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‘Meet the Farmers’ – episode 56 – Gareth Wyn Jones

Ben visits Gareth Wyn Jones near Llanfairfechan in Conwy in north Wales to talk about his farm, sheep, ponies, community, broadcasting and the future of hill farming. https://soundcloud.com/user-396010157/meet-the-farmers-episode-56-with-gareth-wyn-jones

‘Meet the Farmers’ – episode 55 with Llyr Jones

Ben continues his trip through north Wales and speaks to Llyr Jones. Llyr keeps 1500 sheep, 30 cattle and produces eggs for Tesco. He also co-owns the only rapeseed oil company in Wales supplying Asda, Morrisons and Sainsburys. This episode was recorded back in October. https://soundcloud.com/user-396010157/meet-the-farmers-episode-55-with-llyr-jones-in-denbighshire  

‘Meet the Farmers’ – episode 54 – Emlyn Roberts

This episode of Meet the Farmers features hill beef and sheep farmer Emlyn Roberts who farms 450ha near Dolgellau in north Wales. We recorded this back in October. Emlyn has diversified into hydroelectric energy. https://soundcloud.com/user-396010157/meet-the-farmers-episode-54-with-emlyn-roberts  

‘Meet the Farmers’ – episode 53 – Ben Andrews

Ben’s next stop on his road trip is to Ben Andrews just outside of Leominster in Herefordshire. Ben is a tenant veg and beef farmer who has thousands of followers on Instagram showing people what he does on the farm every day. He’s also involved with Agrespect, which aims to unite and celebrate LGBTQ+ peopleContinueContinue reading “‘Meet the Farmers’ – episode 53 – Ben Andrews”