Episode 41 of the Meet the Farmers podcast is now available featuring Phil Jarvis who is Head of farming at the Game and Wildlife Conservation Trust’s Allerton Project in Leicestershire. Phil has farmed at the Allerton Project since the 1990s and since then has experimented with a vast range of strategies to understand how to farmContinueContinue reading “Meet the Farmers – episode 41 – Phil Jarvis”
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‘Meet the Farmers’ – episode 40 – Richard Bower
Episode 40 of Meet the Farmers features Richard Bower who farms with his father Ray in Staffordshire. Originally a traditional beef and arable farm the Bowers are looking to future and diversifying the business in a broad sense, including going into tourism by establishing a large children’s play barn. Richard has a keen interest inContinueContinue reading “‘Meet the Farmers’ – episode 40 – Richard Bower”
‘Meet the Farmers’ – episode 39 – Katie Anderson
Katie Anderson (aka Female Farmer UK) is a young farmer originally from Essex who is now living and working in Kent. Katie recently founded Paddlesworth Produce through which she directly markets her own produce as well as the produce of other local producers. As part of this she has created a ‘breakfast box’, a ‘Sunday roastContinueContinue reading “‘Meet the Farmers’ – episode 39 – Katie Anderson”
Meet the Farmers – episode 38 – Kit Papworth
Episode 38 of the Meet the Farmers podcast features Norfolk arable farmer Kit Papworth, who it was an absolute pleasure to interview. Kit was formerly Chair of Anglia Farmers, among other things, and is also an active social media user. We talk a great deal about #FarmerMentalHealth, particularly his experience in the wake of hisContinueContinue reading “Meet the Farmers – episode 38 – Kit Papworth”
Meet the Farmers – episode 37 – Helen Browning
Episode 37 of Meet the Farmers features Wiltshire farmer and Chief Executive of the Soil Association Helen Browning. From her inspirational great aunts to food ethics and from pigs and dairying to games of squash we cover a lot of ground in this episode! For previous episodes of the podcast click on the ‘Meet theContinueContinue reading “Meet the Farmers – episode 37 – Helen Browning”
