R2Kast - People in Food and Farming/All In

Research, regeneration and…cattle cubicles of compost??Jamie Jack and I had a chat a few weeks ago and instantly I thought he’d be class for the podcast! Originally not from farming he wanted to go into video game design with naturally had me interested!He soon realised that wasn’t his career and gave farming a go before studying at SRUC. This was followed by research, a job that turned out not being what it was advertised for but as a stockman role which he loved and now finds himself working for pasture for life 4 times a week and farming compost one day!Very interesting chat with someone ticking the boxes for the reason I started these interviews!Enjoy!  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Lions, Elephants and Saving the Planet Tonight’s guest has dedicated his life to wildlife conservation mainly based in Africa but also to further reaches of the globe.Born in Zimbabwe, staying in South Africa Ivan Carter is somewhat of a Steve Irwin of Africa.  Not only conserving but also researching the topic as well Ivan is a well known TV and now social media personality sharing all things conservation.Amazing chat with a very inspirational man.Enjoy! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

For each well of my travels I intend on releasing a wee update of what’s been happening. This one covers travelling from Holland to Switzerland and then my week in Switzerland! Enjoy Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

For each week of my travels I intend on releasing a wee update of what’s been happening? This covers my amazing week in the Netherlands and also the stuff that went bad in Brazil! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Grain, journalism, hunting and…ecology?Today’s guest, who if I released video you’d realise is my Canadian double! Matt McIntosh (yes he mentioned his strong ties to here) from a grain farm in Canada works as an agricultural journalist primarily and his goal is to shift that in the other direction with farming being his main income.He is very aware of issues that could prove damaging to agroecology in his county and is carrying out a Nuffield scholarship to look into why and how it can be fixed! Really enjoyable chat with a lovely guy! Enjoy!  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nuffield, psychology and a retirement plan of…a pilot licence and a PhD!If that doesn’t make you want to listen I don’t know what will! You’ll notice I’ve had a lot of Nuffield scholars on lately and every single one of them has been impacted by today’s guest.Wyn Owen, an 1998 Nuffield scholar (as he says you could do them when you were 12 back then) from a peaty upland farm in wales left applying for Nuffield until the second last year he could and it changed his life.Operating as a mentoring and leadership coach that works with high performing individuals around the country he truly believes that without Nuffield none of this would have happened.A great man, a great story and someone who after 6 short months of having met I truly look up to!Enjoy!  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Let me know what you think of this! I love quizzes and thought why not make one!?I can’t bring myself to call it the R2Kwuiz! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Can you farm carbon?A question posed by 2022 Nuffield scholar, Ben Hunt! When I hear it I immediately in the current world consider carbon a commodity in that question.  This was the same for Ben when he started out but as his travels progressed he started to consider carbon the resource with an after thought as a commodity!Ben is an agronomist, he’s worked for British sugar, worked in Canada and New Zealand and much more! This is a discussion with two main themes, 1 the title ‘can you farm carbon?’ as well as the navigation of the waters on the way to farming for himself! Great chat with someone I really enjoyed hearing them think before they answer! Enjoy!  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Coos, House of Commons and a fight with Robert Mugabe Today we welcome one of those episodes I have less than no idea about someone’s sector!Neil Parish, who at heart is a farmer who grew tired of his father complaining about policy and taking little action.  So he did. After about 15 years in council Neil had a shot at contesting Torfaen, a safe labour seat which he lost by 24.5k votes…after that things started to go in his favour working his way up to European Parliament! I’d try explain the journey but feel Neil will go a better job than me so just listen in!A great chat with a man, who at 67 is still keen for another craic at the whip (not a political pun) of policy still!Enjoy!  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

For each week of my travels through Nuffield I intend on releasing a wee update of what’s been happening!This one is the pre-CSC in London followed by the first few days in Brazil…before it all went wrong! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Diversity, pigs and fatherhood!Back in July 2021 I phoned a guy called Flavian who I’d heard talk about casual racism in farming and spoke for about 2 hours on the phone and then released a ‘people in farming’ essay… a few months after he was on the podcast and now 3 years on it’s time for an update!He’s now a dad primarily, has his own farm with his partner, Nic, various diversifications and so much on the go! Great chat with a proper pioneer!Enjoy!  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mobile phones, therapy and…farming?This was a great chat! It went in a direction I never expected!  Dan Smith works with Jamie’s Farm as a farm manager but by extension find himself moulding the futures of teens from poor background! I can’t sell this enough, listen.Dan is carrying out his Nuffield on how to inspire this generation to care about regeneration! A deep and amazing discussion with a great guy!Enjoy!  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

One could say this is faultless! On this episode of the All In series we welcome instant social media success story, Luisa Hendry! Luisa who from a young age lived all things rocks, whether that was films, TV or the real thing!Then at a school open day realised you could study it and it’s been her life ever since! Ed and I were out our depth here but very interesting!!Tune in for some craic, rocks and of course, tinder chat up lines!Sorry for the slight technical issue near the end!Enjoy!  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Farming ladders and mobile milking parlours?Today’s guest, a day before I was an official Nuffield scholar cemented a mention in my final presentation! Listen to find out why! 😉Oli Chedgey was brought up on a very small holding! Farming was what he always wanted! Starting with a few sheep having met farmers working as contractor. Bustling that business up to 600 with someone else running it Oli jumped to dairy, but in a very unconventional sense, with a mobile parlour! Following on from Michael blanches Nuffield the farming ladder Oli has built on that and is looking to see how people can buy into farming!Great chat with an amazing business man!thanks to Howden insurance and Scottish Farmer for their support!Enjoy!  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Cover crops and guarding the queen?Today I embarrassed myself! Today’s guest is from a farm but after doing a degree in politics, working through the grenadier guards he didn’t originally see himself going back! With a very business minded brain Toby Simpson came back to the family farm and wanted to implement a regenerative tweak to the farm.  Amongst others Toby saw major merits in cover crops which he has focused his Nuffield scholarship on.Having presented in findings in November it was class to delve deeper…like the tap roots do!Enjoy! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sheep, Semen and Young Farmers Today we welcome a friend! Always enjoy having a chat with someone I know and learning more than I already did!Ailish Ross was lucky enough to be graced with my presence in our times at uni!  Coming completely not from farming Ailish has carved a career in the sector very quickly!In 3rd year giving a lambing a go followed by milking pretty quick out of uni Ailish had a job! Embryo transfer and AI were what followed, then the AHDB and then for the last 7 years working with the Texel sheep society currently operating as events and sales cataloguing manager.In recent weeks she has been chosen as one of the elite NSA Ambassadors.On top of this, after starting young farmers she has had a rapid progression through the organisation with a lot of success!Great chat with a great person who’s growing and growing!Enjoy! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ONE HUDRED AND EIGHTYYYYY 🎯 Luke Littler really put Darts back on the scene at the turn of the year with his rise to the World Darts Championship Final at 16!  Luke currently sits at 31st in the world and sure to rise (he says with no understanding of darts) Today I (as Ed got stuck in Orkney) sat down with Rab Smith, ex-WORLD NUMBER 4! We’ve had the privilege of picking the minds of some people right at the top of their game, Stevie Nicol, Rose Davies but never someone to reach the dizzying height of, in his words ‘one win away from number 1!’…The mentality of Rab, 47 years on from his major triumphs in the sport was still there…hadn’t touched a dart in 4 years and I got the chance to play with him…he knew exactly where the Oche was, dart board to the millimetre right height and there was a small wager that you’ll hear in the video…I failed! A great story with a gentleman who truly reached the top of his profession who welcomed me into his own home!Thank you to magicmind for their support, check out the website www.magicmind.com/rukitchen20 and use code rukitchen20 for 56% off!…16 double top % that is!!Enjoy! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Business, drones and…robots?!Today we welcome someone who I wrote about during my masters a fair old bit! Sam Watson-Jones started the Small Robot Company.  A business aimed at creating a system where per plant farming can treat a field as a million plants instead of a field.  This means less requirements for chemical and fertiliser, just where and when it’s required…think of it as a very specific variable rate technology!  This month unfortunately SRC had to go into liquidation with various investors seeing it as being to far ahead of the rest of the market as is.Sam is now deducting his Nuffield scholarship to per plant precision!Very interesting chat with someone I’ve been a massive fan of for some time!Enjoy!  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Looking good!!I’d like to think most of the time I have an idea of what I’m talking about with a guest but would be fair to say today that was not the case! As I mentioned during the chat, as I sat here in a triple Tesco get up interviewing the founder and editor in chief of Femme Magazine, Brontë Clare Mitchell! Creating a quarterly magazine aimed at showcasing rural fashion and lifestyle came with stresses though! We speak what it’s offered Brontë at such a young age, her uni times, fast fashion, Rupert…of course and so much more! Great chat with an interesting entrepreneur!! Thank you to Howden Insurance and the Scottish Farmer! Enjoy!  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Goats, goats and…goats! In June you may have seen me walk in to the goat tent with RHS TV loudly exclaiming that this was in fact ‘heaven in a tent’…I stand by it! A top 2 animal up there with cats! Today we bring on a Nuffield scholar who started as an English teacher and after a chat on a plane with her partner, Fraser decided to buy some goats.  Obviously at this point it wasn’t time to ditch the full time jobs but there was time!Fast forward today and with three figures of milking goats Rachel Yarrow of Norton and Yarrow Cheese is trying to find a pasture based goat system that could be implemented large scale here in the UK!We talk tenancies, getting into farming and so much more…also some goats!!A great chat with a goat nerd! Thanks to Howden rural and Scottish farmer for their support!Enjoy! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Marbles? Marbling? Today we welcome Gwion Parry! Gwion has been successful in a Nuffield application this year with a focus on a grading system for meat that allows the UK to tell the consumer what to expect as opposed to the outdated fat class and EUROP Scale!Gwion ‘studied’ at Aberystwyth university before a brilliant time in New Zealand.  He then headed home to join the home farm but wanted his own business and found one that leaves him as one of only around 5 in the country.  He scans cattle for far depth and marbling, a techniques used heavily in stabilisers which Gwion runs at home.  It’s now branching out into other breeds too!He’s got a few flights awaiting him and I look forward to following! Thanks to Howden rural and the Scottish farmer for their support!Enjoy! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What’s the difference between, you, me and the next person? The answer that question could be a few things but class in society isn’t one of them.  Our guest today is an utter saint of this sector…and literally and OBE (as of this week).  Navaratnam Partheeban, or Theeb is a vet…by the way listen to the name change tradition in Theeb’s culture (Tamil), it’s really cool and also leads to a lovely lineage! Sorry, he’s a vet…he’s a Nuffield scholar, he’s an OBE, he’s a lecturer but there’s still something even more impressive about this man.Partheeban was victim of negative racial comments from a client before said client was sided with by his manager and he knew it was time to leave and also change the industry from within which he has done.Co-founder of the British Veterinary Ethnicity and Diversity Society, a Nuffield scholarship carried out researching diversity in the sector and a new curriculum about to get read out through all vet and agriculture institutions it’s fair to say this man, unlike some is completely deserving of that OBE title. A chat with a gentleman changing the world one step at a time.Thanks to Howden Rural and Scottish farmer for their countries support! Enjoy Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

As this podcast started a second series aiming to showcase anyone with one rule, no ties to food or farming I expected roughly where that would go given Ed and I’s interest…sport and travel! Which in fairness it has almost been exclusively!Today we bring on a PROPER thrill seeker, seeking a thrill that not only has the potential to be but proven lethal at times…that goes today is Ricky Forbes, someone who knew wanted a career of thrill or adventure, ex-host of Tornado Hunters, motivation and all round sound Canadian! Trust me, this is FULL of INSANE stories!When we filmed this it was during that cold snap here in the UK, I said to Ricky ‘sorry we’re late mate, it’s a bit cold here’ failing to mention it was -3…before he said ‘not a problem my man, we’re the same here’s…his same was -42 C! Considered my pride well and truly through the digestive tract by now!I also need to thank Suzette for all the nerdy tornado knowledge in this one…Suzette! You even get a mention and shoutout from Ricky!!Brought to you by magic mind who you can get 56% off with at checkout using the code rukitchen20Enjoy!  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A PhD, farming 200000 hectares and saving lives.Do you ever get the feeling you’re just meant to meet someone?! I got that sort of initial feeling the second I shook today’s guests hand!Today we welcome Keith Dawson onto the podcast! Normally when someone has a PhD that’s a pretty big thing but we barely mention it in today’s episode! Keith was an environmental scientist in agriculture WELL before it was cool and has been involved in various projects over the years.His most notable are establishing farming businesses in Poland and Ukraine consolidating rentals from thousands of landlords to ultimately farm around 200000 hectares in the west of Ukraine alongside his partners.  After a few successful years there and various careers given to numbers of households in the country they changed the plan. They decided to farm much less (few thousand hectares) of potatoes aimed at crisping and those that don’t for start production!That’s still not the best thing about Keith though! He’s been instrumental in the pick ups for peace charity and it just seems like his whole purpose now sending pick ups across the continent to Lviv to literally save lives…but hear that for yourselves here!A great episode with a great man that I have spoken to for hours on end back in October on the P4P mission out to a wonderful city.Thanks to Howden Rural and Scottish Farmer for their continued support! Enjoy…and support if you can!  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The first ever for the R2Kast We’ve had people like Claire Taylor, Alec Pirie and Christine Cuthbertson who have appeared on two episodes (one as an individual and one on the group series) or even Jane Strawhorn who has appeared in an individual episode, group podcast and even and extra for our group who went to Africa! Today’s guest finds herself as the only one to appear on two episodes both times as an individual! Sophie Gregory came into farming from accountancy and has properly grabbed the bull by the horns! Running her own organic farm alongside her partner, being on the arla board or her new Nuffield application success she has done a phenomenal amount! Great guest for the one to open the potential for repeat episodes on the R2kast! Check out episode 108 before this one to hear her whole story!Enjoy!  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Deer, calves and…flowers?!Today’s guest, Laura Awdry grew up on a deer farm in New Zealand. She then decided to travel to the UK for a couple years before meeting her now husband and they found themselves expecting! Throwing herself into the deep end at her partner, Sam’s farm she started her calf rearing business with a hundred calves in a rented shed from her father in law which in his words he ‘thought he’d have it back in a year’…16 years on Laura rears 600.Along with Sam and the kids they have now started a Duchy tenancy only moving in this year with a pretty impressive system on the go aiming at cutting costs. Laura is carrying her Nuffield out looking at sustainability and profitability of the dairy beef sector!Enjoy!  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

I have filmed…well 170 episodes and to me this is the wildest! Our guest today is not only an ESPN pundit, he’s not only an ex-NEW England Revolution manager of 10 years in the MLS but he’s also a European cup winner who played for a decade in ‘that’ Liverpool team.Barcelona around 2010, Real Madrid in the late 50s, maybe even AC Milan around 1990 but few top the Liverpool of the late 70s into 80s.Stevie Nicol was the right back for a fair chunk of the 80s lifting the division 1 title 4 times, the FA Cup thrice, European cup once and representing Scotland including one trip to the World Cup! He made the PFA team of the year and was once voted the PFA Writers footballer of the year before finding success as a manager in the states as well! A great that with a great guy who truly made the peak of his profession.Sponsored today by magic mind, thank you for your support, ed and I have enjoyed the product and we want to share it with our listeners! Check it out at www.magicmind.com/rukitchen20 and use our like rukitchen20 for 56% off! Enjoy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Philosophy, accountancy and soil!Today’s guest has fitted a LOT in! Coming from a small farm in Yorkshire, Tom Scrope went to uni to study philosophy (I had a wee chat about this with no idea about what was going on) before starting working in accountancy! At a soil convention Tom came across an academic called Ben and they started a business together, Soil Benchmark! A very interesting data driven business which looks at soil profiling and mapping the country and creating a knowledge transfer area. A lot of this above my head but I found it very interesting! He’s taken this to Nuffield and plans on looking at knowledge transfer models implemented in all soil affecting/affecting industries!Great episode with pretty bloody clever guy! Enjoy!  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Queens, DB5’s and Wheat!Our guest today grew up on an arable farm and knew it was always for him but has went around the houses before ending up at home!Jamie stoles studied agriculture because operating as a mediator and consultant between farmers and researchers for the national trust and then the crown estate!After a while doing this he took over the management of the family 1000ha arable unit with his two cousins! His addiction to all things cars is the main bane of his bank account’s life but he’s since taken on a Nuffield scholarship looking at vertical farming integration into UK agriculture on a large scale!Just some good craic this really!Enjoy! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Belfast, Cairo and goats in SomersetTodays guest Cormac White stubbornly decided at about 4 being a vet was his career, and it happened. Some fun at uni before travelling with his career followed! He found himself after graduating heading to New Zealand and Egypt to practise. Seeing some pretty horrendous things that’s he ‘hopes’ he won’t see again! Eye opening experiences with wonderful people was his explanation of Egypt!After this he headed back to the UK where he met his now partner and how practises as a farm vet with a focus on small ruminants which led him to consultation on these animals.Seeing a gap in the market he has taken on a Nuffield scholarship to look at the potential for small ruminant dairy here in the UK with plans to head to Europe, New Zealand and most interestingly, Mongolia!Great chat with a really good guy!Enjoy! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

That’s just plane crazy!Every year I love a look at the Guinness Book of World Records and have done since I was a kid, whether it was Ashrita Furman with what I remember to be over 600 records himself, Robert Wadlow and Sultan Kösen as the tallest people ever and currently respectively or even the weird and wonderful such as the most watermelons smashed by the head by Roberto Rodriguez! It could have been a record conceptualised out of complete stupidity and absurdity or the absolutely peak of human ability…I just loved it all! Today we welcome a guest with 10!Gunnar Garfors has done 22 US States in 24 hours, 5 contented in 24 hours 19 countries in 24 hours and many more but one sticks out, Gunnar is the first person to go to every country (a feat completed by roughly 200 people)…TWICE (a feat now completed by less people than have been to the moon, THREE.This podcast is two geography nerds geeking out on the planet with one who has fallen in love with travel in recent months and the other surely THE expert…with Ed bumbling along for the ride!His current task is writing about living on the equator, Antarctic and Arctic circles! That’ll be up there with Kate Rawles book for me! Amazing story, a very entertaining hour and an insane connection made!Enjoy!  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Supply chains the most important link? Series 4 begins with a fantastic guest and another of our 2024 Nuffield cohort! Thanks for the support last year and let’s top it again this year! Today we have Amy Stoner who always wanted to work in food in some capacity starting as a teenager she made an interactive business allowing kids to cater their own parties! After school it was Food Nutrition and Wellbeing and Food Industry Management at BSc and MSc respectively. Them with the training of a friend to drive up and down a field in the UK it was driving a chaser bin in Australia next before travelling and working with her partner around Australia! They then decided to travel south east Asia for a while before the dreaded ‘stay home and stay safe’ so back to Oz and working on a farm until they flew back to the UK!Amy now works in raw materials for Samworth Brothers working with salad products for sandwiches to go!This led her to Nuffield scholarship which will see her investigate ‘UK Food Security: A forward thinking approach to ensure resilient fresh produce supply chains!Another belter form an inspirational young lady! Enjoy!  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

R2Kast Christmas special! The roles were reversed for this one where Ed interviewed Wallace about everything that’s been going on in the last few months which is a lot! We spoke about the podcast and what else I’ve been to from charity fundraisers to travelling across 3 continents. We go into a lot of depth about my life changing trip to Africa and my short trip to Ukraine. Not least before touching on my Nuffield scholarship where we are just getting started! A fun one to end the year and hope it shows that there’s lots more to come in the new year when season 4 comes!A massive thank you for all the support across an insane year of podcasting with over 90 episodes being listened to in SEVENTY countries! Mad year! Onto the next!Hope you had a lovely Christmas and are looking forward to a brilliant new year!Enjoy! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

From the lowest point at 19 to owning almost 400 cows at 28. Today’s guest, Ifan Roberts came from a farming family, his grandparents and parents operated small dairy farms in wales and he always knew it was for him but just in a much larger scale! After two years of college and around this time his parents divorce which he explains as the lowest point in his life he came out of college hungry. He knew that hunger was for big numbered dairy but didn’t know how. After getting a job on a dairy farm in Leicester of 550 he was getting his start!After a couple years there and a manager leaving he was pushed into that position and in recent years has moved that herd to 1100, almost 400 of which he owns! On that farm, the man who offered the job was now vice president of Nuffield, which is how I know ifan! He will soon be starting his Nuffield scholarship on inspiring dairy entrepreneurs…I mean who better?!?Enjoy! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Wanna go a cycle?…for 13 months?!A couple of months ago, as a lot of you will know I went to Ukraine with Pick Ups for Peace and spent about 15 hours in a car with a man called Bill! We got on like a house on fire and really got to know each other! We spoke about the podcast and he said his sister would be a good guest…trust me! He was right! Kate Rawles comes on to share her story today which starts with career confusion that took her to the states to study some of her PhD but really what mattered was being near mountains. Places to cycle became a theme for Kate’s life with cycles such as the Rhone valley which she describes as small, Texas to Alaska and her life defining journey of the top of South America to the bottom! That’s quite a feat, eh? Did I mention she stopped off, deep diving into communities and trying to help with environment and humanitarianism at heart!Oh and did I mention she built the bike out of Bamboo!Want to hear more after the episode, check out her book, The Life Cycle, 8000 miles in a bamboo bike and her website, Outdoor Philosophy! I say it every time but I know you will!Enjoy! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Myanmar you listening? Today’s guest, Hattie McFadzean studied a few modules at uni that guided her into a slightly different path! Having come from a family where both parents were from farming but not farming in Hattie or her brothers lifetime Hattie found a new interest in farming but with focus on sustainability and the climate.In what can only be described as some pretty impressive procrastination as she wrote her dissertation Hattie applied for a job working in Vietnam before being transferred to Burma where she spent two years.Just before the 2020 Burmese coup and a mere 3 days before lockdown Hattie came home which she mentioned was a lucky move!When she came back she now works with Promar as part of their sustainability team and is carrying out her Nuffield scholarship on how dairy farming can place itself better sustainably!Enjoy! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The greatest word ever developed!That’s a pretty strong title I get but I completely mean it! People with autism, ADHD and Dyslexia amongst others in the past would have been called disabled and now the term neurodiversity has been coined I think it can only ever be a positive change for that demographic! Todays guest, Liz Haines is not only in my Nuffield cohort but also runs a farm, holds a position in the AHDB and much more!Last year liz was diagnosed with ADHD and a lot of things started to make sense. Liz is studying her Nuffield scholarship with a particular focus on neurodiversity in agriculture and I can’t wait to read it!Enjoy! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Not all those who wander are lost, even those in Wheat, OSR and…Oak trees? One of my favourite things about the podcast is when you get the chance to open up about the career. You normally have heard about most of it but there’s always more to learn! Oak was one of my closest friends for 3 years back in my first three years of my undergraduate! Many a beer was drank, late night studying and much more! He’s travelled the world, driven semis, been in the police and now operates as an agronomist! I very much enjoyed and I’m sure you will too! Enjoy! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What would you rather, Gillian Anderson filmed you before you even knew, you gave Daniel Radcliffe abdominal thrusts…or both and you get paid for both experiences?!That’s today’s guests story! Chris Jenks was the year above me at school and was always the one that was good at whatever he turned his hands to, school, fitness and in particular drama! That year was known for its thespian ways and chris is not the only one in that small high school year group to make it in this competitive sector but todays episode is about Chris! A mainstay in the beloved sex education, a police DC in Karen Pirie soon to be for a second season and also playing alongside his self professed hero as a kid, Daniel Radcliffe!A mental story, from a lovely guy that’s only 27!!Enjoy! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What’s your favourite mineral?A question I didn’t expect to be answering on today’s episode! Our guest today is Dr Annie Williams! Normally I bring people on the podcast who have dabbled in a few things, now Annie has but it’s clear to see that she has one passion and she completely embodies ‘mineral nerd’. A job in the topic, followed by a PhD in the field and now carrying out her Nuffield scholarship on the topic! Annie sleeps, breathes and I assume eats minerals! This is an episode for people who like to delve into one topic! Enjoy! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

10 years for £1?Todays guest is one who’s’ story I’ve always been aware of but not him directly! 7 years ago you may of heard of the Great Orme tenancy being made public for the ripe old sum of £1/year! Thousands of applications, one successful family and a bloody good story into the bargain! Dans life seems to be shepherding with nature at heart! The passion is clear and his interest in not only a sustainable business enterprise is inspiring! He’s not over fussed on the carbon side of things compared to that of biodiversity, one I feel we’ve been lacking for some time! And his plans for Nuffield are bloody exciting! You’ll love this, I did!Enjoy! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Soap, moisturiser and…milk??After pursuing a career in academia to achieve her PhD in biochemistry today’s guest took a change of course!Natalie Hepburn and her partner decided to adopt and Natalie took a step back from full time work! Atkinson this point she realised she could diversify on their small farm and utilise what they had! Most farm diversifications look at utilising people by bring them to you but Natalie’s plan was take a product to them! She looked at various goat based product and is now following a Nuffield scholarship to see how to market farm produce better! Great chat! Enjoy! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Getting grubby or get in the scrubs?Todays guest openly says his path was always laid out to follow in his fathers footsteps as a doctor! He speaks about spending most of his younger days after school waiting in wards and corridors in hospitals and it was just where he felt comfortable!A few changes for Harry Winslet and he found a fescues for food production with a particular focus on veg.5 years ago he took on a role with G’s Fresh! G’s is a company I’ve been aware of for sometime and in my head envisioned a small place producing high quality lettuce…the high quality part is correct but it’s a 16000 hectare juggernaut spanning two continents and well in excess of 10 countries! Harry developed a keen interest in the utilisation of peat and will be looking into peat use the world over as part of his Nuffield Scholarship! I for one can’t wait to follow the work he does in the coming months!Enjoy! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Fancy a cuppa?!?Todays guest, Lucy George is welcomed to talk about the transition from leaving a stable job to take on her parents farm and shift it from a relatively conventional horticultural unit in the direction of tea.Where I think of yea being grown is Kuwait, China, India and of course South Wales! Lucy was game for the challenge and has created a well oiled, diversified business that not only produces tea plants but also kombucha! This is properly one of these episodes I feel like I know nothing filming but very interesting!Lucy speaks about her plans to chase a more sustainable tea providing model for the UK by travelling to various places the world over with Nuffield.Enjoy! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

RAVES AND FARMING?!?This is a proper fun one! I love ever podcast I film but this is just a little different! Today we welcome Huw Evans on! Huw from London at 25 along with 2 other 25 year olds decide it was time for a change. With only a dissertation based on agriculture and a keen enjoyment walking around that type of environment as a youngster behind him the three of them put what money they have as well as selling assets to buy a farm in Abergavenny in Monmouthshire.Next they embarked on their journey to create a regenerative farm. With the podcast I have a lot of people seeking this system but very few acknowledge the financial challenges it will bring, Huw and the team did acknowledge that. That self awareness has allowed them to create a separate business to create a financial stability elsewhere to allow the farm business to flourish on its way to profit ability.That separate business? RAVES. They have weekly rave music on varying in genres as well as hosting weddings and other bespoke events in their picturesque location and buildings.You’ll love this!Enjoy! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today we welcome another addition of the 2024 Nuffield Scholarship cohort!…I start it by saying welcome back to R2Kast 142…it’s 152!Jock Gibson came from a farm but found himself away from the business before certain events caused him to jump back in. There’s more than just a farm however! Edinvale operates as the home farm utilising grass and forage with minimal extra inputs and MacBeth’s butchers works to try and minimise sending off stock elsewhere to be sold. It’s cuts out the middle process and means they can sell added value to their own customers.Jock saw a potential to explore the aforementioned grass and forage system and will travel around the world with Nuffield to do so! Enjoy! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

When I went for my Nuffield interview I was waiting to go in and spoke VERY briefly to a gentleman with a splendiferous moustache!I was instantly hooked in what he does, we arranged a podcast and pretty rapidly I realised, “Christ it’ll be awkward if one of us isn’t successful!”However, 7 weeks down the line, we both were! Our guest today is David Tavernor! David has worked in buying for various supermarkets and now owns his own insect farming business, Fly2Feed!He speaks about the potential of insects as a protein source for people directly and for livestock feed as well as a fertiliser.His Nuffield scholarship will explore insects as a livestock feed the world over and hopefully be able to implement it back home as well as with his own business! Enjoy! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A special one for a special number! Next on the pod we have Rose Davies who is an Olympic runner from Newcastle, Australia! Ed met Rose a few weeks ago when she came to Dumfries to see her friends from back in Australia that are currently staying with him to play rugby here. On this All in episode we go into detail on all things running from qualifying for the olympics to travelling the world with running! An incredible story where you can really feel the passion and love for running that rose has and how that’s got her to where she is now! Enjoy! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today we welcome someone who is used to success!Jack Young who is a major part of the family business Overton farm, a farm, butchery and coffee shop growing in popularity for some time expedited during covid! Jack is a Carluke YF member and has had a lot of success in the organisation, national champion in tug of war times 2, various other awards and recently was award Mr West Young Farmer of the year alongside Miss Young farmer, Abby Forsyth!On top of this last year he won the agri scot business award! So yeah, a lot on the go! A great episode! Enjoy!! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Fun day for me this! This episode marks the first of hopefully 23 over the next few months aimed at showcasing this years class of Nuffield Scholars! If you’d like one with me as a guest we’ll get Ed in to interview me! Today for number one we have Saba Erum Amir! Saba moved here late 2000s from India and completed a BSc and MSc in Biotechnology! After this moved onto study a PhD in Poultry Gut Health with a focus on Prebiotics! After that working as a knowledge exchange fellow at Aberystwyth university lead her to read and write around the agricultural sector more than before and developed a keen interest in the dairy sector! Saba will look into the importance of cow calf contact in dairy. Saba sees cow with calf systems as the future of dairy! Listen in to hear if I agree! Great topic and one I look forward to following! More Nuffield scholars to come! Enjoy! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.