7: Talking hunting, wild food and conservation at the UK's biggest hunting festival

We recorded this episode live at the 2024 Game Fair at Blenheim Palace, where Richard Prideaux wandered around holding a sign on a stick and invited the public, wild food celebrities and official representatives to be our guest for a few minutes.

Over two days talked with dozens of people about wild food, the relevance of the Game Fair to British conservation and land management - and to ask them to put into words exactly what it is that they love so much about this celebration of the British countryside.

In this selection of interviews you will hear from a gamekeeper, a cookery teacher, the owner of an iconic clothing brand, a celebrity hedge layer, a fieldsports photographer, shooting sports influencers and many more - each as passionate as the last.

There is a longer version of this epiosde over on our Patreon - including some extra clips and bbehind-the-scenes content. You can find out more here: https://www.patreon.com/wildfoodpeople

We went to the Game Fair expecting a broad spread of answers - but what we came away with was an unprompted consensus about the importance of wild sourced food and community.

We had a fantastic time creating this episode - and it has been a mammoth undertaking with hours and hours of content to go through.

Hopefully the finished product paints a picture of what the Game Fair is all about - even if it surprises you a little.

If you would like to find out more about any of the interviewees or their brands/organisations we have included links below (in the order that you hear them on the show).

Links

- Wild Food People on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook - @wildfoodpeople
- Support the Wild Food People podcast on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/wildfoodpeople
- About Wild Food People - https://wildfoodpeople.co.uk/about/
- Attend a course with Wild Food People - https://wildfoodpeople.co.uk/courses
- Get in touch with us - https://wildfoodpeople.co.uk/contact-us/
- Richard on Instagram and Twitter - @richprideaux
- Amy on Instagram and Twitter - @agreenoutdoors

-Louisa Clutterbuck - Eat Wild - https://www.eatwild.co/
-Mark Taylor - Three Valleys and Llanforda shoots - https://www.llanforda.co.uk/
-Tom - Thomas Jacks - https://thomasjacks.co.uk/
-Richard Negus - https://www.richardnegus.co.uk/
-Becka – Hayles Fruit Farm - https://www.haylesfruitfarm.co.uk/
-Oliver Massy-Birch – Fortis Clothing - https://fortisclothing.co.uk/
-Andy Tarrant – Tarrant Refrigeration / Game Larder - https://gamelarder.com/
-Geoff Garrod - https://www.geoffgarrod.co.uk/
-Jonathan – Cheshire Gun Room - https://www.cheshiregunroom.com/
-Sam Hargreaves – Tweedl - https://tweedl.com/
-Joe Mann – Queen’s College Taunton - https://www.queenscollege.org.uk/
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