The FarmED Podcast

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The FarmED Podcast is chaired by Kate, Danielle, Fiona or Ian who will talk to some of the inspirational visitors to the centre, our partners and thought leaders about a wide range of subjects relating to regenerative farming and sustainable food systems. Topics include routes to market for local produce, eco-architecture and knowledge transfer through books. It’s all about sharing great ideas, discussion, debate, innovation and ground-breaking research. The FarmED Podcast is available on the full range of platforms including Spotify, Apple Podcasts, YouTube, and on the FarmED website.

  1. 4d ago

    Lifestyle and Regenerative Medicine with Dr Ellen Fallows

    This month, Alex talks to Dr Ellen Fallows, a leader in the discipline of Lifestyle Medicine. Dr Fallows has over 15 years experience as a GP and Oxford University trained doctor and she begins by explaining how the term regenerative farming and  lifestyle medicine make the ‘same sense.’ She discusses how lifestyle medicine ‘gives people the options beyond pills,’ and how ‘increasingly, reassuringly, I'm seeing that the public are asking for this’ but how she worries about the wellness trend on social media because ‘we're very vulnerable to people selling us things we don't need’. ‘This is where the lifestyle medicine community really has to step in,’ she says. She also describes the GLP1 medicines for weight loss, the benefits of fasting and why the NHS should look at prescribing food. LINKS https://www.drellenfallows.com/ https://bslm.org.uk/ @fallowsellen

  2. Aug 27

    Farming Storytelling with Anna Jones of Just Farmers

    Presenter of the FarmED Podcast, Alex Dye, caught up with journalist, educator, author and founder of Just Farmers, Anna Jones, earlier this summer, just before Cereals and Groundswell. It’s a fascinating conversation during which Anna recalls her early career working as a newspaper journalist and making the move to the BBC where she worked as a reporter for the flagship ‘Countryfile’ and Radio 4’s ‘Farming Today’ as well as a brief stint as Farming and Countryside Advisor on The Archers.  Her Nuffield Scholarship looked at the barriers to communication for farmers negotiating mainstream media. This led her to establish Just Farmers as a way to create opportunities for farmers to engage with journalists. ‘They can see that we're just normal people, too, trying to do a job in stressful circumstances like farmers. You know, we're up against deadlines, and I always say journalists are as obsessed with time as farmers are with weather. So, if you can understand the pressures that weather puts on you as a farmer, you can understand the pressures the clock puts on journalists and why they can be so impatient. So, let's try and understand each other better.’

  3. Aug 24

    Hawkstone Choir member Sally-Ann Spence

    Warming: Contains Strong Language Earlier this summer, Alex Dye spoke to one of our previous podcast guests, Sally-Ann Spence, after winning Britain’s Got Talent as part of the Hawkstone Choir. Sally was back in the Cotswolds to sing with the choir at the Cereals event and popped into our studio to give us an update. She chatted to Alex about what it’s like to become a mini local celebrity, how the Choir’s winning song made grown men/farmers cry, and plans for the future, including singing for HM King Charles and heading to a recording studio. She also thanks FarmED for ‘being part of the journey’ as a ‘top secret’ rehearsal space for the Choir in the run-up to the semi-finals.

  4. Jul 30

    Katie Ward from Microbz

    This month Alex is talking to Katie Ward, MD of Microbz, a unique family business that’s on a mission to encourage everyone to reconnect with the power of microbes by embracing a probiotic life, not just using them in our bodies but also for our pets, in our homes and gardens, and on our farms. It all began when Katie’s dad, Jeff, returned from a trip to Europe and Australia where he’d seen a new technology that excited him: Microbial Balancing Technology. He saw a solution for the planet and started brewing jars in his kitchen. Katie talks to Alex about why microbes are the ‘foundations of health’, the amazing results from using Microbz probiotics on fields of oats where the yield increased by 50% and why we all need to ‘move away from a 1980s’ culture of using products in our home to kill 99.9% of microbes. She also explains what ‘swing voter’ microbes are. ‘There are good microbes and there are bad microbes, but there's only about 10% of microbes that are good and 10% of microbes that are bad. The rest we call swing voters. So in an ecosystem that is more pathogenic, your swing voters go to that side. So if you have food poisoning, you get it very quickly because of the swing voters. If you create an environment that has more beneficial microbes, the swing voters kind of go to that side and create an ecosystem which is balanced. Microbz are offering FarmED Podcast listeners 15% off all their products with the code: FarmEd15 www.microbz.co.uk @microbzprobiotics You can also catch Katie at this event in September https://microbz.co.uk/pages/the-microbial-revolution

  5. Jun 25

    Minette Batters, The First Woman of British Farming

    In this episode of The FarmED Podcast, guest host, Lydia Smith from NIAB talks to Minette Batters, the first woman to be President of the National Farmers Union, in advance of the publication of her autobiography and farming manifesto, Harvest. The wide-ranging conversation covers everything from how to command respect as the first woman President of the NFU and juggling a high-pressure job with motherhood. Minette talks about the challenges of leading the NFU through Brexit and the pandemic, why she was so angered, on behalf of British farmers, by the trade deal with Australia, the difficult debate around glyphosate and difficult interviews with politicians! She also gets a chance to taste hemp milk and talk about the legal complexities of growing this high carbon capture crop in the UK.

  6. May 29

    The FarmED Podcast with Entomologist and Hawkstone Choir Member, Sally-Ann Spence

    This month, Alex is joined by science communicator Sally-Ann Spence who has spent many years enthusing people about the wonders of the natural world. Her boundless and passionate enthusiasm for the earth sciences has taken her from being a dung beetle expert to ecology, archaeology, paleontology and travelling to fourteen different countries last year exploring sustainable farming. She’s also a member of the fabulous Hawkstone Choir who we hosted at FarmED for rehearsals ahead of their next big day on Britain's Got Talent!

  7. Apr 30

    Crops in Construction with with Architect, Tim Tasker

    Award-winning architect, Tim Tasker, who designed the FarmED Conference Barn and Cafe, has recently been working on a new building at Honeydale Farm which is constructed of hempcrete, a hugely versatile, breathable and sustainable building material that captures carbon.  Tim has been working with UK Hempcrete and the Centre for High Carbon Capture Cropping and on this episode of the FarmED Podcast, Tim talks to Alex about why he is so excited about the opportunities of hempcrete. He discusses what makes a healthy building and how hemp could potentially revolutionise the construction industry, offering opportunities for farmers and creating sustainable, affordable building materials with could also make self-builds easier.  Tim also talks about his vision for the future -  why we need more beauty in house building and his ‘big aim’ to encourage a ‘network of small businesses’ around the country that could supply localised construction as ‘an alternative to commercial construction techniques.’ Links: https://www.ttarchitects.co.uk/ https://www.ukhempcrete.com/ https://www.carboncapturecropping.com/

  8. Mar 26

    The FarmED Podcast with FarmED Co-Founder, Ian Wilkinson

    Co-founder of FarmED, Ian Wilkinson has been on sabbatical to Australia and New Zealand. In this episode of The FarmED Podcast he talks to Alex about his original journey from agricultural college to seed merchant, as owner of Cotswold Seeds, and then the decision to buy Honeydale Farm with his wife, Celene, and fulfill a dream of being a farmer. Ian and Celene founded FarmED as a regenerative demonstration and place for debate, discussion and inspiration and Ian talks to Alex about his inspiring experiences in Australia and New Zealand - covering everything from kiwis to kangaroos, cattle to cover crops, agroforestry and logging, and the observations he made about the differences and similarities in farming in New Zealand compared to the UK. ‘New Zealand and Australia are made up of people that have often been there for two or three generations from Europe, a huge number of European families in New Zealand, and a lot of those are farming families,’ comments Ian. ‘The importance of agriculture is valued in society more than I would suggest it is currently in the UK.’ Listen to The FarmED Podcast wherever you prefer to listen to your podcasts. Please give us a rating, like or follow.

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The FarmED Podcast is chaired by Kate, Danielle, Fiona or Ian who will talk to some of the inspirational visitors to the centre, our partners and thought leaders about a wide range of subjects relating to regenerative farming and sustainable food systems. Topics include routes to market for local produce, eco-architecture and knowledge transfer through books. It’s all about sharing great ideas, discussion, debate, innovation and ground-breaking research. The FarmED Podcast is available on the full range of platforms including Spotify, Apple Podcasts, YouTube, and on the FarmED website.

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  • Creator
    FarmED
  • Years Active
    2020 - 2026
  • Episodes
    60
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © FarmED
  • Show Website
    The FarmED Podcast

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