FarmED Founder and Farmer, Ian Wilkinson, talks to FarmED Storyteller, Fiona Mountain

FarmED Founder and Farmer, Ian Wilkinson, talks to FarmED Storyteller, Fiona Mountain

Ever wondered how farmers decide what to grow in their fields each season? Do you remember learning about Turnip Townsend in history lessons at school? Ian explains how growing a succession of different crops reduces the need for chemicals and improves the quality of the soil, offering environmental and economic sustainability. He discusses the eight year rotation at FarmED, including four year herbal leys, a mixture of seventeen grasses, legumes and herbs. Regenerative farming.



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 Katie Ward from Microbz

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 j...

30 Jul 33min

Minette Batters, The First Woman of British Farming

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 a...

25 Jun 52min

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

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 ea...

29 Mai 58min

Crops in Construction with with Architect, Tim Tasker

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 versati...

30 Apr 37min

The FarmED Podcast with FarmED Co-Founder, Ian Wilkinson

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 ...

26 Mar 44min

The FarmED Podcast with Wildfarmed’s Andy Cato

The FarmED Podcast with Wildfarmed’s Andy Cato

In this month’s episode of The FarmED Podcast, co-founder of Wildfarmed, Andy Cato, talks to co-founder of FarmED, Ian Wilkinson.Andy famously found fame as part of Groove Armada and then sold his mus...

26 Feb 1h 6min

The FarmED Podcast: Holistic Planned Grazing with Rob Havard

The FarmED Podcast: Holistic Planned Grazing with Rob Havard

Our guest this month is cattle farmer, ecologist, Nuffield scholar and trainer Rob Havard, who will be running a course on Holistic Planned Grazing at FarmED on 11th March. After working for various w...

29 Jan 40min

The FarmED Podcast with Adam Henson

The FarmED Podcast with Adam Henson

For many people for many years, Adam Henson, presenter of the BBC’s flagship programme, Countryfile, has been the face and voice of British farming so it was a delight to welcome him to The FarmED Pod...

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