This week we attempt our first completely unedited episode, which seems sensible given Will is sitting in Rome with a dreadful cough after a long week in Nigeria, and Phil is struggling to stay awake. We hear about armed escorts, African dairy farming, food security and the challenges of agricultural investment, while Phil celebrates nearly finishing drilling and insists his week of meetings was networking, not socialising.

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The Positive Potato Farming Podcast is a podcast about farming, food, agriculture and rural life. From global dairy projects and farm business to tractors, pubs and the occasional complete disaster, we look for the opportunities, lessons and good stories that keep agriculture moving forward.

We get stuck into the people behind farming: what it actually takes to be a farmer today, the extraordinary range of skills modern agriculture demands, and how the industry attracts, develops and hangs on to good people. Along the way Phil survives solo parenting, bags himself some bargain rolls and gets excited about sustainable aviation fuel — while Will becomes strangely preoccupied with the shrinking size of tractor cabs.

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The Positive Potato Farming Podcast is a podcast about farming, food, agriculture and rural life. From global dairy projects and farm business to tractors, pubs and the occasional complete disaster, we look for the opportunities, lessons and good stories that keep agriculture moving forward.

We finally launch How on Earth? and put Phil in the hot seat to find out how he ended up in farming, what keeps him there and what he’s learnt along the way. There are runaway combines, questionable shorts, the return of green grass and a surprisingly coherent philosophy of farming: ask questions, learn from your mistakes and, apparently, just say yes.

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The Positive Potato Farming Podcast is a podcast about farming, food, agriculture and rural life. From global dairy projects and farm business to tractors, pubs and the occasional complete disaster, we look for the opportunities, lessons and good stories that keep agriculture moving forward.