Meet the Farmers

Soil Association Forestry Commission Woods for Nature Fact Sheet   - How woodland creation can help biodiversity Tree planting and woodland creation overview Read some inspiring woodland creation  case studies  Find out more about England Woodland Creation Offer  

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The podcast Toby mentions is The Centre for Army Leadership podcast.

Link to James' website  Link to Michael Blanche's Nuffield report.    Image credit: Kingsclere Estates  

Ben travels to just outside of Bath to meet Somerset arable (and wine) farmer Emily Addicott-Sauvao.

Ben meets Jim Beary who farms beef, sheep, pigs and chickens in the Westmorland Dales which is in Cumbria but part of the Yorkshire Dales National Park.

Link to Amanda''s latest book Celebrating the Seasons with the Yorkshire Shepherdess Link to the Meet the Farmers Patreon Page - to support the podcast Timecodes: 00:20 Ben introduces Amanda 02:12 Amanda comes in 03:14 Ben and Amanda talk about reading and writing 07:50 Young people with the farming dream 09:25 Writing books 15:07 Ben and Amanda discuss her most recent book Celebrating the Seasons...

Ali's farm website - Ali Capper - Stocks Farm

01:35 Kate comes on 02:17 discussion on the current state of the pig sector 03:57 Is this pig crisis any different to previous crises? 07:48 Intro to Kate's farm and how it has changed over time. 11:50 The Morgan family used to have an outdoor unit. Here it is discussed. 13:35 The farm's diversifications 16:05 Kate moves from University to the world of work 16:45 When and why did she move back to...

Link to the website of The DPJ Foundation - Mental Health Farming Charity | Home | The DPJ Foundation 00:00:11 Ben introduces the podcast and today's guest Emma O'Donnell 00:03:17 Emma O'Donnell, today's guest, enters the conversation. 00:07:45 Emma explain's how she and Dan first met. 00:15:50 Emma talks about how she began researching mental health 00:19:56 Emma explains the events in July 2016...

If you'd like to sponsor Bizza for running the London Marathon and make a donation to Farm Africa click here .  You can follow Bizza on Instagram by clicking here . (@adventuresofashepherdess) Instagram accounts mentioned by Bizza: @samonthefarm_1 (Sam Walton) @downondaintreefarm (Farmer Luke)   To find out more about Ben visit benjamineagle.co.uk To support Meet the Farmers on patreon and join th...

You can find out more about The Black Farmer by visiting their website.  To find out more about Wilfred's 'New Faces of Farming' initiative with Writtle University College click here.  To support Meet the Farmers please visit our PATREON PAGE where you can join the Meet the Farmers Supporters Club and access bonus content. Visit patreon.com/meetthefarmers  . As Ben mentions in this podcast we are...

Ollie White started his farming journey over ten years ago and now farms on a Somerset County Council farm near Ilminster. Visit farm2fork.co.uk for more information.

Jeremy Gibbs had a career with John Deere, principally in Germany, before returning to the UK where he launched Forces Farming as a bridge between the armed forces and agriculture.  We talk about the armed services, mental health, the machinery sector, careers and Jeremy's own life path.  Forces Farming website

Boots and Heels on Farmers Weekly

Follow Ioan on Instagram @that_welsh_farmer

Ben hears from 8 farmers from England and Wales about their experience of harvest this year.

Ben heads to Dorset for an afternoon of milking with Tom and Sophie Gregory who milk 360 cows, farming across two tenanted units of 900 acres in total. They sell their milk through Arla.

http://www.alfredgpearce.co.uk/ @jack_grows (Instagram)

https://outandaboutpoultry.co.uk/ Jade's Instagram  

Go and camp at the Cothelstone estate  - click here to book Pasture for Life page for Cothelstone Estate Instagram - @cothelstoneestate

https://www.thronefarm.co.uk/

Ben speaks to Powys sheep, beef and poultry farmer and entrepreneur Sarah James about her growing her business and about her efforts to bring various groups together to tackle the River Wye pollution issue.

Groundswell in Hertfordshire is the biggest regenerative agriculture event in the UK. Two days of festival feel networking, speaker sessions and machinery demonstrations. In reality, one big party that brings the movers and shakers of regenerative farming, and those interested, together.

Rees Keene runs Over Farm on the outskirts of Gloucester, employing around 50 people on a heavily diversified business.