In this special end-of-series episode, the tables turn: Bryn Thomas, Partner in our Agriculture and Estates team and working farmer, interviews Rory Hutchings, Head of Team and usual host, about our new report: Food for Thought – Shaping sustainable farming futures.

With global events putting supply chains under fresh strain, Rory explains why the report argues British food production has become a matter of national resilience, not convenience – and why food security needs to sit much closer to the heart of policy and investment decisions.

Bryn and Rory discuss the ‘death by a thousand cuts’ many UK farmers are currently experiencing – from policy instability and tax uncertainty to planning friction and regulatory burden – and what that does to confidence, succession and the future pipeline of people coming into farming.

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