Dispatches from the grassroots: Farmerama and the new wave of food media
Written by Kieran Morris from the Guardian
The Farmerama Radio team is leading a surge of podcasts and independent magazines examining the politics and culture of food
The trio behind the award-winning podcast, Farmerama Radio, have spent a lot of the past year thinking about coronavirus. On the day we met, it was at the forefront of their minds: founders Abby Rose and Jo Barratt both have family on the other side of the world; and Katie Revell, their co-producer, had just spent seven days in isolation.
And yet, in the depths of lockdown, the Farmerama team released two investigative audio series, to untangle the complex and contradictory challenges of feeding Britain after the pandemic. “We set out to embody the national experience of lockdown,” says Barratt.
If we can get people to ask questions about the roots of their food, we’re a step closer to the future we want to build
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Written by Kieran Morris from the Guardian
The Farmerama Radio team is leading a surge of podcasts and independent magazines examining the politics and culture of food
The trio behind the award-winning podcast, Farmerama Radio, have spent a lot of the past year thinking about coronavirus. On the day we met, it was at the forefront of their minds: founders Abby Rose and Jo Barratt both have family on the other side of the world; and Katie Revell, their co-producer, had just spent seven days in isolation.
And yet, in the depths of lockdown, the Farmerama team released two investigative audio series, to untangle the complex and contradictory challenges of feeding Britain after the pandemic. “We set out to embody the national experience of lockdown,” says Barratt.
If we can get people to ask questions about the roots of their food, we’re a step closer to the future we want to build
Continue reading...
Since you’re here …
… we have a small favour to ask. More people are reading the Guardian than ever but advertising revenues across the media are falling fast. And unlike many news organisations, we haven’t put up a paywall – we want to keep our journalism as open as we can. So you can see why we need to ask for your help. The Guardian’s independent, investigative journalism takes a lot of time, money and hard work to produce. But we do it because we believe our perspective matters – because it might well be your perspective, too.
If everyone who reads our reporting, who likes it, helps fund it, our future would be much more secure. Support the Guardian – it only takes a minute. Thank you.