James farms in the Yorkshire Dales with his wife Amy and two kids Elkie and Ned. They have a small hill farm with belted galloways and swaledale and herdwick sheep with the breeding emphasis being towards hardy animals within the environment they belong and within a system which supports nature. This is hill farming with nature and alongside the faring they have created nature corridors, ponds, hedges and wild flower rich habitats. James is now a Pasture For Life mentor and won awards and praise for his work. We hope you enjoy this episode!

We took Tree Amble to see Liam McNulty to talk about his journey into organic farming on a small tenanted farm in north Cumbria. Liam is a soil association ambassador and is passionate about his soil and his hay meadows, which he has worked hard to restore as well as feeding local people from his market garden. From my side of the equation conversations with Liam about increasing the tree cover and hedges all adds to the farms' diversity but also, ultimately, its productivity and resilience. We very much hope you enjoy this conversation.

Tree Amble went to meet Jonny in Yorkshire where we walked a stretch of stream which had undergone restoration - fencing off stock, tree planting and in stream work - with his help and where outcomes for nature are looking up. Jonny is a very keen fisherman and works for the Wild Trout Trust with a day a week at Lancaster University as Professor in Practice. He is deeply committed to both research and delivery of ecological restoration and having spent many years seeking to answer ecological questions, primarily in aquatic ecosystems. His research includes freshwater food webs as well as assessing the effects of invasive non-native species (like the American Signal Crayfish)

In his role at The Wild Trout Trust, Jonathan will be developing future research to tackle issues (e.g. connectivity, habitat degradation / restoration, stocking) affecting the iconic sentinel species, the brown trout (Salmo trutta).

We really hope you enjoy this episode!