George Monbiot is a British writer known for his environmental and political activism. He writes a weekly column for The Guardian, and is the author of a number of books, including Captive State: The Corporate Takeover of Britain (2000), Feral: Searching for Enchantment on the Frontiers of Rewilding (2013) and Out of the Wreckage: A New Politics in the Age of Crisis (2017) and Regenesis: feeding the world without devouring the planet (2022) . He is a winner of the Orwell Prize for Journalism.  He is the founder of The Land is Ours, a campaign for the right of access to the countryside and its resources in the United Kingdom. In this exclusive podcast, produced in partnership with Stratford Literary Festival, George Monbiot explores the impact of UK farming practices on nature extinction.