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Kate Cotterill

Kate Cotterill

Sep 12, 2026

3:37
And so I said to
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her, listen, as a favor, because you're a friend, I'm going to go away, I'll do some market research for you and just see what the opportunity looks like.
3:44
And because Lucy is the creative brain in the business, so she's an amazing grower, growing expert, also takes our stunning photography that people can see on our Instagram and website, but she's not the sort of business end as such.
3:57
That's very much my territory.
3:59
I came back to her and said, Lucy, there's a massive opportunity here.
4:03
Organics growing hugely, people caring what they're putting into their bodies.
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People have been growing the same orange carrot for ages and ages and want something new and exciting.

30 MINS LATER

33:59
Talk to me about your crowdfunding experience and why you chose to
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Yeah.
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And so we've worked with one of our artisan growers in Japan to bring two brand-new varieties to the UK.
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One's called Hot Stuff, and one's called Cool Beans.
46:01
And y- the names kind of give it away, don't they? But the, you know, Cool Beans is perhaps a bit more traditional and is absolutely, uh, cold tolerant and delicious as well until really late as well.

8 MINS LATER

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Yeah.
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Um, um, because they are true to type.
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They're open pollinated.
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They are as n- nature intended.

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