R2Kast - People in Food and Farming/All In

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!

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

Enjoy!

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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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South Africa to Yorkshire and everything in between. 

Today’s guest, Megan Mulholland left South Africa with her husband and 2 year old in 2018 with the plan of heading to Yorkshire.  After landing they haven’t left the area!

Megan is now the farm manager which involves what you expect…plus running three state of the art houses.

We speak the differences between various things in the UK and RSA!

Very good chat!

Enjoy! 

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Marketing, zoos and farming!

I met today’s guest over email a couple years ago when she helped make the Adam Henson podcast possible!!

Charlotte Evans isn’t from this sector but has deep dived in through the medium of marketing! Operating at the Cotswold farm park originally and now with StowAg (you might recognise that name from the hat on Jeremy throughout Clarkson farm season three).

She’s actively involved with Chester Zoo and much more! She seems to be one of those folks that can fit a ridiculous amount into a day! 

Great chat with a lovely and impressive lady! 

Enjoy! 

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Lleynwicks, getting into farming and raising a wee one on the farm!

Today’s guests embody the reason I started a podcast. What are the potential jobs in this sector and firstly how do you make it into this industry? 

The sector is directly barriered to entry and these guys have earned their spot but required a self proclaimed dose of luck!

Ella and Lawrence Martin are in their first tenancy! Ella is a vet nurse that Lawrence has successfully converted to full time farmer…while still operating as a full time vet nurse!

Lawrence with very little ties to the sector knew it was for him since he was a kid, working full time through farm jobs, getting an apprenticeship has led the pair of them to the situation they’re in now!

Sorry for talking about Baby Reindeer so much! 

Great couple with great ambitions!

Enjoy!

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Today Ed and I welcomed another live podcast to the Howden stand! This time in Scotland at the Royal Highland Show!

We were welcomed by Andy Frazier, Liz Haines and Rob Waiwright to talk new books, neurodiversity and playing for the Lions!

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Agroforestry, community farming and chasing the olympics?

Today we have our second episode of the Nuffield alumni podcast! Today is our first scholar on the series! 

This man has been integral in making this series happen!  David Rose, was born into farming and has shaped his agribusiness around conservation where food security is paramount.  The farm is home to various businesses, community groups and more! 

David talks about his scholarship in 2001, the topic itself and where it has seen him go since!

Great chat with a true Nuffielder!

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

Enjoy. 

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Veg, tenancies, creating an accepting industry and flooding to the point we need a new name for it! 

We welcome Ben Andrews onto the podcast today.  Ben tells about 1/3 of his farm being flooded as high as 5 feet in some places for notable periods of the year, the struggles with farm tenancy and the uncertainly that can come with it.

Farming a mixed system of livestock, arable and vegetables in Herefordshire as far as Be. Has been able to date back his family have moved all of one county at max!

Another topic for discussion that really shouldn’t have be as Ben says is the ‘least interesting thing about’ him is the fact he’s gay.  Working with many others in the LGBTQIA+ community through Agrespect to create a more accepting industry which is well behind where it should be…as we talk about just look at any Facebook post relating to farming with as much as a couple getting married and see the comments! 

A man farming in truly challenging conditions and trying to find solutions! 

Enjoy! 

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The first of two bonus episodes this week!

Ed, Wallace and Yaz headed down to Malvern to attend the Three Counties Show…the day turned into a gorgeous day and had some fantastic food, drink, livestock and more on show!

We filmed a podcast with three notable figures in the sector in this area, Emma Smith, Ben Andrews and Karl Franklin all of whom you can hear in the R2Kast!

we fought through the noise of the rain which you will hear at one point! Enjoy!

thank you to Howden Rural for the support and hospitality!

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Three bearded men walk into a podcast and find whole dose of craic!…check the spelling!! 

Today we welcome Northern Irish brothers with a whole lot of stories behind them! 

One, Glen rapidly finding his way in the world of beef genetics with a focus on the Speckled Park (composite breed of Aberdeen Angus, Shorthorn and British White Park) a mere 4 years after leaving the army.  

The other, Chris building up his new whiskey (spelled it that was to keep him happy) brand, Dragon Claw, operating a world famous tattoo studio…oh and he won Northern Ireland’s coolest man beating out Jamie Dornan and others. Clearly a dreamboat! 

We talk the obvious, as well as the reality of Afghanistan, addiction in various forms, perfectionism, man flu and how to fold a towel!…I also try a NI accent, I’ll let you decide what you think! 

Not to be heard if you dislike a hearty dose of profanity but absolutely to be heard if you just fair enjoy a bit of craic!

Enjoy!

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