Ben Eagle

An Interview with Adam L. Canning

Recently I spoke to Adam Canning who is a naturalist and film maker from the West Midlands. Unlike your stereotypical conservationist Adam is a suburban Brummie from a working-class background. He is also openly gay. He has previously co-presented The Wild Side on Cambridge TV, with Jamie Wyver, and made two series of mini filmsContinueContinue reading “An Interview with Adam L. Canning”

Chestnut and clementine cake with chocolate orange icing

Big thanks again to Holly for putting together this delicious recipe. Apologies that we didn’t have one for you in December but we figured you would have plenty of recipes on the go anyway! To find more of Holly’s seasonal recipes click here. ………………………………………………. Happy New Year and what better way to start the newContinueContinue reading “Chestnut and clementine cake with chocolate orange icing”

‘Meet the Farmers’ – episode 13 – Oxford Real Farming Conference 2018

This special podcast episode was recorded at the Oxford Real Farming Conference last week. The podcast offers a flavour of this year’s conference and includes interviews and short clips from sessions including the Q&A with Defra Secretary Michael Gove, led by Zac Goldsmith MP. Thank you to everybody who spoke to me including: Kath Dalmeny, MilesContinueContinue reading “‘Meet the Farmers’ – episode 13 – Oxford Real Farming Conference 2018”

Getting offshore, once a year

I know that a lot of you enjoy to get active in the countryside and I hope that you get some inspiration from this guest post by Tom, ‘The Kayak Critic’ who runs kayakcritic.net. While the modern world has brought ease to our lives, it has also resulted in stress and anxiety. To live aContinueContinue reading “Getting offshore, once a year”

‘Meet the Farmers’ – episode 12 – Eddie Andrew at Our Cow Molly

Eddie Andrew lived in central Manchester and worked as an agricultural engineer before returning to work on his family’s dairy farm which is on the outskirts of Sheffield. His family’s brand Our Cow Molly won the Future Food award at the BBC Food and Farming awards in 2016. Growing from their roots as a family dairyContinueContinue reading “‘Meet the Farmers’ – episode 12 – Eddie Andrew at Our Cow Molly”