Dan Snow's History Hit - Introducing: On Jimmy's Farm
Episode Date: January 31, 2022Join celebrity farmer, ecologist and conservationist, Jimmy Doherty, on his farm as he talks to eco-experts and well-known faces about trying to live a greener life.From bug burgers and sustainable fo...otball clubs, to viagra honey and foraging fungi, Jimmy’s new weekly podcast will cover all things ecology.Hear Jimmy chat to guests like his old friend Jamie Oliver, ecopreneur Eshita Kabra-Davies, the Eden Project's Sir Tim Smit, BOSH!, Dale Vince, Bez from the Happy Mondays... and many more.A new episode will drop every Thursday.Subscribe to On Jimmy's Farm from History Hit - https://podfollow.com/1606172296
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have you had an existential crisis while taking out the recycling do you look at your shopping
and wonder if you should be growing it yourself and why is everyone banging on about saving the
bees if so then don't worry because you are not alone i've been there too too. I'm Jimmy Doherty, TV presenter, farmer and conservationist.
And on my new podcast on Jimmy's Farm, I sit down with well-known faces and the smartest green minds
around to learn how they try and sometimes fail to be kinder to the planet and live closer to
nature. People like Sir Tim Smith, the founder of the Eden Project. It is only people who don't
know what they're doing that can do marvellous things in some areas
because received wisdom will sometimes,
you'll talk yourself out of it
if you've got lots of people who've done it before.
Ecopreneur Ashita Kabri-Davies
on why renting our clothes might be the future.
You know, you might feel great about yourself
because you did a wardrobe clear out
and you donated things to charity shops,
but 90% of those donations are
completely worthless and they're sent to landfills in Asian and African countries. Bears from the
happy Mondays on his beehive empire. I put up with this feisty queen for quite a long time
and got some horrific stingings from it and attacked by the bees and now that would never
happen to me because I know what to do and how to deal with it.
And my good pal Jamie Oliver on how to eat in season.
I remember you bringing your first book round.
How many books have you done now?
25.
How have you done 25 books?
I don't know.
I mean, you have books like you have kids.
I hope not.
Expect rambling chats, less than green confessions and potty training cows.
Yet I am not joking. Apparently it's helping with pollution. Expect rambling chats, less than green confessions and potty training cows.
Yeah, I am not joking.
Apparently it's helping with pollution.
So grab yourself a coffee in a reusable cup, ideally, and join me on Jimmy's farm.
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