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.