R2Kast - People in Food and Farming/All In

In his younger days our guest from today, Ross found himself playing rugby at a good level and football even better. However after his international level volleyball PE teacher noticed how tall he was in his first week of secondary school and Belmont academy his trajectory was marked out!Ross explains how the volleyball scene works, the opportunities for skill development, international travel and more that it has afforded him as well as his methods of funding what is not quite a sport that pays too well!He works as a PE teacher, has his own PT community, workitout and a few things in the pipeline!Enjoy!!

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For fans of the All In series that we launched last month a lot of you will know my co host, Ed! For those in the Dumfries farming community I’m sure that is the case also!I wanted to hear Ed’s story more in depth than we did in the 100th episode! Ed, from a now dairy farm tells about the transition to beef, arable and dairy, the reasons why and more! He talks about fitness, his time as Lower Nithsdale YF chairperson, rugby and much more!Great chat with someone it’s crazy to think is only 21!Enjoy!

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100 years ago this year a group of young people farming in Caithness got together and without realising it kickstarted the largest rural youth group in Scotland! Fast forward to now and SAYFC offers opportunities that dwarf that of some careers! International travel, professional development, a safe social space and so much more activities, events and experiences!For some years the running of SAYFC was facilitated by a national council which was essentially a voted on group of members from around the country that required progression through club, district and regional level! That has recently changed with a restructure based around 6 focussed committees that sees a senior leadership team of the CEO, Penny alongside national chair and vice, Jane and Ally as well as the regional chairs, vices and 6 committee chairs and vices also!Those 6 committees areAgri and Rural AffairsCommunications and MarketingCompetitions and EventsDevelopment and Wellbeing Finance International TravelIn this call we had myself, Aimée Margrove, Laura McCulloch, Grant Barr, Jane Strawhorn, Ally Brunton and Skye Watson to talk about them and their committees!What this means is I have now set the challenge of having every club on the podcast so please get in touch! Lower Nithsdale get first dibs! 😉Enjoy!

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15 months ago I was one of Josh and his now wife, Leah’s best men! A gorgeous late March Day in St Andrew’s that won’t be forgotten soon. About 13 years previous we annoyed the hell out of each other at school and subconsciously because bloody good mates basing out relationship on FIFA, a bit of drama, teenage drinking, being head and vice head boy of the chippy together and most importantly, WWE!Now, Josh works as a chef and truly has found his calling! Hear his story of getting to the stage he’s at, his intentions for the future, how to make what he calls ‘simple’ meals and more!! Enjoy!

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I introduce this podcast by saying:‘For those of you yhat know me I’m pretty good with an axe, todays guest is maybe as good!’Glen Penlington is the current male Stihl Timbersports British champion! Builder to trade, Glen was always interested in sports, taking part in rugby, golf, cricket and others throughout his early years! His dad competed in timber sports and therefore him and his sister, Zoe (the current female champion in the same sport) were always around it! Ed and I proper get into questioning the intricacies of a sport that has always interested me! Oh and did I mention he was on 2017 worlds strongest man, Eddie Halls YouTube channel showing the big man the ropes…or saws of timbersports! Good luck to Glen defending his championship on Saturday! Find it on the website!

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Today we welcome a good friend of mine into the podcast! John, from a beef and sheep farm in Darvel, Ayrshire always enjoyed working with livestock but didn’t see farming at home in his future.Veterinary was always the goal and work was required for that! John mentioned that he was clever but by no means didn’t have to try, highers required effort and his firs year of vet school came as a bit of a shock! Getting through the first year he got into the swing of things in the second and 4 years later was qualified!A few vet practises followed before settling at his current practise, alongside his partner Chloe at ark vets in Lockerbie! He tells stories about getting into veterinary, his travels to SE Asia and NZ where he both worked and holidayed! Always enjoy chatting to someone in or as you ALWAYS learn something about them! Enjoy!

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Todays guest is a well known figure in scottish farming however lives closer to Oslo than Edinburgh! Born and bred on Bigton Farm on Shetland, Aimee knew her career would involve animals she just didn’t know to what extent exactly…horses, farming or otherwise! I’m her teens Aimee and her sisters unfortunately lost their father. At the time the decision was made for her eldest sister, mum and grandfather to continue with the farm with assistance from Aimee around her degree which she studied at the Aberdeen campus of SRUC, Craibstone!During the time Aimee was studying the farm was approached by BBC’s successful This Farming Life offering the family the chance to share their story to the masses in turn showcasing what Shetland and they had to offer! All of this together saw the farm with the Countryfile Farming Heroes Award in 2018 A story where in Aimee’s words you don’t know how strong you are until being strong is you’re only option…a joy to see a business transpire from uncertainty to the current plans for the future! Enjoy!

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What can you expect to do in 9 years? In some ways, a lot…one that doesn’t spring to mind is become a fountain of knowledge on a subject as diverse as organic dairy farming! Today we welcome Sophie Gregory onto the podcast, Sophie posts her farming life to instagram under the name farmer_in_training justified by her words “I don’t think you ever become an expert in farming!” however her depth of knowledge with a focus on organicity and regeneration backed up by a loving passion is powerful! After welcoming her first wee one into the world when she was 18 Sophie took up a career in accountancy to be able to balance parenthood and income. 5 years later her husband wanted to get into dairy farming much to Sophie’s dismay, 9 years on and 10 months off of starting their second 10 year tenancy they run a notably progressive system running Irish Fresian cattle.Sophie also sits on the board with arla and spends a lot of time working with the cooperative to ensure a better future for their producers or in other words the owners!

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When I went to uni, there was a course which looked at management skills and entrepreneurship, this module was taken by more than just the agriculture students, there was also RBM, activity, tourism, and outdoor pursuits. On that activity tourism group there was a lad called Dylan Goodison. We spent an hour or so together on a project and apart from that I barely knew him!Since we left uni, it’s been inspiring, watching Dylan’s travels throughout the globe to 59 countries, including a trip to the top of Kilimanjaro, learning various cultures and religions, and some dangerous stories on the way too!One of the many things I found interesting during this discussion was the parallels I in particular was able to pinpoint between our astronomically different lives! For me Arran was and always will be a home but I knew I had to leave to achieve, what at that point I didn’t fully know but turned out to be creating content both for academia and social media, for Dylan Wexford holds the same emotions and travel was his future. After finding that thing Dylan has sunk everything he has into it, money, time and energy to the point of social sacrifice but with ALMOST no regrets, me the same. The most striking to me was reconvening with that idea of a forever home in Arran and Wexford for myself and Dylan respectively. We both love those places for the supportive upbringing they offered us before openly accepting and assisting in our leaving of it for self betterment. We both love the idea of going back but don’t think it’ll be permanent, certainly for some time.In recent times, Dylan has spent a lot of his travels with his partner Celtia and watching from the sidelines, it has been a pleasure to see them travel together, bring out the best in each other and experience what is currently almost half of the planet.Tonight we welcome Dylan and Celtia to talk about raw global travel field by broadening their understanding of global culture by getting to know small communities the world over by living there and acting as a welcomed member of that community. This isn’t a jump off a plane at an airport, tick that country of the list story…Celtia, studied translating to monetise her tri-lingual ability which had Ed and I feeling inspired yet lazy and questioning the failings of our nation that purely assumes “everyone else will know English”. Translation wasn’t for her but she continued her studies and finds herself carrying out an MSc in Social Policies and a migration Studies!My now favourite couple find themselves for 6 months in Mexico split into 3 2 month stints in different parts with various plans for what’s next!

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Rarely does someone need no introduction but Ben is kind of one of them…ESPECIALLY in the rural podcasting game! You may look at me and think my upload schedule is prolific and 106 episodes is crazy…Ben reckons he has uploaded over 500 across all platforms! Over 200 of his original series meet the farmers and hundreds more across his other media businesses! A wealth of knowledge and an interesting mind I could have listened to for hours and I’m sure you’ll feel the same! Enjoy!

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