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Podcast: Sustainable Business Podcast by Innovation Forum
Episode: Sir Ian Boyd on food sector efficiency challenges on the road to COP26
Description: Innovation Forum’s Toby Webb talks with Sir Ian Boyd, professor of biology at the University of St Andrews, and former chief scientific adviser to the UK government on food, environment and rural affairs. They discuss why food production is one of the hardest sectors to decarbonise and the massive challenges around resource inefficiencies, and why techniques like controlled system farming might become essential to unlock food sector efficiency. And they debate the pros and cons of regenerative agriculture.
Please note: this interview was recorded in late May.