# Food Forest Podcast: Alan Carter – Scotland’s Guide to Sustainable Growth

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Podcast: [Food Forest Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/food-forest-podcast-7670869)
Published: 2026-02-25T11:05:00+00:00
Episode link: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/foodforestpodcast/episodes/Food-Forest-Podcast-Alan-Carter--Scotlands-Guide-to-Sustainable-Growth-e396pv1
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## Resource

In this episode, host Louis De Jaeger speaks with Scottish food forester Alan Carter , author of A Food Forest in Your Garden and a pioneer of sustainable land use in the north of Scotland. Alan shares lessons from planting over a million trees, discusses the country’s deforestation history, and explores how agroforestry can coexist with traditional farming. He also reveals how small gardens can become abundant forest ecosystems – even in unpredictable climates.

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