Ivo Degn and Philippe Birker on the Climate Farmers journey and mission: Part 1
If you\u2019ve been listening to more than a few episodes this season, you\u2019ll certainly have heard me mention a few times that I\u2019ve been hosting the monthly expert panel discussions with Climate Farmers, an organisation that is working to promote regenerative agriculture in Europe. The truth is that there\u2019s a much bigger story behind that collaboration and a whole lot more going on than just the panel discussions.\xa0\n\n\n\nToday I want to begin to share the story and the journey that my colleagues and I have been on for almost a year now. Until recently I\u2019ve been a bit apprehensive to talk too much about the work I\u2019ve been collaborating on with the team at Climate Farmers because it\u2019s still a very new project and it\u2019s taken us a while for us all to get clear about our direction, strategy, and path towards our goals. All of those have become much clearer in the last handful of weeks however and it\u2019s time to unveil this ambitious project and the remarkable people that have worked together to get it off the ground.\xa0\n\n\n\nSo today is going to be the first in a two part interview with Ivo Degn and Philippe Birker, the co-founders of Climate Farmers. In this first part, we\u2019ll be talking about the concept of the organization, the current state of modern agriculture in Europe, and the goals that we\u2019re working towards in order to directly assist farmers in their transition to more profitable and ecologically viable business management in a challenging and fast changing industry. Next week, in part 2, we\u2019ll go back to the beginning and hear from both of them about the wild ride that has brought us so far in such a short time and all the brilliant people that make up the team that is making it all work, so be sure to stay tuned next week as well.\xa0\n\n\n\nBut before we get into the bigger concepts, Let\u2019s start by getting to know Ivo and Philippe, and the ideas that turned into this initiative.\xa0\n\n\n\nJoin the discord discussion channel to answer the weekly questions and learn new skills with the whole community\n\n\n\nLinks:climatefarmers.org