21 JUN. 2024 · Huw Foulkes is a 4th generation dairy farmer in the Vale of Clwyd in North Wales. Since bringing the farm back into their own management, he has been developing the family's acres into a regenerative, organic, nature friendly, calf-at-foot dairy farm for the past 4 years. We are well aware of Huw and his fantastic land stewardship, as he lives only a few miles away and is a source of both milk and beef for our family. It was great to have a proper chat with him about his story so far and how the practices which he and his family employ are helping local wildlife populations to thrive - meaning more wild food opportunities as well as a healthier local environment. Even if farming isn't your 'thing', it is difficult to separate it from wild food. Much of the British landscape is managed for food production in one form or another; and the methods used are having a massive impact on our ecosystems as a whole, whether that's negatively through run-off into rivers or positively through the creation of field margins, hedgerows and healthy soils. Links - Wild Food People on https://www.instagram.com/wildfoodpeople/, https://twitter.com/wildfoodpeople, https://www.facebook.com/wildfoodpeople/ - @wildfoodpeople - Support the Wild Food People podcast https://www.patreon.com/wildfoodpeople - https://www.patreon.com/wildfoodpeople - https://wildfoodpeople.co.uk/about/ - https://wildfoodpeople.co.uk/about/ - Attend a https://wildfoodpeople.co.uk/courses/ - https://wildfoodpeople.co.uk/courses - Get https://wildfoodpeople.co.uk/contact-us/ - https://wildfoodpeople.co.uk/contact-us/ - Richard on https://www.instagram.com/richprideaux/ and https://twitter.com/RichPrideaux - @richprideaux - Amy on https://www.instagram.com/agreenoutdoors/ and https://twitter.com/agreenoutdoors - @agreenoutdoors -Huw on https://www.instagram.com/pentrefelin_/ - @pentrefelin_

25 MAY. 2024 · In this episode: You https://www.gov.uk/guidance/wild-birds-protection-surveys-and-licences in the UK; The motives behind a recent Morel foraging warning https://www.scrippsnews.com/us-news/warnings-issued-on-morel-mushroom-consumption-as-foraging-season-arrives; Australian's told to https://9now.nine.com.au/a-current-affair/experts-warning-as-interest-in-wild-mushroom-foraging-grows/dad33bc0-8e9c-4d03-89b7-98d7a18b7417; Wild Garlic patch https://www.itv.com/news/meridian/2024-05-08/e-coli-warning-to-foragers-after-sewage-contaminates-wild-garlic; Jeremy https://www.ladbible.com/entertainment/tv/clarksons-farm-jeremy-kaleb-cooper-bet-profit-money-147310-20240514 products from wild sourced ingredients; and the real-life logistics of selling wild food. Three things to do this week: Collect https://wildfoodpeople.co.uk/species-directory/elder/ and https://wildfoodpeople.co.uk/wild-food-recipes/; Try your hand at sea fishing by booking a place on a fishing charter; Read the fantastic book https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/401264/the-wild-life-by-john-lewis-stempel/9781784162382 Links - Wild Food People on https://www.instagram.com/wildfoodpeople/, https://twitter.com/wildfoodpeople, https://www.facebook.com/wildfoodpeople/ - Join our https://www.patreon.com/WildFoodPeople - https://wildfoodpeople.co.uk/about/ - Attend a https://wildfoodpeople.co.uk/courses/ - Get https://wildfoodpeople.co.uk/contact-us/  - Richard on https://www.instagram.com/richprideaux/ and https://twitter.com/RichPrideaux - Amy on https://www.instagram.com/agreenoutdoors/ and https://twitter.com/agreenoutdoors

14 MAY. 2024 · In this episode: The recent https://www.scottishgamekeepers.co.uk/latest-news/2024/2024-04-29-drop-the-female-deer-season-change.php in Scotland and implications of https://www.ireland-live.ie/news/scotland/1461050/deer-management-orders-could-contravene-human-rights-shooting-body-warns.html on the mental wellbeing of land managers and professional stalkers; The rising popularity of wild ingredientshttps://www.spectator.co.uk/article/city-folk-go-wild-for-wild-garlic/; and how one man has been https://www.foxnews.com/lifestyle/catskill-mountain-farmer-challenges-campus-critics-foragers-destroying-earth. Three things to do this week: Gather in some https://wildfoodpeople.co.uk/species-directory/wild-garlic-allium-ursinum/ whilst you still can; Make https://wildfoodpeople.co.uk/beech-leaf-noyau/ with young leaves; Take a trip to the coast for some fresh, carrotyhttps://wildfoodpeople.co.uk/species-directory/rock-samphire-crithmum-maritimum/ Links - Wild Food People on https://www.instagram.com/wildfoodpeople/, https://twitter.com/wildfoodpeople, https://www.facebook.com/wildfoodpeople/ - Join our https://www.patreon.com/WildFoodPeople - https://wildfoodpeople.co.uk/about/ - Attend a https://wildfoodpeople.co.uk/courses/ - Get https://wildfoodpeople.co.uk/contact-us/  - Richard on https://www.instagram.com/richprideaux/ and https://twitter.com/RichPrideaux - Amy on https://www.instagram.com/agreenoutdoors/ and https://twitter.com/agreenoutdoors And of course….https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3GRSbr0EYYU