Meet the Farmers

Ben is joined by Brussels based agri-food journalist Natasha Foote to discuss the future for the Common Agricultural Policy and the big picture for farming in the EU.

Ben meets the co-founder of Muddy Boots Jez Pile to talk about his business journey.

From eggs and poultry to Great British Beef Week, Essex greenhouses to Dutch dairy and the London Marathon - Ally and Sophie cover a lot of ground in this episode. The focus for the Big Debate is public engagement and whether ALL farmers should be doing something to engage with the public?

Cambridgeshire farmer Ben Brooke talks more about his farm and his journey with the Hawkstone Farmers Choir on Britain's Got Talent.

In this episode we meet Dr Johnny Wake - a doctor turned farmer, who is Managing Partner of Courteenhall Farms in Northamptonshire. The family have farmed there for 350 years and the business is diverse but based around arable, poultry and beef enterprises, as well as a significant area of countryside stewardship.

Ally and Sophie give their spring update from their farms. Also featuring discussions on organic trade with Japan, the food on the Artemis 2 NASA mission, TB, rewilding and much more.

Ben meets Henry Astor from Bruern Farms in the Cotswolds. Henry mills his own flour and grows heritage grains alongside many other enterprises.

Ben is joined by Cambridgeshire tenant farmer David Wheatley aka Petite Peonies. They discuss David's farming story, growing peonies, mental health, social media and more.

Big Debate hosts Ally and Sophie are joined by pig farmer Fred Allen and Mark Haighton from AHDB to learn about the pig sector. Also news stories on underground growing, cattle rustling and a farmer choir.

Discover more about the Regenerative Agriculture Accelerator Programme and the Cotswold Regenerative Agriculture Conference.

Ben is joined by Ben Hatton from Telus Agriculture and Consumer Goods and Matt Dobbs from Agsenze to discuss the potential future of artificial intelligence in agriculture, its potential and what farmers might want to think about.

Part 2 of a documentary exploring youth voices in farming and food - produced in collaboration with members of Emergent Generation.

Part one of Emergent Generation: Young People in Farming and Food. It explores ideas for the future that members of youth organisation Emergent Generation are looking for.