The Poultry Network Podcast

The Poultry Network Podcast

Welcome to The Poultry Network Podcast, hosted by Tom Woolman and Tom Willings — your insider guide to the UK’s poultry meat and egg production sectors. From farm to fork, we bring you expert insights, latest trends, and stories that shape the food on our plates.

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June 18, 2025 16 mins

In this episode, Tom Willings and Tom Woolman are joined by Richard Griffiths, Chief Executive of the British Poultry Council (BPC) – the UK trade association for poultry meat producers, including chicken, turkey, duck and goose.

Richard offers insights into his career, which began in mining engineering before he transitioned to the poultry sector nearly two decades ago.

He reflects on how the industry has changed dramatically and wh...

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Welcome to The Poultry Network Podcast, hosted by Tom Woolman and Tom Willings — your insider guide to the UK’s poultry meat and egg production industry. 

From farm to fork, we bring you expert insights, latest trends, and stories that shape the sector. 

Whether you’re a farmer, processor, or simply passionate about poultry, this podcast is your go-to source for all things poultry in the UK.

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PART two of this edition of the Sustainability Podcast sees Tom, Teun and Nick delve into the topic of white-egg laying hens. 

In just two years, white eggs have left behind the ‘processing egg’ tag and become a feature of the supermarket fixture nationwide, now occupying a 12% share of the UK laying flock. 

In a more relaxed discussion, the three explain how white and brown eggs differ from the shopper’s pe...

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In the first of a two-part episode of the Sustainability Hub podcast, Tom is joined by two respected poultry experts from Hendrix Genetics, a leading company involved in multi-species animal breeding. 

In their most recent projections, Rabobank forecast demand for poultry and eggs to grow by 22% in the next decade, outpacing every other livestock sector.

From Teun van de Braak and Nick Bailey, we learn ...

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Discussing their mission to help transform agriculture through the discoveries and developments of science-led research, Dr Fiona Short and Paddy Tarbuck, Innovation Leads at UK Agri-Tech Centre, joined Tom in the studio for another edition of the Sustainability Hub podcast. 

We hear how the UK Agri-Tech Centre was created, learn about the kind of support and the facilities on offer to the food and farming ind...

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Trouw Nutrition have a clear mission; to feed the future. 

And they’re leaving no stone unturned in their quest to balance the limited resources of nature with the increasingly complex demands of a growing population. 

Part of the Nutreco group of companies, Trouw Nutrition have developed not one but a whole suite of environmental footprinting tools to aid agrifood supply chains to understand the emissions a...

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In the very first episode of the Poultry.Network Sustainability Hub Podcast, Tom Willings speaks with Tim Burnside, Global Vice President for Welfare, Sustainability and Compliance at Aviagen Group. 

The Sustainability Hub was established by Poultry Network to showcase how every part of the poultry meat and egg production chain is working towards a more sustainable future. 

In a series of podcasts, our pione...

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