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The Organic Grower Podcast aims to bring together organic growers from across the UK to share their skills and experiences with those looking to deepen their knowledge of the organic growing world. It will be practical in focus, getting straight into the nitty-gritty of people’s growing practices and business operations. James Butterworth, co-founder and grower at Cotswold Market Garden, will be taking us on a journey through farms and gardens across the UK to speak to growers about the work ...
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OGPod Episode 15: Ed Hamer and Chagfood Community Market Garden
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James speaks to Ed Hamer of Chagfood Community Market Garden in the Dartmoor National Park. CSAs or Community Supported Agriculture is very much the focus in this one. We talk about Ed’s split growing site, leaning into the restrictive nature of the CSA model, dealing with and sharing risk, the importance and challenges of communicating with custom…
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OGPod Episode 14: Pete Dollimore and Hankham Organics + The Montessori Place
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James speaks to Pete Dollimore, previously of Hankham Organics in Sussex and now an instructor at The Montesorri Place. Pete is an absolute fountain of knowledge, particularly about protected cropping, which is so important to many organic growers. At Hankham Organics, Pete oversaw production in 7000m2 of glasshouse - an incredible opportunity but …
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OGPod Episode 13: Rita Oldenbourg and Adam Beer and Pitney Farm Market Garden
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James speak to Rita and Adam from Pitney Farm Market Garden in Somerset. Rita and Adam are fresh from winning Young Organic Grower of the Year and hopefully our conversation gives you a flavour of why. We talk about their decision to mechanise much of their operation and how this feeds into their goal of year-round production, direct wholesaling an…
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OGPod Episode 12: Jayne Arnold and Oxton Organics
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James speaks to Jayne Arnold of Oxton Organics in Worcestershire. Oxton Organics has undergone a number of transformations over the years and James and Jayne discuss this, but the bulk of the conversation focuses on Jayne’s experiments with green manures. Jayne talks about the benefits of green manures, establishment, undersowing, species selection…
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OGPod Episode 11: Alice Rixon a.k.a. The Veg Lady, Chettle
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James speaks to Alice Rixon a.k.a. The Veg Lady, based in Chettle, Dorset. We really wanted to hear from someone at the start of their growing journey to talk through the challenges and thinking of starting out with their own horticultural business. Alice talks about how she is setting up the growing space (where she’s combining polytunnels, market…
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OGPod Episode 10: Jean-Martin Fortier
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Back to today’s episode, James speaks to Jean-Martin Fortier. And boy did we manage to pack a lot into this one. James ended up speaking to JM on his phone outside the packing shed at FQT farm so the sound isn’t perfect but hopefully the content more than makes up for that. We talk about the limits and sweet spots of human-scale market gardening, t…
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OGPod Episode 9: Connie Hunter and Tom Booth and East Neuk Market Garden
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In this episode James speaks to Connie Hunter and Tom Booth from East Neuk Market Garden. We talk about how they have developed their site and growing systems over the last 6 years, the particularities of their climate on the East Coast of Scotland, farming as a couple and their recent forays into collaborative farming with nearby business Falkland…
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OGPod Episode 8: Laurence Jarrett-Kerr and Soul Farm
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In this episode James speaks to Laurence Jarrett-Kerr of Soul Farm. Laurence started the business 6 years ago and has grand plans for the years ahead. We chat about combining home-grown veg with bought in produce, managing costs and some deep thoughts on profitability and entrepreneurship. The perennial issue of scale also features prominently as w…
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OGPod Episode 7: Rosanna Catterall & Signe Jensen and Knepp Market Garden
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In this episode James speaks to Rosanna Catterall and Signe Jensen from Knepp Market Garden. We discuss establishing a production horticulture enterprise in the middle of a substantial rewilding project, growing on heavy clay, aligning crop planning and sales, combining no-dig and min-till systems side by side, running a market garden as employees …
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OGPod Episode 6: Ashley Wheeler and Trill Farm Garden
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In this episode, Jame speaks with Ashley Wheeler from Trill Farm Garden. Would you believe they have been going for 14 years now? We talk about how they have adapted their growing systems over that time, experimenting with field scale (although Ash questions whether that’s the right term!), setting up a new veg box scheme as an established market g…
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OGPod Episode 5: Phil Sumption
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In this episode, James talks to Phil Sumption, a man of many hats (grower, researcher, adviser, writer and editor). We discuss how Phil got into organic horticulture, his portfolio of roles in the sector, his reflections on the history of organics over the last few decades, as well as the development of the Organic Growers Alliance and The Organic …
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OGPod Episode 4: Iain Tolhurst and Tolhurst Organics
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Today, we have a wonderful conversation with Iain Tolhurst a.k.a Tolly of Tolhurst Organics. It’s a long one but there are so many gems in here that I couldn’t possibly leave any of them out. The whole point of this podcast is to share knowledge among growers so if it takes you a few bites of the apple to get the end then so be it - it will be wort…
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OGPod Episode 3: Calixta Kallinder and Flourish Produce
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We have a belter of a conversation with Calixta Killander of Flourish Produce in Cambridgeshire. Calixta spent a number of years in the US, studying and growing before coming back to the UK to establish Flourish where they grow in the region of 35 acres of vegetables, all sold direct. And boy, has she gone far in a relatively short space of time. W…
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OGPod Episode 2: Kate Collyns and Grown Green
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In episode 2 of the Organic Grower Podcast, we hear from Kate Collyns, founder and grower at Grown Green in Wiltshire. Kate set up the business in 2010 following a two-year Soil Association Horticultural Apprenticeship and now grows a wide range of vegetables, herbs, salads and flowers for her local market. Kate always has something interesting to …
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OGPod Episode 1: Andy Dibben and Abbey Home Farm
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In this episode James will be talking to Andy Dibben, head grower at Abbey Home Farm in Gloucestershire. Andy oversees an incredibly complex and well-honed system and manages to speak about it with clarity, passion, and honesty. This episode covers year-round crop production, growing in 1000sqm of glasshouse, cover crops, issues of scale, and Andy'…
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Alan Garner speaking on 1 Peter Chapter 2 Verse 11-25 http://maitlanduk.com/Services/1Peter%202_11-25-AlanGarner.mp3Por 7wavestest
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http://maitlanduk.com/Services/1Peter2vs1-12MarkSaunders.mp3 Mark Saunders speaking on 1 Peter Chapter 2 Verse 1-12Por 7wavestest
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Mark Saunders Speaking on 1 Peter Verse 13-25 http://www.maitlanduk.com/Services/1Peter%201_%20vs_13-25-MarkSaunders.mp3Por 7wavestest
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Dave Bennett Speaking on Peter 1 Verse 3-12 http://www.maitlanduk.com/Services/Peter1vs_3-12.mp3Por 7wavestest
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Our Sermons are now online, and we are going right back to the start of the year for our first Sermon with Mark Saunders speaking on Philippians 1 back in Jan 13. More on the way soon! Mark (Philippians) Jan 13Por 7wavestest
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