The FarmED Podcast with FarmED Co-Founder, Ian Wilkinson

Co-founder of FarmED, Ian Wilkinson has been on sabbatical to Australia and New Zealand. In this episode of The FarmED Podcast he talks to Alex about his original journey from agricultural college to seed merchant, as owner of Cotswold Seeds, and then the decision to buy Honeydale Farm with his wife, Celene, and fulfill a dream of being a farmer. Ian and Celene founded FarmED as a regenerative demonstration and place for debate, discussion and inspiration and Ian talks to Alex about his inspiring experiences in Australia and New Zealand - covering everything from kiwis to kangaroos, cattle to cover crops, agroforestry and logging, and the observations he made about the differences and similarities in farming in New Zealand compared to the UK.

‘New Zealand and Australia are made up of people that have often been there for two or three generations from Europe, a huge number of European families in New Zealand, and a lot of those are farming families,’ comments Ian. ‘The importance of agriculture is valued in society more than I would suggest it is currently in the UK.’

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