Meet the Farmers - Podcast
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Meet the Farmers highlights the realities of running a farm in the UK. The episodes each profile a different farm, looking at the enterprises and interviewing the people who work on them. Its about highlighting the realities of farming life
Meet the Farmers - Podcast
3y ago
In the latest episode Ben meets food and nutrition consultant, and Nuffield scholar, Barbara Bray. https://soundcloud.com/user-396010157/meet-the-farmers-podcast-episode-86-thinking-about-nutrition/s-mpkxtKkPccr ..read more
Meet the Farmers - Podcast
3y ago
Ben speaks to Monmouthshire farmer and the CEO of the Food, Farming and Countryside Commission, Sue Pritchard. https://soundcloud.com/user-396010157/meet-the-farmers-episode-85-the-future-of-food-farming-and-our-countryside/s-jHksn2v9dPQ ..read more
Meet the Farmers - Podcast
4y ago
In the latest podcast episode, alongside the week's farming news, Ben speaks to forester, Luke Hemmings about why he thinks farmers should think more about trees. https://soundcloud.com/user-396010157/meet-the-farmers-podcast-84-meet-the-forester/s-aLrUqXyv0Oe ..read more
Meet the Farmers - Podcast
4y ago
https://soundcloud.com/user-396010157/83-meet-the-farmers-podcast-british-flowers-rock In the latest Meet the Farmers podcast episode Ben meets West Sussex flower farmer, alstromemeria specialist and campaigner, Ben Cross ..read more
Meet the Farmers - Podcast
4y ago
Ben meets the farmer with the world record for the furthest distance traveled on monkey bars...intrigued... He also makes some great videos about his farm broadcast on social media. https://soundcloud.com/user-396010157/82-meet-the-farmers-podcast-the-world-record-holding-monkey-bar-farmer ..read more
Meet the Farmers - Podcast
4y ago
Ben speaks to broadcaster, journalist and BBC Countryfile presenter Sean Fletcher. Sean was born in New York, raised in Essex and has lived in Wales and London. He is a prominent mental health campaigner, especially in the light of his son's OCD. https://soundcloud.com/user-396010157/81-meet-the-farmers-podcast-wales-countryfile-and-ocd/s-DNT71ntmhTY ..read more
Meet the Farmers - Podcast
4y ago
Meet Fred Price from Somerset who farms arable crops and pigs. Fred changed his management system a few years back from a focus on yield to a regenerative approach. https://soundcloud.com/user-396010157/80-meet-the-farmers-podcast-meet-fred ..read more
Meet the Farmers - Podcast
4y ago
In this episode Ben heads to the Welsh borders to meet sheep farmer and Chair of Herefordshire Young Farmers, Ernie Richards. https://soundcloud.com/user-396010157/79-meet-the-farmers-podcast-meet-ernie-the-shepherd ..read more
Meet the Farmers - Podcast
4y ago
In this latest episode of the Meet the Farmers podcast (22/06/2020) Ben speaks to chartered surveyor and rural commentator Rob Yorke. Rob has interviewed multiple well known faces in the food, farming and environment worlds including Michael Gove and Minette Batters. He's also written 122 letters to the Times and by day manages pipelaying schemes ..read more
Meet the Farmers - Podcast
4y ago
In this episode Ben speaks to the current Chair of the National Federation of Young Farmers Clubs, Dewi Parry, about how Young Farmers has adapted during lockdown. https://soundcloud.com/user-396010157/76-meet-the-farmers-podcast-young-farmers-during-lockdown ..read more