R2Kast - People in Food and Farming/All In

At on 23 Kathryn has completed a HND in Agriculture, so far been a journalist for 3 years and is a vice chair of the 3 S’s YF club! Learn more in this weeks episode! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nicola has fitted a LOT into her short career in the industry! Creating a career for herself, being nominated for awards and various TV appearances amongst much more! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Saiorse and Aidan farm in Ireland all while both have full time jobs as well! Hear Saiorse’s story about moving from a home farm with little interest to another one where she is actively involved, has renovated the farmhouse and plans to do the same with another! She plays camogie a sport she explains as female hurling and I’m glad she did as I was ready to ask her about CAMOGLE! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Gemma isn’t from farming and after hearing farmers discuss the impact of Brexit she decided to get involved! She studied environmental science and now farms selling her own produce the UK wide. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Crawford comes from a mixed arable farm which has diversified in various ways and he documents it all on YouTube! A good chat with a nice guy! Enjoy! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Abbie and Andy had literally no background in farming and are now working up to a very respectable enterprise. A great story for all to listen to and show you that you can, with hard work get into this industry! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Becca and Lizzie worked together just before lockdown and got friendly talking over their mutual love of the agricultural industry as well as toasters of course! A couple years on they now run arguably the biggest UK farming podcast at the minute! We talk podcasting, mental health and more! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Joel, arguably the world most famous farmer has developed and pioneered many a regenerative and organic processes that has spearheaded a generation of progressive farmers! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Emma has done it all, whether it’s working with the stars in her media career, consulting clientele around the world on podcasting…yes if I could afford them it would help! However lockdown caused a lot of this work to cease and they found themself taking a short term job on cabbage harvest, 2 years on has worked up in the company! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

If you have ever came across farming social media in the UK you’ll know this man! Gareth is often seen on various news, radio and social media outlets promoting agriculture while on his soapbox as he coins it! An interesting chat looking at the importance of wasting nothing from a man who has done it all! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

From time to time you meet these people that genuinely seem to have more than 24 hours in the day, Kate is one of them. They has spent her life knocking down barriers and reinventing the wheel. Whether it is being a vet during foot and mouth, running their own farm at home or chairing QMS Kate always fills her day! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Will comes from a farm selling hay and haulage to the equine market and wanted to get into farming himself so started a Lleyn flock, now works with datamars as a marketer and documents it’s all on his YouTube channel! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Katrina has fitted a lot into her short career I’m the industry from working for the market, breed societies, writing for various companies and event promotion! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Louise farms with her dad and has quickly gained a large following on Instagram due to her real portrayal of a dairy farm showing the good the bad and the udderly! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Scotlands favourite couple! Mel and Martin talk about the transition from home farms, to starting their own and working their way up in the industry followed by their celebrity life on the tele! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Lynn and Sandra took a big jump in 2016 and bought a picturesque Croft and have come up with some fantastic and for that matter, award winning ideas to diversify to success. Check out there story here or even catch them on the BBC’s hit show This Farming Life Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Charlotte grew up interested in horses and as she reached the end of her teens developed a keen interest in farming, she did an apprenticeship followed by a degree with a focus on regenerative farming and now works with Savills! A great story about how quick you can find a successful career in the sector at a young age. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Kaz was brought up in London and decided a life of being a veterinarian was for him and before travelling the country for experience (with a mishap that saw him in the wrong country), going to vet school and now working full time as a vet he goes over his story in this podcast! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Steven always wanted to be in farming but decided to take an unorthadOX (or Buffalo route) and now runs a buffalo herd producing both meat and milk! At Boglily they now have a butchery, shop and have even been on BBC’s This Farming Life? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Anna was brought up on a family farm that had been in the family for generations, farming wasn’t her main interest but always had a connection to the industry and has combined her passion for journalism with her roots of farming to create an excellent career which has led her to writing her first book about the relationship between urban and rural demographics Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ross started out as a youngster having pet lambs in the family and over the last 2 decades has built up to taking on a major tenancy and putting in a parlour which has been a dream of his! A very feel good story of how hard work truly can pay off! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Perry, not from a farm background has been to NZ working on a dairy, done a degree and worked over the UK as a dairy person and shepherd with him now running the SRUC Barony flock with a very progressive mentality! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Louise works on both her parents and grandparents farms and found fame to the tone of 174k followers at the point of recording! We cover Young Farmers, TikTok and Veganism. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hazel travelled from Ireland to England for university and has now began documenting her life as a vet on Instagram! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

For the best part of 2 decades Adam Henson has been arguably Britain’s most famous Farmer. His family were all known on the small screen and Adam managed to combine his two passions, farming and TV to pave a very successful career in the industry. I should also mention, thank you so much for your continued support over the past year, it has been great fun! I have met some excellent people and have made good friends because of this podcast, please keep supporting and sharing as we go! Also, ideas for guests are always welcome! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Tim has dedicated his life to farming in the US, starting on a home farm selling primarily ducks, pigs and goats on a small area. After this Tim found himself studying crop science and agribusiness before creating a company aimed at finding agricultural graduates careers, on the radio, consultancy, grain trading and more. As well as this Tim has one of the largest agriculture based podcasts on the globe, check it out - Future of Agriculture Podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

James writes for the Farmers Weekly a few times a month and also works alongside his father on their home farm. The farm is split 50/50 give or take between arable and grass (often herbal ley’s incorporating as many as 17 species. He has also spoke out about discrimination with a focus on sexual orientation in the industry. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Karol, from Ireland has dedicated most of his life to farming, working on the home farm, shearing the world over and podcasting to highlight the many faces of the industry. With a keen interest in economics he was interested by the business side and started Eweknit clothing. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Charlie talks us through hunting, fishing and how to deal with anti’s. We ponder the morals of trophy hunting and the impact of shootings inclusion in the Olympics! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Kevin Harrison was on ALL of our screens recently through Amazon Prime hit, Clarkson’s Farm! He is a busy man away from the screen being a full time farm manager, chairman of NSA, SCOPS and more! Listen in to hear more! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Born on Iceland, Pálína Axelsdóttir Njarðvík has dedicated much of her life to sheep farming the one breed allowed there! We talked Rettir, policy and future! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Claire ho could have pursued sport as a teenager found her way into journalism and now spends her time promoting Scottish agriculture through various magazines and newspapers! Hear her story on how she has created a career in political journalism. Fun fact about Claire, she was the first to do an article on Rural2Kitchen and is part of the reason we got as far as we did! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Martin has spent his life on farms and talks about the importance of the environment, biodiversity and standing up for the industry! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We talk to YouTube sensation, Richard on his story over the past few years including a book, magazines, radio and a huge following on YouTube. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Christine has travelled the world but dedicated most of her life to the agricultural industry here in the UK! 9-5 she works with the NFU battling for the best future for our farmers. The rest of the time Christine spends her time teaching the kids if Ayrshires schools where their food comes from and has created fundraisers for mental health! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Stephanie of the Farm Safety Foundation, otherwise known as the Yellow Wellies Foundation talks to us about Health and Safety Week. Be sure to check out their website for more on that! We get into the hard truth behind safety on farms and the TOO high figures representing deaths and injuries in UK Agriculture. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Alexander talks about a day in the life of an agricultural consultant and the importance of biodiversity and carbon auditing. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We talk to Louise Allan who was brought up on an Ayrshire beef and sheep farm and in the last few years has filled her time becoming Head Vet Nurse at her practise, running a business preparing cattle for shows and sales across the UK and became a world champion! Listen in to find out what in and much more! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Kirstie talks to us about the conversion from conventional sing over parlour to a robot milking system as well as their New Zealand system. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We welcome Meinir Howells of S4C Ffermio program to talk about her and her partners farming enterprise and TV presenting. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Have you ever wondered where the sticky bit on an envelope comes from? We have a chat with Brian, the owner of a 2500 acre arable farm in the states to find out as well as MUCH more! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We delve into a career in auctioneering and see what that involves, Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We talk with social media star Cameron Wilson about the day job, farming and how he got into YouTube Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today we welcome Rachel and Jake of Our Farming Journey. These guys took over a tenancy in Devon a few years ago and have documented it in blog form on Facebook and Instagram garnering a following of 22 thousand followers on Facebook and 2500 on Instagram. We delve into dog walking rules, taking over a farm, homeschooling and much more. Enjoy! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jessica studied with SRUC before moving to study a MSc at Aberystwyth University in Wales and is now researching into a lesser known disease that could be potentially damning for the Dairy Industry in Scotland. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Flavian, a Kenyan-born pig farmer in England talks about UK pork production and breeding techniques in the pig sector. As well as this, Flavian opens up about discrimination in the industry with a specific focus on casual racism. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We had a bandwidth issue and the first few second whenever I spoke the audio isn’t great so I must apologise! Follow Rural2Kitchen on Facebook and Instagram at the following links:https://www.facebook.com/RURAL2KITCHEN/https://www.instagram.com/rural2kitchen/?hl=enAlso make sure to subscribe on YouTube and Follow the podcast on Spotify:https://open.spotify.com/show/5r1b7kQhXhZZyUly8sfrrO?si=PgxZa8NyQz2gM1LZQdEVMwJim spent the first part of his career working for HP (Hewlett Packard) and found himself in a career shift moving over to indoor vertical farming (IVF) and today we talked about the potential of IVF, where it is and where it’s came from! This was an extremely interesting, international conversation! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today we have David Leggat of RSABI. RSABI is a unique Scottish charity dedicated to the relief of hardship and poverty amongst people who have depended for their livelihoods on the land. They provide support in the form of emotional, financial and practical to families and individuals across the rural sector! In an industry known for poor mental health due to lonesome working and other pressures such as consumer demands they are very well placed and do a FANTASTIC job! Individuals can sign up from just £2 per month. Over a year this covers the cost of 6 helpline calls making a huge difference to someone in the agricultural community who is struggling. And for anyone who needs some support our helpline is open every day of the year from 7am to 11pm at 0300 111 4166.If anyone wants to support RSABI they can do so by following this link - https://www.rsabi.org.uk/Our-Supporter-Scheme Check them out on the following:RSABI – https://rsabi.org.uk/Home-Page Like on Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/RSABI.ORG/ Follow on Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/rsabi_/?hl=en Follow on Twitter – https://twitter.com/RSABI?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor Subscribe on Youtube – https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCw8F-Kh-Xce65Dy16BDJ54QAlso make sure to follow this podcast, and check Rural2Kitchen out on:Like on Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/RURAL2KITCHEN/Follow on Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/rural2kitchen/?hl=enSubscribe on Youtube – https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUBrufsLmBX2wol3NatRYjQ Follow on Spotify – https://open.spotify.com/show/5r1b7kQhXhZZyUly8sfrrO Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Discussion about the use of animals fed SOLELY on grass and the welfare, environmental and human nutrition impacts of that. Also from the mind that gave us ‘regenuary‘ Glen and I talk about the importance of sourcing food sustainably.Music taken from ‘Royalty Free Music: Country’. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.