Ben Goldsmith: influential Conservative environmentalist on rewilding, garden centres and policy
Financier and environmentalist Ben Goldsmith joins the HortWeek podcast.
He was a Defra non-executive board member from 2018-22, where he was involved in the Environmental Land Management scheme, the Nature for Climate Fund and the Species Reintroductions task force.
Goldsmith is chair of the influential Conservative Environment Network.
His new book is titled God Is An Octopus: Loss, Love and a Calling to Nature an inspiring story of finding comfort and strength in nature after suffering the loss of his daughter.
Ben set about rewilding his farm, nature became a vital source of meaning and…
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