Inside the Pod

by PGRO

"Inside the Pod" is the first podcast from the Processors and Growers Research Organisation (PGRO), where we talk everything pulses, from peas and beans to pulses, what they are, how we grow them, and how to get the best out of your crop.

Podcast episodes

  • Season 1

  • Supply Chain Focus: Morrow

    Supply Chain Focus: Morrow

    In this Supply Chain Focus edition of Inside the Pod, Matt Webster speaks to Anna-Sophie Deetjen, co-founder of Morrow, a company who's venture into a pulse-based coffee is looking to secure the future of coffee and save the environment.

  • Supply Chain Focus: Novo Farina

    Supply Chain Focus: Novo Farina

    In this Supply Chain Focus edition of Inside the Pod, Matt Webster speaks to Emily Williams, Managing Director of Novo Farina, about their company - the only UK manufacturer with the capabilities to develop extruded, texturised pea protein using only yellow peas.

  • PGRO Vining Pea Open 2024

    PGRO Vining Pea Open 2024

    In this episode of Inside the Pod, Matt Webster visits the PGRO's Vining Pea Open Day and speaks to Dr Chris Judge about the day and the trials that are being conducted at the site.

  • The NCS Project - One Year On

    The NCS Project - One Year On

    In this special episode of Inside the Pod, Ben Pike speaks to a variety of guests who have all had significant involvement in the NCS Project - PGRO CEO Roger Vickers, Dr Becky Howard, BOFIN founder Tom Allen-Stevens, and Michael Carpenter from Kelvin Cave. This episode takes a look back at the NCS Project one year on from its launch, looking at the developments we've seen with the project in the last year, but also looking ahead to the project's future.

  • Cheese from Peas - The Latest Product in Dairy Alternatives

    Cheese from Peas - The Latest Product in Dairy Alternatives

    In this episode, Emily Scaife speaks to Dr Vincenzo Di Bari, Assistant Professor in Food and Processing at the University of Nottingham, and Cesar Torres, Founder and CEO of The Good Pulse Company, about their alternative protein research exploring using peas to make sustainable plant-based cheese.