R2Kast - People in Food and Farming/All In

For each week of my travels I intend on releasing a wee update of what’s been happening?

This covers my amazing week in the Netherlands and also the stuff that went bad in Brazil!

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Grain, journalism, hunting and…ecology?

Today’s guest, who if I released video you’d realise is my Canadian double! Matt McIntosh (yes he mentioned his strong ties to here) from a grain farm in Canada works as an agricultural journalist primarily and his goal is to shift that in the other direction with farming being his main income.

He is very aware of issues that could prove damaging to agroecology in his county and is carrying out a Nuffield scholarship to look into why and how it can be fixed! 

Really enjoyable chat with a lovely guy! 

Enjoy! 

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Nuffield, psychology and a retirement plan of…a pilot licence and a PhD!

If that doesn’t make you want to listen I don’t know what will! 

You’ll notice I’ve had a lot of Nuffield scholars on lately and every single one of them has been impacted by today’s guest.

Wyn Owen, an 1998 Nuffield scholar (as he says you could do them when you were 12 back then) from a peaty upland farm in wales left applying for Nuffield until the second last year he could and it changed his life.

Operating as a mentoring and leadership coach that works with high performing individuals around the country he truly believes that without Nuffield none of this would have happened.

A great man, a great story and someone who after 6 short months of having met I truly look up to!

Enjoy! 

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Let me know what you think of this! I love quizzes and thought why not make one!?

I can’t bring myself to call it the R2Kwuiz!

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Can you farm carbon?

A question posed by 2022 Nuffield scholar, Ben Hunt! When I hear it I immediately in the current world consider carbon a commodity in that question.  This was the same for Ben when he started out but as his travels progressed he started to consider carbon the resource with an after thought as a commodity!

Ben is an agronomist, he’s worked for British sugar, worked in Canada and New Zealand and much more! 

This is a discussion with two main themes, 1 the title ‘can you farm carbon?’ as well as the navigation of the waters on the way to farming for himself! 

Great chat with someone I really enjoyed hearing them think before they answer! 

Enjoy! 

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Coos, House of Commons and a fight with Robert Mugabe 

Today we welcome one of those episodes I have less than no idea about someone’s sector!

Neil Parish, who at heart is a farmer who grew tired of his father complaining about policy and taking little action.  So he did. 

After about 15 years in council Neil had a shot at contesting Torfaen, a safe labour seat which he lost by 24.5k votes…after that things started to go in his favour working his way up to European Parliament! 

I’d try explain the journey but feel Neil will go a better job than me so just listen in!

A great chat with a man, who at 67 is still keen for another craic at the whip (not a political pun) of policy still!

Enjoy! 

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For each week of my travels through Nuffield I intend on releasing a wee update of what’s been happening!

This one is the pre-CSC in London followed by the first few days in Brazil…before it all went wrong!

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Diversity, pigs and fatherhood!

Back in July 2021 I phoned a guy called Flavian who I’d heard talk about casual racism in farming and spoke for about 2 hours on the phone and then released a ‘people in farming’ essay… a few months after he was on the podcast and now 3 years on it’s time for an update!

He’s now a dad primarily, has his own farm with his partner, Nic, various diversifications and so much on the go! 

Great chat with a proper pioneer!

Enjoy! 

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Mobile phones, therapy and…farming?

This was a great chat! It went in a direction I never expected!  Dan Smith works with Jamie’s Farm as a farm manager but by extension find himself moulding the futures of teens from poor background! I can’t sell this enough, listen.

Dan is carrying out his Nuffield on how to inspire this generation to care about regeneration! 

A deep and amazing discussion with a great guy!

Enjoy! 

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One could say this is faultless! 

On this episode of the All In series we welcome instant social media success story, Luisa Hendry! 

Luisa who from a young age lived all things rocks, whether that was films, TV or the real thing!

Then at a school open day realised you could study it and it’s been her life ever since! 

Ed and I were out our depth here but very interesting!!

Tune in for some craic, rocks and of course, tinder chat up lines!

Sorry for the slight technical issue near the end!

Enjoy! 

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