R2Kast - People in Food and Farming/All In

Lorraine has tried a few things in her time, whether that is the police or buying a ‘swanky mansion’ in France! Truth is neither of them were for her and her partner. They have had small holdings in Cornwall and now in France with a particular focus on cider making and small livestock enterprises. In her ‘spare’ time Lorraine also write various books varying from how to succeed at smallholding to murder novels! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Karl tells his story about working up to head chef at a young age before realising it wasn’t for him and within 4 years working up from nothing to almost owning 100 breeding ewes. He documents his story on Instagram and even became a recurring feature on Zoe Ball’s radio 2 show! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Maria and Gordon both come from non-farming backgrounds and after studying different courses at different times and by chance finding themselves working together at a laying unit have now progressed their own business to the point of nearly self sustaining. They have also found themselves winning an RHS Overhead Championship! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Andrea Flemming is not the first generation to take the reigns of her family farm in Minnesota! Running an arable and beef unit and with a previous interest in veterinary we talk about how to farm in all weathers, the methods used to do so and much more! We even delve into mental health as Andrea has been brave enough on numerous occasions to talk about her battles and her coping mechanisms that will hopefully help others! It certainly resonated with me! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Colin, from Dumfriesshire went to Barony College as a Claas apprentice and in the years since has climbed almost as high as he possibly can on the Claas mechanic ladder. His ladder climbing in SAYFC has very much mirrored his efforts with Claas as he now finds him in the position of the west regions vice chair. As well as this Colin has started his own ag contracting business which has built up to 3 tractors in the same amount of years. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Based in Canada, Brian and Mandy produce cranberries for Ocean Spray as well as their own bog brand! An interesting chat as always but I was so out my depth…as are the cranberries!😉. Enjoy! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

If you have TikTok you’ve probably seen Katie’s videos pop up on your type as she has about 120k followers on there! Here farming story is just as interesting as her TikTok though having just found her way back into the industry during covid! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Charlotte has 90k followers on TikTok, and posts a lot of REAL posts on there from an education perspective with a large hint of humour! Enjoy another great episode! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jane will often have in excess of 1500 birds either ready for sale, getting ready or newly bought and sells the country over. This is all while running a farm as well as touring county and national shows with her birds…oh and did I mention she races pigs? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Amy had on Facebook go viral 18 months ago with over 55 thousand shares and 40 thousand reactions promoting British produce and that is very much not all she does! She works with the Farmers Guardian, has been on a TV advert, does social media and oh did I mention farms a very large farm with her dad alone! Bonus points because she is a fan of the R2Kast! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Andrew and Sophie contract farm where Andrew grew up rearing 1000 head of sheep, 80 head of cattle and the best part of 40 hectares of barley and a small amount of rye all for Bruichladdie whisky! A proper field to ‘glass’ story! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

EPISODE 50 is here!! Insane to me that we’ve done 50 episodes and it’s a big one for a big occasion! We talk about TV, getting into farming, sheepdogs, diversification and so much more! Emma burnt dinner, I choked on the smoke over zoom and lots of laughs had! Enjoy!! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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.