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Cereal, episode 6: How to build a better bread system
We are the bread system. If you eat bread – or any grains – you are part of it. So…
Cereal, episode 5: The best thing since sliced bread? Unsliced bread
The UK is the fifth largest economy and has some of the cheapest bread in the world – is that…
Cereal, episode 4: Where’s the miller gone?
Last year the majority of wheat grown in the UK went to feed animals. And of the wheat that did…
Cereal, episode 3: Towards a more sustainable wheat
Intensive chemical (or conventional) farming systems can be incredibly efficient in perfect conditions, but in a global climate emergency this…
Cereal, episode 2: Why our wheat monoculture won’t save us
Wheat covers an estimated 218 million hectares of the planet – more than any other food crop. But most bread…
Cereal, episode 1: The truth about how our bread is changing
Bread. How did something so basic, so fundamental, get so complicated – and even start making us ill? How have…
Women farmers in Chile, and regenerating vineyards in Oregon
This month we speak to a group of women farming in a community in Chile, get tips on rearing pigs…
Radical roots, ‘slow money’ and cider apples in Oregon
This month we explore radical roots and cider apples with a farming couple in Oregon. We hear about a different…
Gardens of sanctuary, organic farming, and biodynamic wines
We hear about the power of gardens to provide sanctuary to some of the most vulnerable people in our society,…
Talking with Vandana Shiva, sustainable farming guru
This month we hear from an inspirational woman who’s long been banging the drum for biodiversity and small-scale farmers around…
Farmer kids, silvopasture, and sustainable wine
We get an introduction to the whole-system approach of silvopasture, taste natural wine in Sicily, and learn about the importance…
‘Natural’ farming in Zambia, bio-fertilisers in UK
First up we hear the inspirational story of 5000+ women who are now practising natural agriculture, or no-cost agriculture, on…
Leah Penniman: Farming while black
Leah Penniman is a farmer, author, activist and an all-round inspiration who we were lucky enough to interview for this…