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RSSSandra McCuaig (Bodalla Dairy) – From cow to ice cream
Coming from a 6th generation farming family and after a career as a journalist Sandra McCuaig (Bodalla Dairy) yearned to be on the land again. She found wonderment in...
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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Steve Robinson (Otway Pasta) – premium pasta
Steve Robinson grew up on a farm but he didn’t realise exactly how much made-from-scratch ethics influenced him until he was a stay-at-home dad making pasta for his young...
Claire Longbottom (Freshwater Turkeys) – Turkey takeover
In Australia turkey often plays second fiddle to chickens, but things are changing. An idea to have a few turkeys on the farm led Claire Longbottom (Freshwater Turkeys, SA)...
Simone Jelley (Pretty Produce) – an endless journey of discovery
What if you farmed as much for beauty, joy and creativity as sustenance? Simone Jelley runs Pretty Produce, an edible flower grower in Queensland, supplying chefs and restaurants, and...
Greg Kocanda (Block 11 Organics) – The way it is
For three generations Greg Kocanda’s (Block 11 Organics) family have had their hands in the soil producing organic fruit and vegetables on farms in New South Wales Central West...
Paul Righetti (Honest Eggs) – doing things differently
Paul Righetti is a founder and owner of Honest Eggs, a central Victorian regenerative farm where they take pride in doing things differently. Paul grazes cattle, sheep and chickens,...
Nicole Gilliver Nicole Gilliver (Grandvewe Cheese, Tasmania) – For the love of cheese
Great cheese takes time, takes patience and takes a lot of care. For Nicole Gilliver (Grandvewe) it all starts with a great life for the sheep. Everything Nicole and...
Adam Bray (Westside Mushies) – Westside story
Adam Bray (Westside Mushies) never dreamed of being a farmer, he never even had an interest in mushrooms, but late one night while scanning the internet he stumbled on...
Angela Argyle (Argyle Australian Saffron) – By the gram
For farmer Angela Argyle (Argyle Australian Saffron), location was vital for the success of their foray into saffron. The regional New South Wales town Orange is perfect for Saffron,...
Kim Kiss (Grassland Poultry) – The way they used to taste
For Kim Kiss and her husband Bryan, Grassland Poultry is more than just producing chicken meat. For over 30 years they’ve practised regenerative farming, and in recent years they’ve...