Just about everything we do at Dirty Linen and across the whole Deep in the Weeds food podcast network rests on farming. Without productive farmers we don’t have restaurants, we don’t have those resonant, connected stories of cuisine and culture that we love so much - and that we know you appreciate too. And fundamentally, without farmers, we don’t eat. It’s basic.

We also know that we need to cease coal and gas mining because of the emissions they create. The science is unequivocal. The catastrophic climate risks are too great. The move to net zero makes allowances for legacy mining but it’s clear that any new coal or gas extraction tips into dangerous territory.

Given all this, we are keeping a close eye on the Liverpool Plains, and the gas mining exploration licences held by energy giant Santos. Join us all week as we talk to people in the region who are likely to be impacted by any mining activities and are mobilising against them. What becomes clear in these conversations is that this is a local fight with broader implications. If you eat, if you live on Earth, this fight matters.

By the way, we’ve reached out to Santos for comment. We look forward to a response.

Our first guest is Kate Gunn, generational farmer and Chair of Liverpool Plains Action Group. Kate gives us an overview of the region as a food bowl and series of connected communities. She talks about what’s at stake and why she’s throwing herself into activism.

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Dirty Linen is a food podcast hosted by Australian journalist Dani Valent. A respected restaurant critic and food industry reporter in her home town of Melbourne, Dani is a keen, compassionate observer of restaurants and the people who bring them into being. Whether it’s owners, waiters, dishwashers, chefs or members of ancillary trades from tech to pottery, Dani interviews with compassion, humour and courage. Dirty Linen goes deep, both in conversations with individuals and in investigating pressing issues. 

Dirty Linen is an Australian food podcast produced by the Deep in the Weeds Podcast Network.

We love celebrating the next generation of hospitality professionals at Dirty Linen. When we heard 16-year-old Liam Scotchmer was a full-time barista at Single O in Sydney's Surry Hills, we had to get him on for a chat. Liam shares his coffee obsession, from early lattes in Newcastle to his first job in Berlin and the self-directed learning journey which took him from a disruptive school classroom to the endless educational opportunities in coffee.

https://singleo.com.au

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Dirty Linen is a food podcast hosted by Australian journalist Dani Valent. A respected restaurant critic and food industry reporter in her home town of Melbourne, Dani is a keen, compassionate observer of restaurants and the people who bring them into being. Whether it’s owners, waiters, dishwashers, chefs or members of ancillary trades from tech to pottery, Dani interviews with compassion, humour and courage. Dirty Linen goes deep, both in conversations with individuals and in investigating pressing issues. 

Dirty Linen is an Australian food podcast produced by the Deep in the Weeds Podcast Network.

Campos is one of the best known coffee brands in Australia, supplying its beans to around 700 cafes across the country. Founded in Sydney in 2002, there are three flagship stores, in Sydney, Brisbane and now Melbourne. We have a wide-ranging chat with commercial director John Ronchi, touching on specialty coffee, the perils and advantages of scaling a business and why he believes government policy should support hospitality. Campos was acquired by Dutch multinational JDE Peet in 2021 - has that been a good move?

https://camposcoffee.com

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Dirty Linen is a food podcast hosted by Australian journalist Dani Valent. A respected restaurant critic and food industry reporter in her home town of Melbourne, Dani is a keen, compassionate observer of restaurants and the people who bring them into being. Whether it’s owners, waiters, dishwashers, chefs or members of ancillary trades from tech to pottery, Dani interviews with compassion, humour and courage. Dirty Linen goes deep, both in conversations with individuals and in investigating pressing issues. 

Dirty Linen is an Australian food podcast produced by the Deep in the Weeds Podcast Network.

Andrew Yeo (Yeo Farm) runs a small lamb operation on 100 acres in Bulahdelah on the Mid North Coast of NSW. It’s a small farm dedicated to the locals where Andrew runs 160 Australian White Sheep to bring fresh pasture raised lamb to the area.

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It’s a cafe, it’s a provisions store, but most of all it’s a smokehouse. By Kai is a unique offering in Sydney’s Surry Hills, run by chef Kai Ellmann and his wife Pawitra, a passionate Thai cook. They combine all their influences to create a very Australian business.

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Dirty Linen is a food podcast hosted by Australian journalist Dani Valent. A respected restaurant critic and food industry reporter in her home town of Melbourne, Dani is a keen, compassionate observer of restaurants and the people who bring them into being. Whether it’s owners, waiters, dishwashers, chefs or members of ancillary trades from tech to pottery, Dani interviews with compassion, humour and courage. Dirty Linen goes deep, both in conversations with individuals and in investigating pressing issues. 

Dirty Linen is an Australian food podcast produced by the Deep in the Weeds Podcast Network.

Thirty years ago, chef and restaurateur Peter Conistis started his lifelong project of redefining Greek cuisine for Australia. He’s still going, currently at Ploos and Alpha in Sydney, but with plans to take his modern spin on Greek food around the country. We chat about longevity and energy, the back-and-forth of immigrant cuisines, and dig into the origin story of his famous (scandalous?) moussaka with scallops.

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Dirty Linen is a food podcast hosted by Australian journalist Dani Valent. A respected restaurant critic and food industry reporter in her home town of Melbourne, Dani is a keen, compassionate observer of restaurants and the people who bring them into being. Whether it’s owners, waiters, dishwashers, chefs or members of ancillary trades from tech to pottery, Dani interviews with compassion, humour and courage. Dirty Linen goes deep, both in conversations with individuals and in investigating pressing issues. 

Dirty Linen is an Australian food podcast produced by the Deep in the Weeds Podcast Network.

Mika Chae heads up the kitchen at Grain of the Silos in Launceston. He came to Australia a decade ago with no experience in food and ended up studying hospitality and working at Attica before moving to Tasmania. We talk about the synergies between the Korean approach to food and the produce-centric ethics at Grain, and the Korean cuisines that have yet to make their way to Australia.

https://grainofthesilos.com.au

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Dirty Linen is a food podcast hosted by Australian journalist Dani Valent. A respected restaurant critic and food industry reporter in her home town of Melbourne, Dani is a keen, compassionate observer of restaurants and the people who bring them into being. Whether it’s owners, waiters, dishwashers, chefs or members of ancillary trades from tech to pottery, Dani interviews with compassion, humour and courage. Dirty Linen goes deep, both in conversations with individuals and in investigating pressing issues. 

Dirty Linen is an Australian food podcast produced by the Deep in the Weeds Podcast Network.

In 2012, the Australian culinary landscape was experiencing a Mexican food wave. But there were a few things missing. Mexican-born Gerardo Lopez especially lamented the lack of traditional corn tortillas. He got busy researching, testing, and eventually making tortillas from locally grown grain. The vision has since expanded from a small-scale side hustle to La Tortilleria, a factory that processes hundreds of tonnes of corn annually, sends tortillas all around Australia and exports them to Asia too. It’s a company built on pride, commitment and the joys of maize.

https://latortilleria.com.au

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The Producers is a food podcast telling the stories of producers, farmers, growers and makers.. A Deep in the Weeds Production An Australian Food Podcast from the Deep in the Weeds Network.

Another week, another restaurant-bashing story that goes viral. This time it's Navi, a small restaurant in Melbourne's inner-west, which lost a table of six, charged the menu price according to their cancellation policy, and was subsequently trolled from as far away as New York. We speak to owner Julian Hills about the devastating impact cancellations have on his small fine diner, and the baffling puzzle of why some consumers don't consider restaurants real businesses.

https://www.restaurantnavi.com.au

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Dirty Linen is a food podcast hosted by Australian journalist Dani Valent. A respected restaurant critic and food industry reporter in her home town of Melbourne, Dani is a keen, compassionate observer of restaurants and the people who bring them into being. Whether it’s owners, waiters, dishwashers, chefs or members of ancillary trades from tech to pottery, Dani interviews with compassion, humour and courage. Dirty Linen goes deep, both in conversations with individuals and in investigating pressing issues. 

Dirty Linen is an Australian food podcast produced by the Deep in the Weeds Podcast Network.