The Farmers Guardian podcast special: Bake Off Star and Farm Fest ambassador Mike Greenwood-Wilkins - "The farm is a proper family set up"

Showcasing British farming on TV's most popular baking show, the Great British Bake Off, arable farmer Mike Greenwood-Wilkins speaks to digital editor Emily Ashworth about educating the public, the lack of Government support and the solidarity of his family unit

Emily Ashworth
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The Farmers Guardian podcast special: Bake Off Star and Farm Fest ambassador Mike Greenwood-Wilkins - "The farm is a proper family set up"

With a passion for communicating farming's message, The Great British Bake Off star and farmer Mike Greenwood-Wilkins talks about his family farm, his new farm shop venture that will hopefully be his legacy and how baking cakes landed him on a prime-time TV show. 

As the first farmer to appear on Bake Off, Mike Greenwood-Wilkins managed to bring farming to the masses. In this special, Mike talks about his family arable farm and getting funding for a new farm shop which will be his legacy, Government support - or lack of - and, of course, shouting about farming on the nation's favourite baking programme.


 

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