R2Kast - People in Food and Farming/All In

By Wallace CurrieScience Natural Sciences

R2Kast - People in Food and Farming/All In episodes

May 22, 2023 R2Kast 105 - Annie Bryson on travelling, uni, nutrition highland show and COVID!
Annie, from a dairy farm was always involved in farming whether that was through the home farm or YF. However there seemed to be a theme throughout that cattle nutrition was her thing from day one. Originally she wanted to be a vet however an aversion to science proved problematic throughout her school life…your guess is as good as mine as to why she chose to study animal SCIENCE at SRUC in Edinburgh! Nutrition really caught on here, carrying out her dissertation on dairy nutrition at the Crichton Royal Farm in Dumfries! Basically straight after finishing uni (before her graduation) it was time to travel for Annie, NZ, South America and more was what was next for Annie before coming back to find her career in nutrition where she still is! Great story with someone that should be more confident in her ability!
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1 hr 6 min
May 19, 2023 R2Kast 104 - Ioan Humphreys talks the 115 year old business, struggles and tattoos!
Today we welcome Ioan Humphreys onto the podcast, you may know him as @that_welsh_farmer or from being all over the telly lately all for the right reasons!As a youngster growing up on a farm, farming didn’t seem to do it for Ioan but circumstances happened and the weight of the farm being in the family since 1908 caused him to make the decision to take over. His vision for the business in no way aligned with its operation at the time and built a 32000 bird ‘Bentley of bird sheds’ shed to start an egg business.We speak about the challenges of the egg sector, the corporate manipulation of public opinion to avoid blame family difficulty and his wee tattoo that’s shows he’s petrified of grass snakes…you coulda chosen a Boa, Ioan but you do you!
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1 hr 12 min
May 15, 2023 R2Kast 103 - All in with Bolton Wanderers player, Jack Iredale who has fought injury, diabetes and starting out in Australia to make it in the UK!
Today we welcome Jack Iredale onto the podcast. Jack was born in Scotland and emigrated to New Zealand as a baby. In New Zealand he took up rugby and judo before moving to Australia with his family. His mother, an olympian taught Jack the ways of Judo guiding him to win the Australian Junior Judo Championship in his words 'a couple times I think'. All the while this was going on Jack was playing on other sport and in truth it was the only thing for him, soccer!

He has battled type one diabetes, 3 major ACL injuries and only managing to fully hit the ground running at 20 he has found himself working up from Greenock Morton (the town in which he was born) all the way to Bolton Wanderers a club with a history of legends such as Jay-Jay Okocha and Fernando Hierro, notable premier league pedigree and more. At the time of recording Bolton have just guaranteed their place in the play offs so in the next month Jack may find himself playing in what is commonly regarded as the most intense league on the planet, the English Championship.

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1 hr 12 min
May 14, 2023 R2Kast Bonus Episode - Ayr Show Edition
A bonus episode with Jane Strawhorn, Colin Mckinnon, Ewan, Emma and Len (this farming life) and Christine Cuthbertson! Sponsored by A-Plan Rural conducted through SAYFC…hence the noice in the back, the tent was busy all day!!
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53 min
May 12, 2023 R2Kast 102 - Nick and James of Farming Funny podcast speak farming, podcasting and the Office US
After living in Dumfries for the best part of 2 years and having a podcast for the vast majority of that time I realised there was another ag podcaster in the area and suddenly discovered Farming Funny which has to be one of if not the most popular farming podcast in Scotland! Run by Nick and James who come from the polar opposites of farming, James from the way coast arable and Nick west coast sheep farming have also lived somewhat parallel lives! Meeting in Aberdeen at uni, then trying something different…for Nick sales in London and for James driving tractors he would deem toys in Australia Then both came back to their respective home farms to put their major stamps on things! James putting a fair few generations eggs into a successful biogas themed basket and Nick moving away from the conventional and into easy care sheep! Lots of laughs had, I’d you enjoyed the three of us go and check out farming funny’s episode ‘the influencer’…shut up! I hate it as much as you!
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1 hr 14 min
May 08, 2023 R2Kast 101 - Hannah Russel speaks about Alf, overcoming trauma, being a best selling author and more
Sometimes record on a podcast is the first one said you realise you’ve underestimated your guest.I read Hannah‘s bio on Instagram what in store! Pretty quick I realised it was more than good! I could try explain but feel a notable journalistic inadequacy so will simply tell you some notable events from her last 10 years! Life changing injury at 16Made the choice of changing career plans at SEVENTEENBeat two cancer’s by 2426?Public speakerOn the telly sometimesOwner of her very own visitor centre to help the disabledTravels the world for charity workAmbassador of 4 animal based charities that she actively contributes toOh and did I mention the fact she has released 19 books, sold 35000 in one 5 hour period, literally doesn’t know how many of her books exist and is a best selling author many times over!TWENTY SIXHear the insanely inspirational story of Hannah Russell here!
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1 hr 18 min
May 06, 2023 R2Kast 100! Wallace Currie and Ed Martin
A big day for the R2Kast with this being the first episode with 3 digits! In 2 years over 100 episodes we have spoken to 130 people throughout the food and farming sector across 4 continents and now it's time to branch out. The people and groups in food and farming will continue as is but you will start to see 2 extra episodes a month with ANYONE! The only rule is that they have nothing to do with food and farming, the first person has been to 59 countries at 28!

Before that however we need to meet out co-hosts for this series, Ed and Wallace!

Enjoy!
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52 min
May 05, 2023 R2Kast 99 - Neil Barret talks hoof trimming, mental health, the Joe marker podcast and much more!
Today we welcome Neil Barrett onto the podcast.
Neil posts, his daily life on Instagram under the account name NJB HoofCare is a hoof trimmer to trade.

He tells his story about hoof trimming, Instagram, previous jobs and his inspiring career but at the heart of it this is a podcast talking about the importance of being at one with your mental health.

Two heavily bearded dudes with a passion for agriculture talking about their lowest points, the methods used to get out and our favourite beard oil! Truly enjoyed it and learned a lot about a topic that we need to know more about, please listen to this one!
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1 hr 33 min
April 28, 2023 R2Kast 98 - NFUS talk about their current roles, the changes with Brexit, COVID and more
As a sector that is required by those lucky enough 3 times a day you would like to think we wouldn’t need to protect ourselves from increasing input costs, only marginally increasing output costs, anti farming propaganda and more however we do!We stand stronger together and that is where the NFU and in Scotland, the NFUS come in!Today we welcome Emy, Penny, Beatrice, Lisa and Sarah into the podcast to tell not on there but the organisations story from 5 very varied perspectives! There’s a hell of a lot more than 5 people in this organisation so if you’d like to hear more I’m sure we can make that happen!
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1 hr 17 min
April 24, 2023 R2Kast 97 - Karen Moynihan on self run suckler herd, area managing Aldi and social media fame!
Proper fanboy moment for me! I have been a fan since what turns out to be Karen’s SECOND ever video! I like to think I’m not a stalker but it’s not helping here! Karen posts stories about her fame in County Kerry on TikTok, YouTube and Instagram and by god it’s entertaining!! On top of this she is an area manager of Aldi! Karen talks about how her family ended up there, tragedy and much more! Enjoy!
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50 min