agriculture

Meet the Farmers Podcast – 82. Richard Heady

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

Guest post: ‘U.S. Farmers Face Economic Uncertainty and Change’

Hello, I’m Amanda! My family farms about 2,000 acres of corn and soybeans in Southwest Michigan. I’m also a practicing attorney, who writes about modern agriculture and farm policy in the United States. Ben and I previously swapped articles giving our respective readership perspective on farming across the pond. And we both thought we wereContinueContinue reading “Guest post: ‘U.S. Farmers Face Economic Uncertainty and Change’”

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 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 31 – Andrew Dewing

In this episode I talk to Andrew Dewing, a grain merchant from Norfolk who, through his ‘Dewing Grain’ podcast aims to demystify the grain trading process. Really enjoyed recording this one! Andrew is a great guy. Listen on… I strongly suggest that you listen to Andrew’s podcast which is available here, or here. You can alsoContinueContinue reading “‘Meet the Farmers’ – episode 31 – Andrew Dewing”