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Sowing Oats in Ceredigion

Dig Where You Stand

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Owen Shiers on saving Welsh black oats from extinction through poetry and song.

Singer Owen Shiers lives in Ceredigion in west Wales where he has found himself on a mission to save the ancient Welsh black oat from extinction.  During his research on the crop, he discovered the work of farmer poet Isgarn. Born in 1887, he was a chronicler of working the land.  Owen has set his poem 'Y Medelwr' - The Reaperman - to music and discusses its particular relevance to connecting with the land in 21st-century Wales.

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Produced by Helen Needham
Mixed by Ron McCaskill

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