{"podcast":{"title":"R2Kast - People in Food and Farming/All In","slug":"r2kast-people-in-food-and-farming-all-in-6734636","podcast_index_feed_id":6734636,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/65885e0cfa5a340016e3e287","website_url":"https://Facebook.com/RURAL2KITCHEN/","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/65885e0cfa5a340016e3e287/1764772431493-95ca55a0-ea3b-4956-9c99-8c79411c3bc9.jpeg","author":"Wallace Currie","episode_count":467,"summary":"Brought to you from Rural2Kitchen. The podcast where agricultural minds open up. Sponsored primarily by Howden Rural Insurance as well as the Scottish Farmer Follow us on all platforms here - https://linktr.ee/rural2kitchen To get in touch email rural2kitchen@gmail.com Complete this survey to help out the show! Thank you so much - https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeBDRnGerPw2w-nNBT6st4wCI2ldi4OZPrIIrJ-_rsRWCKq1A/viewform?usp=sf_link Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-14T08:19:23.897985+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/r2kast-people-in-food-and-farming-all-in-6734636"},"episode":{"title":"R2Kast 420 – Matt Smee on Agricology, market gardening and knowledge exchange","slug":"r2kast-420-matt-smee-on-agricology-market-gardening-and-knowledge-exchange","published_at":"2026-03-27T19:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/r2kast-people-in-food-and-farming-all-in-6734636/r2kast-420-matt-smee-on-agricology-market-gardening-and-knowledge-exchange","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/r2kast-people-in-food-and-farming-all-in-6734636","url":"https://shows.acast.com/r2kast/episodes/r2kast-420-matt-smee-on-agricology-market-gardening-and-know","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/65885e0cfa5a340016e3e287/e/69beb72e7878605e11df3a59/media.mp3","summary":"Today we welcome Matt Smee to the R2Kast 🎙️ Head of Agricology, a free knowledge hub bringing together practical information for farmers, growers and researchers across the food system. 🌾 We spoke about Matt’s journey into agriculture, starting in international development in Burma and Thailand before returning to the UK to explore farming hands on. That led into over a decade running small scale organic market gardens, building veg box schemes, supplying restaurants and developing food products, while navigating the financial realities of making that model work long term. The conversation then moved into Agricology. What it actually is, how the platform brings together information from across different farming approaches, and why avoiding labels and focusing on practical outcomes matters. Matt explained how the organisation has evolved into an independent charity, how it’s funded, and the challenge of keeping knowledge free, accessible and useful for farmers. We also discussed knowledge exchange more broadly. Turning research into something practical, identifying gaps in information, and creating content that farmers can actually use on farm. The discussion covered everything from technical guides and on farm trials through to the role of collaboration, mentorship and learning from others across the sector. Enjoy! 🙂 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"Today we welcome Matt Smee to the R2Kast 🎙️ Head of Agricology, a free knowledge hub bringing together practical information for farmers, growers and rese…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3509,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/r2kast-people-in-food-and-farming-all-in-6734636/episodes/r2kast-420-matt-smee-on-agricology-market-gardening-and-knowledge-exchange/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/r2kast-people-in-food-and-farming-all-in-6734636/r2kast-420-matt-smee-on-agricology-market-gardening-and-knowledge-exchange.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}