Shifting Cultures: From paddock to plate
The Documentary Podcast
BBC
4.3 • 2.7K Ratings
🗓️ 26 April 2022
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
On Queensland’s Western Downs the Penfold family, Dan, Karen and their four daughters run 40,000 hectares of beef cattle. The farm has been in the family for four generations and with no sons, it is now the girls who will take over the family business and stay on the land. But they plan to do it differently, embracing the shifting cultures of 21st Century agricultural life; caring for the environment, international trade and sustainability.
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| 0:00.0 | I had this secret. I robbed banks in my spare time. |
| 0:06.3 | Lives less ordinary from the BBC World Service. |
| 0:09.6 | This is not a good thing to do because police are after you. |
| 0:14.9 | Find out more at the end of this podcast. |
| 0:24.1 | I'm in the heart of Sydney at my local supermarket |
| 0:27.1 | and I've just arrived in the meat aisle. |
| 0:29.2 | What am I going to have tonight? |
| 0:33.2 | Stay, sausages, maybe mince. |
| 0:36.7 | It's all neatly wrapped in plastic on trays. |
| 0:40.2 | Labelled 100% Australian beef. |
| 0:44.5 | But I've never really thought much about where this meat comes from. |
| 0:50.9 | Hello, I'm Ros Bluert reporting for the BBC World Service |
| 0:54.9 | and ABC Radio National for shifting cultures. |
| 0:58.5 | Taileds from Australia about changing relationship to nature and the environment. |
| 1:03.5 | And today I'm heading to Queensland to find out more about this beef. |
| 1:09.5 | Do you wish to put your asses in? |
| 1:11.5 | The Penfold family who found their for generations supply this supermarket chain. |
| 1:17.5 | But despite recent hard times, they're increasing their production |
| 1:22.5 | as all four daughters are keen to stay on the land. |
| 1:26.5 | Well, I've got to think differently. |
| 1:28.5 | They can't think, oh well, I'll do exactly the same as Dad did. |
| 1:31.5 | Because that's 30 years ago. |
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