The first Farm Gate podcast is an investigation into the role of ruminant methane in global warming.  Research by a global team of scientists based at the University of Oxford has established a new way of measuring the impacts of methane - a metric known as GWP*.  ffinlo said, 'Methane is a short-lived gas and its warming potential should be considered differently from carbon dioxide, a long-lived gas.  GWP* allows farmers to accurately measure the impact of ruminant methane for the first time. The podcast features interviews with Professor Myles Allen, a coordinating lead author on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Special Report on 1.5 degrees, Dr John Lynch from the Department of Physics at University of Oxford, and Roland Bonney, a farmer and co-founder of FAI Farms.'

Farm Gate is co-produced by FAI Farms, a globally respected Oxford-based food chain and farming consultancy which helps the food-sector overcome key challenges and implement better farming practices.  Øistein Thorsen, FAI's director, said, 'To continue farming and producing food successfully we need to rethink supply chains and manage our land extremely well.  Farm Gate aims to provide farmers and policy-makers with practical information about adapting to sustainable and regenerative food systems.'