Education and posts held:
Ysgol Gyfun Gymraeg Glantaf, Caerdydd/ Cardiff
Oxford University BA, Modern and Medieval Languages (French and German) – 1st Class (all papers)
Oxford University, PGCE (Modern Languages)
Wycliffe Bible Translators, Wales Team Leader/ Cydlynydd Cymru (2016 – 2021)
Baptist Union of Wales, Communications and Mission Officer (2021 – 2023)
Tir Glas, UWTSD Lampeter, Lecturer: Welsh Food Heritage and Culture (2023 onwards)
Mission Assist, Vice-Chair of Trustees
National Botanic Garden of Wales, volunteer (Welsh heritage apple project)
Bwyd Sir Gar Food Partnership, Chair (2023 onwards)
Books:
Apples of Wales (2018)
Afalau Cymru (2018)
Welsh Food Stories (2022)
Tir: The Tale of the Welsh landscape (March 2024)
Publications
“Y Cymry a’u bwyd: Thema yn hanes ein Llên”, Y Traethodydd, Hydref 2022
“Ysbryd Morgan a’r Meddwl Cymraeg”, Y Traethodydd, Gorffennaf 2021
“Beth yw Collapse yn Gymraeg?” O’r Pedwar Gwynt, Gaeaf 2021
“Pam na fu bwyd Cymru?” O’r Pedwar Gwynt, Gwanwyn 2022
“Myth y Tirwedd” O’r Pedwar Gwynt, Haf 2023
“A small farm future – could it happen in Wales?” Food Manifesto Wales and Resilience.org
As well as articles in The Guardian, Countryfile, Ecologist Magazine, BBC online and more. I have a monthly column at nation.cymru on Welsh food here.
Lectures and talks given:
“The history of apple-growing in Wales”, National Botanic Garden of Wales (2018) and The Royal Institution of South Wales (2019)
“Y Cymry a gwaith cyfieithu’r Beibl dramor”, National Eisteddfod of Wales (2019)
‘Just leeks and lamb? Why Welsh food history matters for our future’ Wales real food and farming Conference (2020)
“Real Welsh food heritage” at ‘Land, Food Heritage and Power’ conference at Bangor Uni as part of Royal Geographical Society’s series in decolonizing food geographies (2021)
Chairing the session ‘Globaleiddio’r Cymry: John Davies (Tahiti) a Griffith John (Wuhan)’ at National Library of Wales (2022)
I am a panelist on BBC Radio Cymru’s ‘Galwad Cynnar’ programme, and am a regular guest on other radio programmes to talk about topics relating to Wales’ food heritage, including Radio 4’s ‘The Food Programme’ and Radio New Zealand. As well as this I give regular talks to groups on aspects of Welsh food and landscape history and Wales’ apple heritage in both Welsh and English and preach in churches and chapels. If you’d like to have Carwyn give a talk, please contact using carwyn@gravesfamily.org.uk
Professional and wider interests:
Christian theology, minority language development, alternative agriculture