Monday, August 13, 2012
Sunday, August 12, 2012
Pick of the Pods - BBC Food Programme
Since my year abroad at University, I've been addicted to podcasts. Without internet in my flat, and being unable to access BBC programmes via iPlayer when abroad, podcasts allowed me to keep up with news and views at home (and were the first step on the path of becoming a Radio 4 addict...).
So I thought it was about time that I shared some of my favourite programmes and episodes. In this post I'm going to be sharing some highlights from Radio 4's Food Programme.
For someone like me with an interest in food and farming, from production to policy, the Food Programme is a dream. Here is a pick of some episodes which are well worth a listen:
I found What is milk? a very interesting episode having grown up on a dairy farm (and at the time of listening I was also helping out on the farm), but having never actually thought very much about what makes the white stuff what it is.
Having just been on a Forest Gardening course down in Devon, I was very interest in the issues brought up in the Climate Change Farm episode, which featured Martin Crawford who I did my course with!
Being interested in food fairness and sustainability, episodes on coffee, palm oil (which I've blogged on previously), soya and honey production were fascinating. Food price spikes are one of the key parts of Oxfam's GROW campaign, which I've been involved in campaigning for, so this episode on the price of food provided another look at the issues.
Margate's Food Stories is a great episode about people sharing food stories through a community art project.
Food foraging is a hobby of mine so the episode on wild food offered a great perspective into the different issues involved.
I love the idea of food clubs and student cooperatives so it was great to hear some stories and examples in these programmes.
If you're interested in what this government's food health priorities are then listen to this interview with Andrew Lansley from February 2011 then a follow up on this nearly a year and a half later.
(Also, being a fan of gin I loved this episode)
So I thought it was about time that I shared some of my favourite programmes and episodes. In this post I'm going to be sharing some highlights from Radio 4's Food Programme.
For someone like me with an interest in food and farming, from production to policy, the Food Programme is a dream. Here is a pick of some episodes which are well worth a listen:
I found What is milk? a very interesting episode having grown up on a dairy farm (and at the time of listening I was also helping out on the farm), but having never actually thought very much about what makes the white stuff what it is.
Having just been on a Forest Gardening course down in Devon, I was very interest in the issues brought up in the Climate Change Farm episode, which featured Martin Crawford who I did my course with!
Being interested in food fairness and sustainability, episodes on coffee, palm oil (which I've blogged on previously), soya and honey production were fascinating. Food price spikes are one of the key parts of Oxfam's GROW campaign, which I've been involved in campaigning for, so this episode on the price of food provided another look at the issues.
Margate's Food Stories is a great episode about people sharing food stories through a community art project.
Food foraging is a hobby of mine so the episode on wild food offered a great perspective into the different issues involved.
I love the idea of food clubs and student cooperatives so it was great to hear some stories and examples in these programmes.
If you're interested in what this government's food health priorities are then listen to this interview with Andrew Lansley from February 2011 then a follow up on this nearly a year and a half later.
(Also, being a fan of gin I loved this episode)
did-it!
Between January and June this year I wrote for the Environment and Heritage Blog for Do-it, a national volunteering database and resource. Since starting paid work, I don't have the time to do much volunteer work and definitely not enough time to write about volunteering - so hopefully someone else will soon share their experiences and wisdom (maybe you?).
I thought I'd give a run down of my blogging over the six months as a one-stop shop for my do-it blogs. My first post in January, Learning to Grow, was really and introduction to me, what I was up to and what volunteering means to me. I then wrote about training after going on a community bee keeping course, followed by a post about the volunteering I do with Oxfam. My next two posts were about community events I was involved with through Stirley Farm - Growing Communities, a workshop day sharing best practice for community food growing organisations, and Potato Day in Newsome. My next two posts were me getting very excited about the birth of our first calf on Stirley Farm and then about the hot weather we had at the end of March (which now seems like a distant memory...) with tips on how to avoid volunteer burn out. My next post was something I'd had in my head for a while about being a conservation volunteer and how people always compliment me on my tan and ask me about how I stay fit... The next couple of posts were about events I ran at Stirley Farm - a wild food event and a history event. My final post, after I had just got myself a job with Yorkshire Wildlife Trust, after 18 months of volunteering was some top tips on how to volunteer your way to a new career.
I thought I'd give a run down of my blogging over the six months as a one-stop shop for my do-it blogs. My first post in January, Learning to Grow, was really and introduction to me, what I was up to and what volunteering means to me. I then wrote about training after going on a community bee keeping course, followed by a post about the volunteering I do with Oxfam. My next two posts were about community events I was involved with through Stirley Farm - Growing Communities, a workshop day sharing best practice for community food growing organisations, and Potato Day in Newsome. My next two posts were me getting very excited about the birth of our first calf on Stirley Farm and then about the hot weather we had at the end of March (which now seems like a distant memory...) with tips on how to avoid volunteer burn out. My next post was something I'd had in my head for a while about being a conservation volunteer and how people always compliment me on my tan and ask me about how I stay fit... The next couple of posts were about events I ran at Stirley Farm - a wild food event and a history event. My final post, after I had just got myself a job with Yorkshire Wildlife Trust, after 18 months of volunteering was some top tips on how to volunteer your way to a new career.
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