Meet the Farmers

Image credit: Sustainable Food Trust Meet the Farmers is produced by RuralPod Media, the only specialist rural podcast production agency.  Please note that this podcast does not constitute advice. Our podcast disclaimer can be found here.  About Ben and  RuralPod Media Ben Eagle is the founder and Head of Podcasts at RuralPod Media , a specialist rural podcast production agency. He is also a freel...

Ben delves into the Meet the Farmers archive and digs up 2 previous episodes. Episode Notes Meet the Farmers is produced by RuralPod Media, the only specialist rural podcast production agency.  Please note that this podcast does not constitute advice. Our podcast disclaimer can be found here.  About Ben and  RuralPod Media Ben Eagle is the founder and Head of Podcasts at RuralPod Media , a special...

Meet the Farmers is produced by RuralPod Media, the only specialist rural podcast production agency.  Please note that this podcast does not constitute advice. Our podcast disclaimer can be found here.  About Ben and  RuralPod Media Ben Eagle is the founder and Head of Podcasts at RuralPod Media , a specialist rural podcast production agency. He is also a freelance rural affairs and agricultural j...

Meet the Farmers is produced by RuralPod Media, the only specialist rural podcast production agency.  Please note that this podcast does not constitute advice. Our podcast disclaimer can be found here.  About Ben and  RuralPod Media Ben Eagle is the founder and Head of Podcasts at RuralPod Media , a specialist rural podcast production agency. He is also a freelance rural affairs and agricultural j...

Meet the Farmers is produced by RuralPod Media, the only specialist rural podcast production agency.  Please note that this podcast does not constitute advice. Our podcast disclaimer can be found here.  About Ben and  RuralPod Media Ben Eagle is the founder and Head of Podcasts at RuralPod Media , a specialist rural podcast production agency. He is also a freelance rural affairs and agricultural j...

Alistair Macbeth, a mixed livestock farmer in Derbyshire, shares his journey from accidental farmer to managing a small dairy farm. The farm is located in the Peak District and is primarily focused on dairy farming, with a herd of 40 cows. Alistair also keeps Jacob sheep and Gloucestershire Old Spot pigs. He and his partner Connor became farmers by chance, offering to work a few hours a week in ex...

Meet the Farmers is produced by RuralPod Media, the only specialist rural podcast production agency.  Please note that this podcast does not constitute advice. Our podcast disclaimer can be found here.  About Ben and  RuralPod Media Ben Eagle is the founder and Head of Podcasts at RuralPod Media , a specialist rural podcast production agency. He is also a freelance rural affairs and agricultural j...

Jake Freestone, farm manager at Overbury Farms, discusses the history and operations of the farm, as well as his journey in agriculture. Overbury Farms is a diverse estate and farming business that follows regenerative farming principles. Jake emphasizes the importance of investing in the next generation of farmers and the challenges of finding and retaining good people. He also talks about his Nu...

Rory Christie, a dairy, pigs, and beef farmer from Dumfries and Galloway, shares the history and evolution of his family farm. They have a 200-sow pig business and an 1100-cow dairy enterprise. Rory discusses the use of genetic testing, AI, and embryo transfer to improve the health and performance of their herd. He also talks about his involvement in the Milk Suppliers Association, a dairy co-op t...

Will Oliver, a fourth-generation arable and poultry farmer, discusses his farm in Leicestershire and the challenges and diversifications he has undertaken. The farm grows wheat, maize, and winter beans, and also has a poultry enterprise with 175,000 chickens. Will emphasizes the importance of efficiency, risk-taking, and diversification in running a successful farm. He talks about the benefits of...

Image credit: Kirsty and Aimee Budge Meet the Farmers is produced by RuralPod Media, the only specialist rural podcast production agency.  Please note that this podcast does not constitute advice. Our podcast disclaimer can be found here.  About Ben and  RuralPod Media Ben Eagle is the founder and Head of Podcasts at RuralPod Media , a specialist rural podcast production agency. He is also a freel...

Image credit: Rupert Shinner Meet the Farmers is produced by RuralPod Media, the only specialist rural podcast production agency.  Please note that this podcast does not constitute advice. Our podcast disclaimer can be found here.  About Ben and  RuralPod Media Ben Eagle is the founder and Head of Podcasts at RuralPod Media , a specialist rural podcast production agency. He is also a freelance rur...

Image credit: Francesca Cooper Meet the Farmers is produced by RuralPod Media, the only specialist rural podcast production agency.  Please note that this podcast does not constitute advice. Our podcast disclaimer can be found here.  About Ben and  RuralPod Media Ben Eagle is the founder and Head of Podcasts at RuralPod Media , a specialist rural podcast production agency. He is also a freelance r...

Image credit: Lauren Johnson Meet the Farmers is produced by RuralPod Media, the only specialist rural podcast production agency.  Please note that this podcast does not constitute advice. Our podcast disclaimer can be found here.  About Ben and  RuralPod Media Ben Eagle is the founder and Head of Podcasts at RuralPod Media , a specialist rural podcast production agency. He is also a freelance rur...

Huge thanks to the Cultivate team for allowing us to record at the event. Meet the Farmers is produced by RuralPod Media, the only specialist rural podcast production agency.  Please note that this podcast does not constitute advice. Our podcast disclaimer can be found here.  About Ben and  RuralPod Media Ben Eagle is the founder and Head of Podcasts at RuralPod Media , a specialist rural podcast...

Image credit: Avery Wrigglesworth Meet the Farmers is produced by RuralPod Media, the only specialist rural podcast production agency.  Please note that this podcast does not constitute advice. Our podcast disclaimer can be found here.  About Ben and  RuralPod Media Ben Eagle is the founder and Head of Podcasts at RuralPod Media , a specialist rural podcast production agency. He is also a freelanc...

Ben speaks to Leigh Weston who farms in the Yorkshire Dales. Leigh is an ambassador for Curlew Action .  Image credit: Leigh Weston Meet the Farmers is produced by RuralPod Media, the only specialist rural podcast production agency.  Please note that this podcast does not constitute advice. Our podcast disclaimer can be found here.  About Ben and  RuralPod Media Ben Eagle is the founder and Head o...

Ben meets Cornish beef farmer Ben Thomas.  Link to Six Inches of Soil Meet the Farmers is produced by RuralPod Media, the only specialist rural podcast production agency.  Please note that this podcast does not constitute advice. Our podcast disclaimer can be found here.  About Ben and  RuralPod Media Ben Eagle is the founder and Head of Podcasts at RuralPod Media , a specialist rural podcast prod...

We take a look back through the podcast archive at 3 previous episodes.    Meet the Farmers is produced by RuralPod Media, the only specialist rural podcast production agency.  Please note that this podcast does not constitute advice. Our podcast disclaimer can be found here.  About Ben and  RuralPod Media Ben Eagle is the founder and Head of Podcasts at RuralPod Media , a specialist rural podcast...

Bal and his family run Vicarage Nurseries in the Vale of Evesham alongside his team of 10 full-time staff and 150 seasonal workers. Growing 1,200t of strawberries (4 million punnets) and 100t of raspberries each season on 136 acres, the business supplies UK retailers as well as wholesale and farmers’ markets. The farm and business have grown greatly since his parents first started it on seven acre...

Today we’re heading to Staffordshire to meet Anna Barton. Brought up in London and trained in interior design, Anna never imagined she’d become a farmer. Then she met her builder husband whose parents needed help running their soft fruit farm in Staffordshire, so in 2016 the pair moved there and Anna became an overnight expert in growing strawberries and running a busy café and shop. Canalside Far...

Today we’re heading to Herefordshire and Ben is speaking to Farmers Weekly’s 2023 Beef Farmer of the Year Ian Farrant who farms 600 acres of land on the Herefordshire/Worcestershire border.  Beef production on the farm is part of a larger family partnership which also includes dairy and arable units. Ian is responsible for the beef however and rears and finishes around 650 dairy cross calves on a...

In this episode Ben speaks to the former MP and MEP Neil Parish about his life and political career, including his final days in Parliament and the events that led  to his resignation in April 2022.  Neil has started a new podcast called 'We Can Do Both' which explores the ideas around producing food as well as looking after the environment. For more information click here (instagram page) or here...

Six Inches of Soil is based on the regenerative farming movement in the UK and follows three young farmers for a year. It also explores broader concepts behind regenerative agriculture and the soil crisis.  The film follows the stories of Anna Jackson, an 11th generation arable and sheep farmer from Lincolnshire; Adrienne Gordon, a small-scale vegetable farmer in Cambridgeshire; and Ben Thomas, a...

Today we’re back in the US, in the far north west, indeed nearly on the Canadian border and Ben is meeting a fruit farmer from Washington State. Kait Thornton grows 180 hectares (440 acres) of apples and pears. She’s a 4th generation farmer at home but also started her own fruit selling company ‘Kait’s Crates’ at just 15. She has cleverly used social media to build her business , starting with Fac...