Series 4 Episode 3 - Howard Msukwa Interview

In this edition I interview Howard Msukwa, a rice farmer from Malawi. He is a member of the Kaporo Smallholder Farmer Association in his local area and has been its chair in the past. He has also served as director of The National Smallholder Farmers Association of Malawi and served as its vice chair. Last year at Scottish Fair Trade's conference I was asked by True Origin to put some prepared questions to Howard about food behaviours and how it affected well being in his country. I'm grateful to True Origin in allowing me to use the recording for our podcast.

Howard has been over to Scotland on a number of occasions and is very good at networking and creating links between the two countries. On a previous occasion he met a farmer from Dumfriesshire who agreed to supply his cooperative with tools so that Howard could set up a workshop to train young people in maintenance. On this visit he met an organic farmer from Fife who was talking about sustainability. They were able to share ideas on how to improve farming techniques, though Howard did joke that our concept of a small farmer is much bigger than theirs.

This episode also brings back the dulcet tones of Josh Brown, the original creator of the Rainbow Turtle podcast. He set up and edited this interview with Howard and took over asking the questions when I had to leave the room for another commitment. If you would like to hear more from Josh, head over to our first series and look up episode 5. 

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