Episodes

  • S5 Episode 6 | The Rural Youth Europe Awards 2024

    S5 Episode 6 | The Rural Youth Europe Awards 2024
    Dec 20 2024
    In our final episode of 2024, Dan is joined by all the winners of this year’s Rural Youth Europe Awards, which aim to showcase the very best of rural youth across Europe. Hear from the team from Landjugend Schwoich who were responsible for this year’s Project of the Year - See Agriculture, Taste Agriculture, Experience Agriculture. Dan also chats to Teele Tõnisson from Estonian 4H, this year’s Inspirational Person of the Year, as well as Joanne Malone and Catriona Bourke, from Castlebar Macra na Feirme, this year’s Inspirational Club of the Year.
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    37 mins
  • S5 Episode 5 | The European Rally 2024

    S5 Episode 5 | The European Rally 2024
    Aug 16 2024
    Care to stay. Dare to change. We are at the 2024 European Rally in Voore, Estonia, hosted by Estonian 4H. Dan chats to the Estonian prep team and participants throughout the course of the week, which aims to develop our entrepreneurial mindsets. We also discuss the week’s theme with Kerli Ats, CEO of Estonian Farmers Federation and Katrīne Leitāne, member ... Read More
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    39 mins
  • S5 Episode 4 | The COCOREADO Legacy

    S5 Episode 4 | The COCOREADO Legacy
    Jul 22 2024
    In this final COCOREADO special of Rural Voices, Dan chats to COCOREADO ambassador Peter Schön from Austria about his COCOREADO experience, how it has impacted his farming business and his hopes for the future of the project. To find out more about the project and the food system innovator toolkit, go to the COCOREADO website: https://cocoreado.eu
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    19 mins
  • S5 Episode 3 | Rural Youth Work 101

    S5 Episode 3 | Rural Youth Work 101
    Jun 25 2024
    We are back at the European Youth Centre in Budapest for our 2024 Study Session entitled ‘Rural Youth Work 101’. In collaboration with the Council of Europe Youth Department, we brought together 35 participants from across our member organisations to exchange ideas, experiences and knowledge in relation to resilient rural youth work. Dan chats to the participants, prep team members, Course Director Martin Siemen and Eva Kotnik, member of the Advisory Council of Youth at the Council of Europe.
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    50 mins
  • S5 Episode 2 | COCOREADO Final Conference

    S5 Episode 2 | COCOREADO Final Conference
    Jun 7 2024
    We are at the final conference of the COCOREADO Project in Brussels which is an opportunity to present the results that the project has obtained over the last few years. In this episode, Dan chats to Project Coordinator Tessa Avermaete from KU Leuven, Mikelis Grivins from the Baltic Studies Centre, Marko Debeljak from the Jozef Stefan Instituteand Tomás da Cruz ... Read More
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    30 mins
  • S5 Episode 1 | COCOREADO Policy Workshop

    S5 Episode 1 | COCOREADO Policy Workshop
    Feb 15 2024
    In this episode, Dan attends our policy workshop as part of the COCOREADO project. We have bought together policy makers from EU institutions as well as COCOREADO project partners and ambassadors, to discuss and highlight the work of COCOREADO, as well as unveil our new project policy brief: “Empowering young citizens involvement towards sustainable food systems”. Dan chats to Tomás da Cruz Machado, COCOREADO Project Manager, Ricard Ramon from DG Agri, Lisa Van Den Bossche from ILVO and Carlo Celis, a COCOREADO ambassador.
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    28 mins
  • S4 Episode 6 | The Autumn Seminar 2023

    S4 Episode 6 | The Autumn Seminar 2023
    Jan 12 2024
    Healthy youth workers - healthy youth. We are looking back at the 2023 Autumn Seminar hosted by Umbrella in Georgia. Dan chats to three members of the prep team - Doglas, Nikoloz and Anja - who take a look back at their highlights of the week, as well as the event’s theme of health as a human right. We also hear from participants from England, Slovenia, Wales, Austria, Norway and Northern Ireland.
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    20 mins
  • S4 Episode 5 | The Rural Youth Europe Awards 2023

    S4 Episode 5 | The Rural Youth Europe Awards 2023
    Dec 18 2023
    As 2023 comes to an end, we’re taking a look back over the past year and chatting to the winners of this year’s Rural Youth Europe Awards! Our annual awards aim to showcase the very best of our member organisations. In this episode, Dan chats to Linda, Roberts and Kitija from Latvian 4H who were involved in ‘Give Way to Youth’, which won this year’s ‘Project of the Year’. Dan also chats to Sian Healey from Pontfaen Young Farmers in Wales, this year’s ‘Inspirational Club of the Year’, as well as Ragnhild Eriksen from Norwegian Rural Youth who won this year’s ‘Inspirational Person of the Year’.
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    35 mins