www.theorganicfarmshop.co.uk/farm/This podcast is brought to you by the Organic Growers Alliance, the UK's only grower-led organisation providing...
2024-03-261h 42
The Hospice Nursing PodcastEpisode Nine: Put Down The GlassIn this episode I share why it has been exactly one month since I published my last episode. I also explain why it might be a few more weeks before my next episode.Most of this episode was shared without extensive notes and just an outline. The outline was 3 simple points.Turn off your phoneDon’t have favoritesit’s not about you (or me)I recommend 2 books with one of the books also available as an audio message by Andy Stanley.Choosing To Cheat - Renamed ”When work and family collide”Choosing...
2022-03-2139 minThe Hospice Nursing PodcastEpisode Three: For The RecordFor episode 3 of The Hospice Nursing Podcast my first hospice mentor, Mike Barrett, returns to discuss what I believe is the biggest contributor to hospice nursing burnout. Of all the complaints I hear from nurses regarding burnout and being overworked, charting is the main complaint. In this episode, Mike and I try our best to debunk the reasons charting cannot be completed at the bedside. We also take some time to explain how to be successful with charting at the bedside. For some context, please visit my second article in the “Avoiding Hospice Burno...
2021-12-0652 min
Meet the FarmersAndy Dibben and Kate Yells, GloucestershireIt's the start of another road trip and Ben's first stop is to Abbey Home Farm just outside of Cirencester in the Cotswolds. Ben is shown around by Andy Dibben, the Head of Growing and Kate Yells, the lead stockperson.
2019-11-1026 min