Guest: Chris Rumming from Lydiard Turkeys 

Host: Alex Dye, FarmED’s Public Engagement Coordinator and resident entomologist

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In Episode 1 of this brand new series, Chris Rumming talks to Alex about high welfare turkeys, different breeds (White vs Bronze), game hanging, turkey anecdotes and how farming turkeys has helped Chris to make connections with customers and help them to connect with their purchasing of food through selling direct. Plus, you’ll hear how farming turkeys has given Chris the financial freedom to do environmental work. There’s also some tips on how to decipher turkey ‘chatter’, how to entertain a turkey, and of course some recipe tips for a perfect Christmas turkey roast! 

About FarmED: FarmED is a living textbook of regenerative farming, on a 107 acre demonstration farm in the Cotswolds, a place for learning, meeting and eating. 

www.farm-ed.co.uk. 

About Lydiard Turkeys: Lydiard Turkeys and pop-up farm shop, is run by Chris and Lindsay Rumming on the family farm near Swindon.  They are passionate about high animal welfare, great tasting meat and nature friendly farming.

For more information and a full transcript, visit: https://www.farm-ed.co.uk/news/53/the-return-of-the-farmed-podcast (https://www.farm-ed.co.uk/news/53/the-return-of-the-farmed-podcast)