The best bits from the first of three live debates exploring the controversial questions about the future of land, the environment and food.

In this episode: Is technology a force for good in environmentally sustainable food production? Or could it do more harm than good? And what are the wider social and ethical implications?

Panel:

• Simon Blackmore, head of robotics, Harper Adams University
• Helen Browning, chief executive, Soil Association
• Robin Grove-White, professor emeritus of environment and society, Lancaster University
• Alastair Cooper, organic farmer and senior investment director at ADM Capital

Chaired by Christine Tacon, the UK's groceries code adjudicator and former managing director of Co-operative Farms.

Music by Podington Bear used under Creative Commons licence.