Meet the Farmers Podcast
1) In memory of Eleanor - Michael Kavanagh shares his family's experience of losing their 2 year old
Michael Kavanagh shares his family’s heartbreaking story of losing their 2-year-old daughter, Eleanor, to sudden viral pneumonia in January 2025. In her memory, he and his wife Di are undertaking incr...Show More
2) Cattle, Direct Sales and Youtube - Ian Pullen's farming journey
In this episode of Meet the Farmers, host Ben Eagle speaks with Ian Pullen, a beef farmer from Wotton Under Edge, Gloucestershire. Ian shares his journey into farming, the challenges he faces with TB ...Show More
3) Thomas Gent on Regenerative Farming, Innovation & the Future of Agriculture
In this episode of Meet the Farmers, Ben Eagle sits down with Thomas Gent, a fourth-generation farmer and founder of Gentle Farming, to discuss his journey into regenerative agriculture and the innova...Show More
4) Bronagh Dempster: Navigating Farming and the Dairy Industry as a New Entrant
In this episode we meet Bronagh Dempster, a passionate new entrant into the farming world from Northern Ireland. Discover her inspiring journey from a fascination with dairy cows to forging her path i...Show More
5) What was harvest 2025 like for farmers? Harvest 2025 Special
Six arable farmer former guests of the show send in their harvest reports for 2025.
6) Recruiting Professionals and Farm Managers in Farming and the Rural Sector - with Miranda Webster
In this episode of Meet the Farmers, host Ben Eagle talks with Miranda Webster of Webster's Rural about recruitment challenges and opportunities in the professional and farm manager side of the agricu...Show More
7) Sheep farming in Australia - meet Tara from Tara Farms
In this episode of Meet the Farmers, Ben chats with Tara, a third-generation sheep and mixed crop farmer from western Victoria, Australia. They discuss her family’s farming journey, livestock and land...Show More
8) Getting started in farming - with James Warwick
In this episode of Meet the Farmers, Ben Eagle speaks with beef and sheep farmer James Warwick from north Cornwall about how he moved to Cornwall from Cambridgeshire to live with his grandparents and ...Show More
9) Corn, Beans and Shorthorns - Farming in Indiana with Shane and Val Wallis
In this episode of Meet the Farmers, Ben Eagle heads to Indiana in the United States to speak with Shane and Val Wallis about their family farm, where they raise Shorthorn cattle alongside corn, beans...Show More
10) 'ReMooable Energy' - Our Cow Molly's plans and fundraiser for community owned energy project
Does this Yorkshire dairy farmer have the answer to future on farm energy? Eddie Andrew from Our Cow Molly near Sheffield comes on to talk about his latest on farm renewable energy project which would...Show More