Hey, it's Guy here. So, if you've rushed into a supermarket, you know, grab some vegetables,

maybe some meat, went home, threw all of it all together, then moved on to like the 10 other things

you do, like every other night. But what happens if you actually stopped to think about how all

that food got there? Or why you made the choices you made? Well, today's episode is all about

taking the time to explore our deep connection with food. This episode originally aired in November

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I'm Guy Rars. So, how did everyone do it this week? Should we just eat? Well,

we're very good on routes. So, we can do potatoes and root crops and carrots and

rhubarb, the salad crops, the beetroots and the onions and the leeks and all manner of things.

This is Pam Warhurst, by the way. I'm a mum that comes from Todmorden, which is a small town

in West Yorkshire. Todd Morden. Todmorden is in the north of England. T-O-D-M-O-R-D-E-N.

And it turns out it's one of the best places to be. We're great on soft fruit. Just a little bit hungry.

So, we're great on raspberries and black currants and white currants and

Logan berries and strawberries and all sorts of other crops herbs and kale and you name it.

Beans, we do a lot of beans, edible flowers and all sorts of things.

We're pretty good for apples and pears. We can even grow melons and aubergines. So, yeah,

there's no shortage of great things. All that stuff grows in cold, grey and rainy

Todmorden. And when we see in Todmorden, well, you walk down the middle of the town,

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