Philip Boucher Hayes

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3,375 appearances 85 recordings 1 series first heard Jul 2026 last heard 6 Aug

Philip Boucher Hayes’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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Recordings per month over the last 12 months — 85 in all, peaking in Jul 2026 with 58.

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Today with David McCullagh · 'Climateflation': Europe warns of the impact of climate crisis on range of produce · 5 Aug 2026 podcast

What's happening to potatoes in the ground with these soil moisture deficits? voice-verified

So what are you getting out of the ground, Mick? voice-verified

I mean, is it raisins or are they just smaller and harder? voice-verified

But what about things like carrots and broccoli, which are grown in fields that are very often not in a position to be irrigated? voice-verified

Because something really interesting ends up happening here, doesn't it? voice-verified

That if our winters or springs are incredibly wet, it is really hard for growers to get out into the fields and to plant or to sow. voice-verified

So they're losing maybe three or four weeks out of a growing year. voice-verified

And then drought, as is increasingly common in places like Spain that we're really dependent on, is also shortening their growing season by three, four, maybe five weeks. voice-verified

So you're looking at periods of six or up to two months in duration in which things that we expect to see on our supermarket shelves are voice-verified

are just not going to be there or will have been grown in places like the Netherlands at an incredibly elevated cost. voice-verified

Whiplash weather, as the forecasters call it. voice-verified

Okay, stay on the line there, Mick. voice-verified

I want to bring in Una Niamh Wrynn at this point. voice-verified

If Mick refers to himself with false modesty as a hack grower, Una at Beach Lawn Organic Farm in Ballinasloe is definitely absolutely professional. voice-verified

Herself and her husband, Porrig, grow a wide variety of vegetables outdoors, but it is getting increasingly hard. voice-verified

Una, good morning. voice-verified

How are you? voice-verified

Good. voice-verified

I'm glad because, frankly, anybody in the business of food production needs every little bit of moral support that they can get. voice-verified

These problems didn't just begin yesterday or the day before, though, did it? voice-verified

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