Food Done Right

About Food Done Right

Food Matters meets the people who are trying to reconnect us with real, healthy and sustainable food. With our food system causing huge problems for the health of people and planet, there’s a quiet revolution happening driven by passionate people in communities and food businesses around the world who want to do things differently – producing nutritious food in a way that doesn’t cost the earth. Food Matters tells their story. Join Mick Kelly, founder of GIY as he dives in to proper conversations with the most fascinating food producers, chefs, farmers, scientists, activists and other stakeholders across the food system touching on everything from the pitfalls of ultra-processed foods, food waste and pollution; seasonality, eating more plants, regenerative farming and so much more.. Only by understanding the full panorama of our food's journey can we cultivate a healthier, more sustainable food-future. Join the GIY movement across all social channels and please follow or subscribe to this podcast to continue these important conversations about global food health and sustainability.

Publisher

GIY

Category

arts · education · leisure

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

16 Nov 2021

Latest episode

15 Sept 2026

Latest episodes

60 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   15 Sept 2026

   The Lie of the Land: Ireland's Broken Food System

   John Gibbons is one of Ireland's best-known environmental commentators and a tireless voice on the big environmental issues of our time. John recently published a bestselling book called The Lie of the Land where he sets out in stark terms the effects that climate change will have on Ireland, while also putting forward a game plan for how we can avoid the worst of them, by reimagining the way we use the land. In this episode of Food Matters, John and Mick Kelly of GIY discuss some of th...

2. 

   19 Aug 2026

   Former Minister Pippa Hackett on trying to change Ireland’s food system

   Changing a country’s food system takes longer than an election cycle. In this episode of Food Matters, Mick Kelly speaks with organic farmer and former Minister of State Pippa Hackett about what it takes to pursue long-term change from inside government, and what happens when political momentum moves on. Pippa reflects on her time as a Green Party minister in the Department of Agriculture, where her responsibilities included biodiversity, land use, forestry, horticulture and organic farming. ...

3. 

   10 Jul 2026

   The small family farm that bet it all on organic

   What would make a conventional tillage farmer walk away from the type of farming he had always practised and start all over again? For Kevin Scully, founder of The Merry Mill organic farm & mill in County Laois, the turning point came in the cab of a tractor. After becoming unwell while spraying crops, he began questioning not only the chemicals he was using, but the economics of modern farming itself. Nearly 30 years later, Kevin has built Ireland's first organic gluten-free oat mill, pr...

Who has been a guest on Food Done Right

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Vincent Cleary
• Niall Sabongi
• Tom Keogh

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views

775,167

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

5 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

35 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 45 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

22

Social presence

0

YouTube

86

Engagement

85

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Guest appearances

Does not typically book guests

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