Abby Allen: The Farm Kitchen

About this episode

Gilly Smith interviews farming champion Abby Allen about her new book, The Farm Kitchen, and her work in creating a resilient food system.

This week, we’re back with farming champion, Abby Allen and her latest book, The Farm Kitchen. Abby was, until recently, the face of Piper’s Farm, the online farm shop which brought together the best farmers and producers in the South West. Her passion in creating a resilient food and farming system to food lovers across the Uk now comes from a new company, Pipers and co ,  run by Abby and husband Will which continues to build a network of farmers and producers who do the right thing by the soil, the planet, the animals and us. And all while she’s been growing a whole new human called Olivia. Gilly begins by finding out how the mothering is going. And if you like what you hear on this ad and sponsor free podcast, you can give a little back by clicking here to contribute a little something, or here to become a paid subscriber on Substack. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Host: Gilly

Guest: Abby Allen

Topics covered

• farming
• food
• sustainability
• cookbooks

Keywords

• Piper’s Farm
• Pipers and co
• Olivia
• recipe

Mentioned in this episode

Products: The Farm Kitchen

Books & works: The Farm Kitchen

Places: the South West, Uk

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