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RSSTim Leahy (Margra Lamb) – Making your Margra
Inspired by native haired sheep seen on their travels to South America, the Gilmore Brothers set out to breed a fully haired meat sheep intended for Australian conditions. Through...
The Producers is a food podcast telling the stories of producers, farmers, growers and makers..
The Producers comes from Deep In The Weeds, Australia’s leading food podcast network. Listen to find out where your food comes from. Food journalist hosts Dani Valent and Anthony Huckstep share the stories of farmers and food artisans.
Dani Valent is a journalist, restaurant critic, cookbook author, travel writer and screenwriter. She loves telling stories! Her professional writing career started with travel publisher Lonely Planet and she’s continued to thread food and travel through a writing career that’s included interviews with actors, politicians and even an astronaut. These days, she’s focusing on chefs, restaurants and cooking. if it’s tasty, she wants to know about it, and she wants you to know too.
Known in the industry as Huck, Anthony Huckstep is an award-winning journalist, restaurant critic and cookbook author who constantly threatens the final notch on his belt in the name of a good story. Huck is the co-founder of MetalMouth, a dinner that deconstructs the heavy metal and fine dining contradiction by celebrating the beauty of both.
The Producers is an Australian Food Podcast from the Deep in the Weeds Network.
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Sharan West Rivett (Pepo Farms) – health benefits and culinary potential
If you eat Australian-grown pumpkin seeds, you can be sure they’re from Pepo Farms, a unique farming and production business based in northern Victoria. For owner Sharan West Rivett,...
Helen Hill (Achacha) – Tropical treasures
The Achacha has been domestically cultivated for centuries in the tropical lowlands of the Amazon Basin. But after being introduced to the tropical fruit by a friend, Helen Hill...
Jason Cotter (Tuerong Farm, Mornington Peninsula) – a different path
Jason Cotter grows heritage wheat and mills it into flour at Tuerong Farm on the Mornington Peninsula. The Peninsula, an hour from Melbourne, is better known as a wine...
Tom Eadie (Berkelo) – rise as one
With a goal to create delicious food from sustainable produce, Tom Eadie (Berkelo) not only built one of the best sourdough bakeries in the country but actively supported healthier...
Ian Henderson (Lirah Australian Vinegar) – values of vinegar
What makes someone go into vinegar production? And what keeps them in love with their business every single day? We talk to Ian Henderson, owner of Australian Vinegar and...
Matt Bakker and Micah Oberon (Neighbourhood Farm, Brisbane) – capturing hearts
Looking for a greater connection to the local community, Matt Bakker and Micah Oberon joined forces to create Neighbourhood Farm – a small-scale bio-intensive market garden based in Oxley,...
Jemal Murat (Jack Murat Coffee) – a lifetime commitment
Jemal Murat founded Australian coffee company Jack Murat with his brothers and father. The Murats grow coffee beans in north Queensland on land previously used for tobacco and vegetables....
Karen Sharman (Gingerbread Folk) – Building the gingerbread house
Two decades ago Karen Sharman (Gingerbread Folk) left behind a corporate lifestyle to experience the beauty of the Australian outback. With freedom to visualise new directions, a small baking...
Stephen Riseborough (CherryHill Orchards) – cherish the cherry.
You know the Australian summer has arrived when cherries turn up in the markets. Third generation cherry farmer Stephen Riseborough is director of his family’s CherryHill Orchards. A spread...