R2Kast - People in Food and Farming/All In

Sophie, from Manchester grew up with parents who farmed in a few places across the UK. Her mother and father started a good trimming business and after a go at the police Sophie decided to join her dad after her mum left the business! 10 years on and a strong father daughter team they are full time with various clients trimming hoofs all over the area! She has now joined the hood trimming content creation with her Instagram, thefemalehooftrimmer to document it all! You should check it out! Thanks for a great chat Sophie!

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Stuart, Rachael and Pauline told about the potentially industry changing funding stream aimed at strengthening rural communities in the south of Scotland and north of England through funding a research aimed direction at the dairy sector! Promising times ahead I’m sure you’ll agree!

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Blythe, born in Zimbabwe had to leave at a young age before heading to a farm in Scotland, studying in Scotland and deciding to head back to Zimbabwe on the last flight before the second lockdown closed them! She works in Zim managing a team advising in flower production and acts as an advisor to Blueberry farmers also. On top of this she is involved in trials being carried out on the flowers!…also, what an accent!

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If you’ve heard of no dog gardening this is the man who popularised it and brought it to the masses. Charles, from a dairy farm never saw a future in that sector for ethical reasons. Since then he has ventured into crop production on a horticultural scale, been involved in scientific trialing, written 14 books and built up a following across all platforms of over 1 million. Including over 500k on YouTube. A topical chat with a progressive mind…with me trying to not get confused!

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7 people from various backgrounds all with one goal, sustainable food production!

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Michael, not from farming always knew he wanted in but didn’t know how. After a few jobs getting him a well grounded network in the sector he still wanted to farm himself. One failed tenancy application after another never stopped his dream and now farms his own farm still with plans to evolve. On top of this however he still found time to carry out a Nuffield scholarship, the farming ladder - one in which I advise you read, or at least skim! It’s an engaging read with stories from New Zealand, Australia, India, Cambodia, USA and France. People in these nations tell the points of challenges and benefits of being a first generation farmer there for Michael to bring back to the UK.

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You may have seen the Instagram account adventuresofashepherdess and the lady behind that is today’s guest, Bizza! Bizza studied at Cirencester before tackling a season of lambing in Glasgow, Orkney and Iceland! Her day job is as a rural advisor and the rest of the time works on the home farming enterprise which is comprised of a commercial sheep flock, her own Greyface Dartmoor’s, a feed and agricultural store, shoot, fishing and holiday home. That is however still not the MAIN experience that drew me to Bizza. She has spent some time working in South Africa with rhinos and speaks about the potential of rhino horn legalisation. You’re going to want to hear this!

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As Jane Craigie Marketing approaches 2 decades in the business it is one of the most recognisable names in the rural sector in Scotland. Jane started the business with the intention of never employing and over the years has built up a marketing business built on grounded morals and has deservingly established a strong long term client network. Oh and you bet there needs to be employees now! Very interesting story with 3 of Scotland’s best Agvocates

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Emily, is one of few Quinoa growers on the UK, has a vineyard and grows cereals. Her father and uncle were beef farmers but Emily saw a chance to change and has diversified into two very different crops for the UK. A great story with a forward thinking person.

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Ben, is a 4th generation British Alstroemeria grower. It was very interesting to hear his story talking about the business starting in the 30s all the way to today and how the production has stayed the same but the challenges have increased. Ben is at the forefront of fighting for the flower industry with his British Flowers Rock campaign! The team are award winning and it’s an all in great story! Enjoy!

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