LISTEN AGAIN: 15/09/2024 Moira Fisher – F3A
Farming Outlook finds out more about F3A, and their work to deliver first aid skills to the farming community. Given a lot of farmers work in rural communities, it can take longer for the emergency services to reach them, so these skills are vital and potentially lifesaving. Have a listen to find out more, as […]
LISTEN AGAIN: 15/09/2024 Jake – Emergent Generation
Farming Outlook speaks to Jake, a farmer based near Whitby, about a network of young people aged 13-35 who are interested in eco farming. We find out more about the growing movement across the country, and some of the issues they cover within food and farming. Interest is soaring in organic farming, and this group […]
LISTEN AGAIN: 08/09/2024 Sam Baumber – IndiNature
We discuss the manufacturing process of turning hemp into something that’s useable by the building industry, and Sam Baumber is on hand from IndiNature to chat to us! We discover that Yorkshire is in fact the ‘hemp capital of the UK’!
LISTEN AGAIN: 08/09/2024 Nick Voase – East Yorkshire Hemp
We chat to Nick Voase about his expertise in growing both hemp and flax, and discuss the importance of the Biofibre Special Interest Group. You can find them at www.eastyorkshirehemp.co.uk, and hear more by having a listen here.
LISTEN AGAIN: 08/09/2024 Liam McPartland – Harrison Spinks
We speak to Liam on his tractor in Tadcaster to find out more about Harrison Spinks, and the natural fibres grown on the farms they own to use as fillings for their mattresses. The farm is only 18 miles from their factory, and the company now owns a second farm! Have a listen to find […]
LISTEN AGAIN: 08/09/2024 Joe Bennett – Biorenewables Development Centre
We discuss Joe’s work with Climafibre, looking at using waste sunflower stems from the production of sunflower seeds and sunflower oil, and turning this into something that can be used in the fashion industry. Work has been going on for around a year so far, and you can hear more by having a listen here.
LISTEN AGAIN: 08/09/2024 Joe Bennett – Biorenewables Development Centre
We speak to Joe Bennett about how projects that come into the centre are worked on and scaled up. We discuss the process in a bit more detail, whilst on a visit to the Biorenewables Development Centre in Dunnington, near York.
LISTEN AGAIN: 08/09/2024 Helen Shiels – Biorenewables Development Centre
We discuss support provided to farmers and the end markets in the chain, and we discuss with Helen the different parts of their team, who bring together the chemistry & biology to make magic happen! Grow Yorkshire provide big support too, and we discuss that too, along with some of the current projects being worked […]
LISTEN AGAIN: 08/09/2024 Helen Shiels – Biorenewables Development Centre
We talk about the growing opportunities both locally and nationally for biofibres, such as hemp and flax, to be grown as rotation crops, and the big advantages of being part of this diversification.
LISTEN AGAIN: 08/09/2024 Helen Shiels – Biorenewables Development Centre – Biofibre Special Interest Group
We’re in Dunnington at Biorenewables Development Centre, finding out about the Biofibre Special Interest Group. Helen Shiels tells us more about their work in conjunction with Mark Blakeston at Grow Yorkshire. We also discuss the Centre for High Carbon Capture Cropping, which is a national project funded through DEFRA.