Hello! For the first Talking T-shirts post, please meet Glenn Rogan. He's the farmer out in St George, Queensland, who, with his family and a tiny team, grows the cotton in the Discovery T-shirts.

I was in Sydney last year and wanted to visit the farm, but we couldn't find a day that worked, mostly because I didn't have much time and forgot Australia is massive. And Glenn was actually about to fly to Darwin to pick up his youngest daughter, Annabelle, and drive her back home, which he said like he was just popping to the shops. It's over 3000km drive!

Glenn and I have chatted a few times about everything from chemicals to spiders, which I wanted to share, so here is a lightly edited version for length and readability.

Thanks to Glenn for his time and for being so open about things. To Annabelle for the great photos, and to Meriel Chamberlin and Andy Ogden for connecting me with Glenn and his cotton and generally being so helpful.