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Meet the Farmers – episode 48 – Andy Dibben and Kate Yells

This is the first in a series of trips on Meet the Farmers to farms in the Cotswolds, Worcestershire, Herefordshire and north Wales. Back in September and early October I went on a podcast road trip meeting farmers along the way. Abbey Home Farm in Cirencester was my first stop and I was shown aroundContinueContinue reading “Meet the Farmers – episode 48 – Andy Dibben and Kate Yells”

Meet the Farmers – episode 46 with Fiona Siddall

Fiona Siddall runs Easton Farm Park in Suffolk which is one of the oldest open farms in the country. Each year Fiona and her team welcome thousands of visitors to the farm and they have recently diversified into other areas such as glamping. Fiona talks about the challenges and opportunities of running an open farmContinueContinue reading “Meet the Farmers – episode 46 with Fiona Siddall”

‘Meet the Farmers’ – episode 34 -William Kendall

Episode 34 of the podcast features Suffolk based organic farmer and entrepreneur William Kendall. William is the Chair of drinks company Cawston Press as well as an advisor to several other companies. He formerly led The New Covent Garden Soup Company as well as Green & Black’s and is a Trustee of the Grosvenor EstateContinueContinue reading “‘Meet the Farmers’ – episode 34 -William Kendall”

#FarmerHealth – Meeting Anna Groom of AEG Nutrition

Regular readers of this blog will notice that mental and physical health, particularly within the farming community are becoming fairly frequent subjects on Thinking Country. To continue the theme I recently visited Anna Groom, who is an HCPC Registered Dietician and Sports Dietician from Suffolk. Alongside working for the NHS Anna runs AEG nutrition whichContinueContinue reading “#FarmerHealth – Meeting Anna Groom of AEG Nutrition”

‘Meet the Farmers’ – episode 29 – Martin Lines

Episode 29 of the Meet the Farmers podcast features Cambridgeshire arable farmer and UK Chair of the Nature Friendly Farming Network, Martin Lines. We spoke at length about farming and conservation, the growth of the network and the work that Martin is doing on his own farm to improve the state of nature there. AlsoContinueContinue reading “‘Meet the Farmers’ – episode 29 – Martin Lines”