You're about to listen to a BBC podcast and I'd like to tell you a bit about the

podcast I work on. I'm Dan Clark and I commissioned factual podcasts at the BBC.

It's a massive area but I'd sum it up as stories to help us make sense of the forces shaping the world.

What podcasting does is give us the space and the time to take brilliant BBC journalism

and tell amazing compelling stories that really get behind the headlines.

And what I get really excited about is when we find a way of drawing you into a subject

you might not even have thought you were interested in.

Whether it's investigations, science, tech, politics, culture, true crime, the environment,

you can always discover more with a podcast on BBC Sounds.

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Hello, you're listening to the food program.

It's Dan Saladino here.

Sometimes when I make a program, it leaves me determined to make a big change in my life and this

is one of those programs. This addition brought me into contact with people who have

amazing knowledge and experience in finding and processing wild foraged foods.

I now really want to learn those skills. But these wild food experts also had something else

beyond their skills and knowledge.

They also have a deep connection with nature.

That has given me a lot to think about.

Perhaps most importantly, making this program has reinforced an idea about food that has become increasingly important to me over the years and that's how complex and how interconnected everything is nature, biodiversity, planetary health, and our own health.

So I hope you not only enjoy this program,

but that it makes you want to take a step into the wild.

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