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 (2023-2024)
Mission Assist, Trustee, Vice-Chair and Acting Chair of Trustees (2019 – 2024)
Bwyd Sir Gar Food, Local food partnership Chair (2023 onwards)
Cegin y Bobl, Founding Trustee (2024 onwards)
Books:
Apples of Wales (2018)
Afalau Cymru (2018)
Welsh Food Stories (2022)
Tir: The Tale of the Welsh landscape (2024)
Publications
“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
“Y Cymry a’u bwyd: Thema yn hanes ein Llên”, Y Traethodydd, Hydref 2022
“Myth y Tirwedd” O’r Pedwar Gwynt, Haf 2023
Chapter in Amser Nadolig ed. Lowri Cooke, Tachwedd 2024
“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)
‘Tir: the Story of the Welsh Landscape’ at Hay Literary Festival (2024)
‘Do Farming and Nature have to be in competition in the Welsh Countryside?’ Main speaker at Abergavenny Food Festival (2024)
‘Edrych ar Fwyd Cymru o’r Newydd’, Darlith Flynyddol y Cymrodorion yn Eisteddfod Genedlaethol Cymru (2024)
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 Cymru, Radio Wales, 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