The Full Circle Farms podcast

When we started planning this podcast, quite a few people said we should talk to Rachel Phillips of the Apricot Centre.In this episode, Tom and Rachel talk about the practicalities of providing care on farm, who looks after the farmers providing care and what UK farming has to do to make regenerative farming a reality for everyone.It was fascinating meeting Rachel and being carried along by her passion and knowledge for both horticultural therapy and regenerative farming. This is a great episode if you're just starting out on your regenerative farming journey, or if you want to know care farming can help you with your mental health.More on the Apricot CenterFull Circle FarmsThe Garden ArmyFarmer TomThis pod is a Fable production.

Today’s episode is about the news Tom received in the last few weeks: Full Circle Farms and The Garden Army have been served notice on the farm they’ve been tenants on for the past six years. I talked with Tom about the news, how he’s coping and the work that needs to be done to find to find The Garden Army a new home. Full Circle FarmsThe Garden ArmyFarmer TomThis podcast is a Fable production.

In our first show, Farmer Tom sits down with the one person who knows him the best, his wife, Anna Morphew. Anna runs the Garden Army, the care farm part of Full Circle Farms. In this episode, recorded over the summer, Anna shares how her skills and experiences gained as a teacher, help her support the people who come to volunteer on the farm. Tom and Anna talk candidly about life as a farmer. What are the pressures and pleasures of running a regenerative care farm? How do you get into farming if your family doesn't own a farm? What do those with SEN, PTSD and depression get from volunteering on th land, aside from fruit and veg that they get to grow and keep?Full Circle FarmsThe Garden ArmyFarmer Tom