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Logie Estate

The podcast Toby mentions is The Centre for Army Leadership podcast.

Link to James' website 

Link to Michael Blanche's Nuffield report. 

Image credit: Kingsclere Estates

Link to Amanda''s latest book Celebrating the Seasons with the Yorkshire Shepherdess

Link to the Meet the Farmers Patreon Page - to support the podcast

Timecodes:

00:20 Ben introduces Amanda

02:12 Amanda comes in

03:14 Ben and Amanda talk about reading and writing

07:50 Young people with the farming dream

09:25 Writing books

15:07 Ben and Amanda discuss her most recent book Celebrating the Seasons with the Yorkshire Shepherdess - why are people so fascinated by the story of hill farmers?

22:06 Amanda talks about the Swaledale breed

24:17 How was the farm impacted by foot and mouth?

27:05 Dogs

32:08 Is Amanda a people person? 

35:18 Do what you love in life

40:00 Farmers getting the blame for everything

43:26 Amanda's message for the public

44:40 Amanda's message for farmers

Ali's farm website - Ali Capper - Stocks Farm

01:35 Kate comes on

02:17 discussion on the current state of the pig sector

03:57 Is this pig crisis any different to previous crises?

07:48 Intro to Kate's farm and how it has changed over time.

11:50 The Morgan family used to have an outdoor unit. Here it is discussed.

13:35 The farm's diversifications

16:05 Kate moves from University to the world of work

16:45 When and why did she move back to the family farm?

18:50 Running and hockey

19:36 Kate talks to the media quite a bit...but why?

21:10 Bite into British campaign

28:00 Message to the Public

28:48 Message to farmers

Link to the website of The DPJ Foundation - Mental Health Farming Charity | Home | The DPJ Foundation

00:00:11 Ben introduces the podcast and today's guest Emma O'Donnell

00:03:17 Emma O'Donnell, today's guest, enters the conversation.

00:07:45 Emma explain's how she and Dan first met.

00:15:50 Emma talks about how she began researching mental health

00:19:56 Emma explains the events in July 2016 immediately leading up to Dan's suicide. 

00:31:30 Emma explains how people didn't know how to react around her.

00:34:56 Emma explains how the DPJ Foundation came into being

00:38:48 Emma searches for counselling

00:51:26 Emma's advice to people who are supporting others.

00:53:45 Starting to round up. Emma's message to farmers and message to the public.  

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Instagram accounts mentioned by Bizza:

@samonthefarm_1 (Sam Walton)

@downondaintreefarm (Farmer Luke)

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