Organics, GMO’s and raising kids on a farm!

Ever meet someone that you just click with instantly and you can barely keep a conversation going for laughing, that’s what I got when I met Sally Bernard! 

Farming in Canada, Sally and her partner farm grains and livestock in an integrated system organically! 

After seeing a gap in the market they set up an organic feed mill!

Sally will be looking at pasture and grain systems working hand in hand organically for her Nuffield scholarship!

Just bloody great to catch up! 

Enjoy!

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Mental health first aid, farmer consumer engagement and podcasting 

Not by design we welcome our second agricultural podcaster in 2 episodes. 

Amy Hughes is a senior engagement manager for AHDB which aims to close the gap between both farmers and the consumer as well as farmers and other farmers! She also operates as a mental health first aider which comes in handy in her people focused day job!

She also runs the think outside the fence podcast with Arron Nerbas in Canada…organising that gives me the fear! 

Great chat that gets pretty deep throughout! 

Enjoy!

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Farming, podcasting and shinty!

Today’s guest is someone I’ve been discussing podcasting with for some time!

Noel Clancy runs the out the gap podcast which is completely filmed in person.  Living in Tipperary he found himself wanting to interview some people during lockdown and now finds himself travelling the country to do just that! 

He also farms at home beef cattle in a very dairy area as well as keeping the kids at all the sports clubs under the sun!

Great chat with a lovely chap!

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Tales of a Nuffield Scholar

Today we welcome Roger Mercer, Nuffield scholar with two sons who are also in the same club! 

Was very interesting to hear Roger’s mind consider how the business can be environmentally and financially sustainable all the while keeping everyone involved in whiner capacity they desire!

We talk the challenges of a pre-phone scholarship! 

Very smart, calculated man and a joy to talk to!

Views are that of those involved not directly of the Nuffield Farming Scholarships Trust.

Enjoy!

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Awards, education as well as the highs and lows of life!

Emma Smith joins me on the podcast today to talk all things promoting food and farming in schools!  

Not from farming Emma found her way in with Ruby Red Devon cattle and shows around the world.  Her and her husband have Herefords as well and they won the Yorkshire show with their bull on the year the Hereford society had descended on the show! 

We also speak about some of the wonderful challenges life can through your way and Emma is a credit to herself with how she takes things in her stride!

A deserving award winning lady and a great chat! 

Enjoy!

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Digital communications, Australia and…the land army? 

Today’s guest, Emily Ashworth will probably be one of the most heard people in the sector.  After  some time in Australia where she started a food blog Emily found herself back in the UK!

10 years on and the best part of it with the Farmers Guardian we covered the intimacy of sharing the stories of a sector.

On top of this Emily has a deep interest in World War Two with a particular focus on the Land Army in which she has actually written a book! 

Bloody great that about a topic I definitely didn’t expect to talk about!

Enjoy

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Young Farmers, Trees and Dancing around the world!

Couple weeks ago we welcomed Ally Brunton, the new national chair of SAYFC.  Today we bring on his deputy, Jillian Kennedy!

Jillian who was brought up on a farm found herself in a graduate scheme with Scottish woodlands, 6 years later she is now I’m management with the organisation!

Jillian travel the world across three continents with highland dancing and has been recently voted on as SAYFC vice national chair.  

Great proof YF members don’t need to be actively farming and a great advocate for people in forestry!

Enjoy!

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Open farms, fighting for farmers and a cow zip line?!

Today we welcome our current national woman in agriculture, Abi Reader.  Abi is a fantastic advocate for the sector with a dairy and sheep farm at home she operates as the deputy president of NFU Cymru.  

She finds herself teaching food and farming in various schools across the nation and is consistently fighting the core of the sector.

Great person, great advocate and great chat!

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Tales of a Nuffield Scholar

Continuing on our Nuffield Alumni Podcast we welcome Chris Taylor.  I was lucky enough to watch Chris’ presentation at the conference in Exeter last year!

Christ tells his story not coming from farming before taking on a milking job and being hooked!

Studying at harper, BASIS, Nuffield spanning two continents and more has led Chris to his current role as Chief Agronomist at N2 Applied.

Chris also sits on the board of Nuffield and is a true advocate for the organisation!

Great chat with terrible WiFi and great craic!

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Sports  engineering, young farmers and…blood farming?

Today’s guest has a degree in sports engineering, plays a pivotal role in the home farm and has travelled to four continents! 

What’s impressive is all of that has been through Young Farmers!

Ally Brunton has been a member since 14 and been active since before that! Now he finds himself atop the tree as the organisations national chair. 

We speak about what YF has offered him and his plans for the year ahead! 

A true YF advocate and a great guy! 

Enjoy! 

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