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We went live with some of the top farming influencers from social media @ LAMMA 2023 to chat about how farmers can connect with the general public.

We were joined by: Tom Pemberton, Joe Seels, Charlie Beaty, Rebecca Wilson, Flavian Obiero , Charlotte Ashley, Amy Jackson and Izak van Heerden.

We know how important it is to be inspired by both big businesses and individuals, which is why we are excited to present Talking Leaders, a bi-monthly initiative from the AHDB which will see a series of inspirational speakers share their life experiences and deliver impactful stories to the AgriLeader community.

In our December broadcast we were delighted to be joined by Bonnie Huval – former space shuttle and Spacelab engineer from the NASA Johnson Space Center to discuss (amongst other things) “What does it take to get someone to the moon?”

For a while, she led the team that tested space shuttle communication systems to find out exactly how they would behave under every conceivable mission condition. She also wrote some of the software to handle life science experiment data from Spacelab.

After leaving the space programme, she became an independent consultant. She is often involved in complex, strategically important projects with daunting technology and business process challenges. Bonnie has a knack for solving problems by looking at them upside down or sideways.

Join our broadcast for an insight into the world of a former space shuttle engineer and to be inspired to look at problems through a different lens.

“Women in Food and Farming” is a group of professional women in food, agriculture and the land-based industries at all stages of their careers, who get together to discuss business issues, support each other via mentorship and advice, and help generate networks of contacts that might be useful to themselves and their businesses.

Founded in 2011 by Christine Tacon CBE, the group started back in 2011 with just five women and has now grown to over 500 members. Christine is known to many as the first Grocery Code Adjudicator and head of the Co-op’s farming business, she has just been appointed Chair of Assured Food Standards which operates the Red Tractor Assurance scheme amongst other roles.

Beanstalk is very proud to offer our extensive platforms to allow Women in Food and Farming to continue their conversation and debate and to encourage new members ongoing to join them, be that on a virtual Broadcast basis.

In our December Broadcast, we had the great pleasure of having Clare Keegan, Head of Business Enterprise Services at Harper Adams University join us to discuss The School of Sustainable Food & Farming.

Together, with their key partners, they aim to: Educate, Inspire and Empower current and future farmers to achieve net zero within a sustainable farming and food system.

The School of Sustainable Food and Farming at Harper Adams University is supported by their steering partners: Morrisons, McDonalds UK & Ireland and the National Farmers Union. Their shared purpose is to:

• Equip farmers with skills & knowledge towards Net Zero within sustainability parameters (economic, environmental and social)
• Talk a common language with regards to Net Zero and Sustainable Farming
• Improving farm data to track carbon emission reductions and sequestration offsetting at a whole farm system approach
• Encourage new entrants into the food industry and a diversity of entrepreneurial people

The leading Agricultural, Ag-Tech, Fresh Food Sectors Trade, Political and Finance Leaders recently came together for a Filmed Debate on The Seismic Issues of the Day at CLAAS UK HQ. “How Do We Collectively Create the Solutions We All Want To See In Such Turbulent Times….?”

The Circle of Leaders is a grassroots initiative, created in the spirit of Beanstalk Global’ s overall mission to support, educate and promote the agricultural and fresh food sectors in the UK and Internationally to help them thrive and grow.

On the panel were:

Andy Allen – CEO – Oasthouse Ventures

Sarah Calcutt – CEO – City Harvest

Dan Cross – MD – Dyson Farms

Thomas Oatey – Surveyor – Fisher German

Nicholas Saphir – Chairman of AHDB

Jaz Singh – CEO – Innovation Agritech Group

Dr Trish Toop – Chief Technical Officer for Agri-Epi Centre

Jack Ward – CEO – British Growers

Chaired by Max MacGillivray of Beanstalk.Global

We know how important it is to be inspired by both big businesses and individuals, which is why we are excited to present Talking Leaders, a bi-monthly initiative from the AHDB which will see a series of inspirational speakers share their life experiences and deliver impactful stories to the AgriLeader community.

For November we were delighted to be joined by Matt Phelan – Author and Co-Founder of the Happiness Index to discuss Happiness vs Engagement at Work.

In his day-to-day role, he’s responsible for the strategic direction of the business. He is the founder of The Happiness and Humans Community, host of The Happiness and Humans Podcast and author of Freedom To Be Happy: The Business Case for Happiness.

Matt recently completed a TEDx talk where he presented 12 million data points in happiness from 1 million human beings in 100+ countries in less than 15 minutes!

FRESHPPACT is the fresh produce industry Impact Hub that works with research partners to find solutions to the biggest shared sustainability challenges that we all face.

Right now, they are looking for solutions that can mitigate pollution caused by plastic used in agricultural mulch, workwear and packaging.

Can you help them find scalable, commercially viable, game-changing solutions that are on the verge of discovery?

They have launched three calls for proposals with over £900,000 worth of funding on offer for three or more solutions that they can test, commercialise and scale-up.

Help us all define the problem, discover the solution and change the world.

Beanstalk.Global is hosting a FRESHPPACT Innovation Showcase Webinar – to discover the latest ideas and research and connect with the experts and innovators.

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In our November Broadcast, we were delighted to be joined by Dr Juno McKee, Director of Ventures at NIAB to discuss “Managing Complexity”.

Juno has over 20 years of experience leading and managing applied research, technical services, knowledge exchange and product development for agri-business and currently provides leadership for NIAB’s innovation and commercialisation activities as Director of Ventures. Juno also serves on the Advisory Board of the British Crop Production Council and on the Executive Management Team of Agrimetrics – the UK Agri-Tech Centre for data science, analytics and modelling in the agrifood sector.

Juno has a first degree in plant biology and a PhD from the University of Newcastle-Upon-Tyne. She also has an MBA from the Open University Business School and is a 2003 Nuffield Farming Scholar (UK wheat breeding and supply chains).

We know how important it is to be inspired by both big businesses and individuals, which is why we are excited to present Talking Leaders, a bi-monthly initiative from the AHDB that will see a series of inspirational speakers share their life experiences and deliver impactful stories to the AgriLeader community.

In our October broadcast, we were joined by Dan Sodergren - CoFounder and CIO of YourFlock.

Ted X talker, keynote speaker, ex marketing agency owner, digital trainer, serial tech startup founder and now media spokesperson Dan Sodergren's main area of interest is the future of work, remote work,data, green tech and tech startups. He is co-founder of www.YourFLOCK.co.uk - a team engagement platform based on values.

In his spare time, as well as being a dad, Dan is a digital marketing and technology expert for the BBC. Donning the cape of consumer champion on shows like BBC WatchDog, the One Show and RipOffBritain and being a marketing tech specialist for SuperShoppers and RealFakeAndUnknown.

He is also a host and guest on podcasts and webinars speaking as a futurist. As well as being a guest on countless radio shows. And a remote reporter/content creator for tech companies at tech events and shows.

His main interest is in the future. Be that the future of marketing, or the future or work or how technology will change the world for the better under the #Tech4Good and #Tech4All movement.

Beanstalk Global went live with the AHDB and a select number of very well-known and highly regarded Farming “influencers” from the world of YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, Twitter, YouTube and LinkedIn to debate the key subjects of the day and to encourage more people to join the sector.

On the Broadcast were:

Max MacGillivray

Tom Pemberton

Joe Seels

Olly Harrison

Charlotte Ashley

Georgina Summut

Rebecca Wilson

In our October Broadcast, we were joined by Susie McIntyre, MD of Kettle Produce to discuss Crisis Management.

Food and Farming is a group of professional women in food, agriculture and the land-based industries at all stages of their careers, who get together to discuss business issues, support each other via mentorship and advice, and help generate networks of contacts that might be useful to themselves and their businesses.

Founded in 2011 by Christine Tacon CBE, the group started back in 2011 with just five women and has now grown to over 500 members. Christine is known to many as the first Grocery Code Adjudicator and head of the Co-op’s farming business, she has just been appointed Chair of Assured Food Standards which operates the Red Tractor Assurance scheme amongst other roles.