Vocal About Local
Vocal About Local is a podcast by Grown Not Flown. It's all about celebrating local - local farmers, local produce, local communities. Join us as we interview a really diverse range of guests from lots of different industries with the aim to cross pollinate information, and share knowledge and stories so we can all grow together.
Episodes
26 episodes since 2023
QUICK FIVE with Kimberley Furness - celebrating regional and rural women and their businesses
This is a non-hostile takeover - while you're regular podcast hosts are away, Nikki is coming out to play... well, maybe not play, but to host a mini-series called the QUICK FIVE - as part of this series Nikki will ask her guests 5 quick questi...
May 10, 2024
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27:14
QUICK FIVE with Nadine Brown - we chat business, sustainability, floristry and flowers
This is a non-hostile takeover - while you're regular podcast hosts are away, Nikki is coming out to play... well, maybe not play, but to host a random little mini-series called the QUICK FIVE - as part of this series Nikki will ask her guests ...
May 01, 2024
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22:07
Not "Just a Farmer" - meet Leila McDougall the farmer turned film maker tackling on-farm mental health through both storytelling and film
Having grown up on a farm Leila McDougall finished school, and headed straight to the big city lights of Sydney to study fashion design. Home on the farm was never far from her thoughts though with fashion being a pathway brought about from yea...
April 24, 2024
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1:09:00
Living Our Values - Sustainable floristry and supporting locally grown flowers with Ellen Douglas from Botany Melbourne
Having recently collaborated with Grown Not Flown and collected a Bronze Medal at the 2024 Melbourne Flower and Garden Show with a sustainable exhibit that ended with only 1 small piece of plastic from some chicken wire being the only thing to ...
April 17, 2024
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1:00:16
Award winning honey and Australian grown Juniper - Meet Lucy from Australian High Country Honey
In this weeks episode we chat with Lucy Vincent who along with partner Bruce, runs Australian High Country Honey. Lucy's family farm was purchased in 1976 & has been subject to sustainable farming practices in order to improve the l...
April 10, 2024
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59:04
"Meat" Jacob Wolki - Regenerative Farmer and Unstaffed 24/7 Butcher Shop Owner.
Jacob Wolki and his namesake Wolki Farm describes itself as the connector between the conscientious consumer and quality produce. Its safe to say that Jacob and his family have been on quite the journey over the last decades, broug...
April 03, 2024
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1:08:23
Permaculture with Hannah Maloney from Gardening Australia
Hannah Maloney has perhaps the most enviable job in the world - and she knows it - as a presenter on Gardening Australia which she calls a "dream gig". Hannah's journey to the small screen however started in, inner city Brisbane wh...
March 27, 2024
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Season 3
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Episode 1
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48:31
"I'll never forget that - I cried then too"- Business Lessons with Katie Arena from Little Lyndoch Flower Farm and The Queens Quarters
There are lots of pretty instagram accounts - but one that stands out more than most is Little Lyndoch Flower Farm. But it didn't start instantly with pretty flowers and a landscaped flower farm.In this week's episode we ar...
February 14, 2024
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Season 2
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Episode 9
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1:01:08
Supplying one of the 50 best restaurants in the world - Meet Jodi Clarke from Great Ocean Ducks
It's not often we get to chat with someone whose website banner includes the words "where to find G.O.D" but here we are. Jodi Clarke and husband Greg run Great Ocean Ducks (G.O.D) from their property situated near one of the...
February 07, 2024
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Season 2
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Episode 8
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47:08
Garbage Eating Flies and Australian Grown Coffee - Meet Dr Olivia Reynolds - AgriFutures Australia Emerging Industries Senior Manager
AgriFutures Australia is essentially a Research and Development organisation whose intent is assisting and serving the needs of Australia's rural communities. Their aim is to do this by delivering research and innovation that aims to give Austr...
January 31, 2024
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Season 2
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Episode 7
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53:28
PART 2...Continued with Georgie Newbery of Common Farm Flowers - Flower Farmer. Florist. Business Coach and Youtube Sensation
If you think of a successful multi faceted flower farm business; it's hard to look past the passionate and vivacious Georgie Newbery.Having what she describes as a "portfolio life" Georgie has lived in Paris, previously working for Amer...
January 24, 2024
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Season 2
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Episode 6
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1:02:49
PART 1 - Meet Georgie Newbery of Common Farm Flowers - Flower Farmer. Florist. Business Coach and Youtube Sensation
If you think of a successful multi faceted flower farm business; it's hard to look past the passionate and vivacious Georgie Newbery. Having what she describes as a "portfolio life" Georgie has lived in Paris, previously working for Ame...
January 17, 2024
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Season 2
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Episode 5
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52:08
Are you Gin curious?... Meet Josh from Garden Street Gin Club - Williamstown - VIC, Australia
In 2010 there were 10 domestic gins on the market in Australia. Fast forward to today and there are now over 500 independent gin distilleries with Australia having seen an exponential rise in local gin makers.Gin is known as a refreshin...
January 10, 2024
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Season 2
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Episode 4
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52:58
Meet Sonia and Stuart - Award winning Lavender and Bush Food producers from Chin Chin Farm - Chintin - VIC, Aus
Sonia and Stu are the husband and wife behind Chin Chin Farm in Chintin, VIC. The award winning farm is a regeneration success story with Sonia and Stu originally realising that they had bought a "capeweed farm".Over the last fe...
December 20, 2023
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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1:12:55
Meet Mirza from Nice Rice - Riverina, NSW, Aus
Developed by a group of local, visionary growers, Nice Rice has evolved to become a leading grower, miller and seller of rice in Australia. With a rich family history in the heartland of Australian rice growing, the New South Wales ...
December 13, 2023
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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1:05:48
Meet Tom from sustainable florist Florage Tasmania and the Tasmanian Hamper Co - Launceston, TAS
Andre and Tom escaped corporate life in Hong Kong and took ownership of Florage Launceston in early 2022. Which just so happened to come along with a thriving hamper company - The Tasmanian Hamper Co. Covid, lockdowns, separation from fam...
December 06, 2023
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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1:03:53
Meet Tom Robinson from Goolwa Pipi Co - SA, Australia
It’s no secret that in some parts of the world, fisheries vacuum the seabed to harvest shellfish. Whilst it might be economically efficient, it lacks a sense of connection and thats before we even look into the ethics of it. The folks at ...
November 01, 2023
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Season 1
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Episode 10
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1:13:19
Meet Monica from Lard Ass - Victoria, Australia
Lard Ass was founded by Monica Cavarsan, a dairy farmer’s daughter who grew up in Western Victoria, Aus surrounded by the creamy goodness of fresh milk and churned butter. Proud of her Italian heritage where food was grown and sourced l...
October 25, 2023
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Season 1
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Episode 9
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1:10:20
The infamous goats cheese that has been compared to crack - Meet Julie from Meredith Dairy - Victoria, Australia
Julie Cameron and husband Sandy are the producers behind the famous Meredith Dairy. A household name in Australia, Meredith Dairy has roots in Sheep Farming, but in 1991 the economic climate meant they had to pivot into producing cheese...
October 18, 2023
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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1:17:43
Meet Maggie from Deva Cacao - NSW, Australia
Deva Cacao makes one of the only tempered raw chocolates in Australia, and the first that is naturally sweetened with the medicinal powers of 100% raw Australian honey! That's right....no sugar is added other than that from bush honey. ...
October 13, 2023
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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57:21
Meet Josh and Tony from Tasmanian Oyster Company - Tasmania, Australia
The company we now know as the Tasmanian Oyster Company has roots that date back to 1979 and produce sustainable, organic, gold medal winning oysters.A vertically integrated company, Tasmanian Oyster Co oversees every aspect of oyster f...
October 04, 2023
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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1:06:11
Meet Brendan from Gamze Smokehouse - Victoria, Australia
Gamze Smokehouse, is a family owned and operated business in Wangaratta, Victoria that has a passion for good quality and locally made food. Originally from Slovenia, Felix Gamze opened a retail butchers shop back in 1986 whe...
September 27, 2023
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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1:13:12
Changing the world, one crumpet at a time - Meet Merna from Crumpets by Merna - New South Wales, Australia
With a love for locally sourced produce and years of cooking in Sydney’s restaurants, self proclaimed "crumpet dealer" Merna, combined her love for good ingredients and passion for cooking to create "Crumpets by Merna."Inspired by her br...
September 20, 2023
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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53:46
Meet Mardi from QC Flower Farm & Sally from Pepperberry Flora - Victoria, Australia
Flower Farmer and florist…. a match made in heaven? This week we are joined by two guests; one flower farmer and one florist who have mastered the art of working collaboratively to benefit all parties; themselves; their clients and the en...
September 13, 2023
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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1:09:58
Meet "the Russell Coight of mushrooms" - Dean from Tunnel Hill Mushrooms - Tasmania, Australia
This week we sit down for a conversation with Dean Smith from Tunnell Hill Mushrooms. Dean is a passionate mushroom grower in the foothills of Mt Rumney, just outside Hobart, Tasmania who has be...
September 06, 2023
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Season 1
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Episode 2
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1:08:01