R2Kast - People in Food and Farming/All In

Born in Malta, raised in Sudan and buying fat cattle in St Boswell!

That may have started sounding like a Royal Navy apprenticeships advert but it’s not 😂

I’ve always been an avid believer that as good…

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A stroke in her 20s, revitalising cider and one of the Mumford and sons? 

To conclude what has been a remarkably enjoyable series interviewing the full 2024 cohort of UK Nuffield scholars we welcome P…

Harper Adams, Motivation and…Vices?

Today’s guest, Alex Hardie and I spoke years ago (both new to our current roles in education) we started having a chat a few weeks ago again.

I expected us to talk a…

Research, regeneration and…cattle cubicles of compost??

Jamie Jack and I had a chat a few weeks ago and instantly I thought he’d be class for the podcast! Originally not from farming he wanted to go i…

Lions, Elephants and Saving the Planet 

Tonight’s guest has dedicated his life to wildlife conservation mainly based in Africa but also to further reaches of the globe.

Born in Zimbabwe, staying in Sou…

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

This one covers travelling from Holland to Switzerland and then my week in Switzerland!

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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…

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…

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 whe…

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 hi…

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 …

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 i…

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 futu…

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 …

Farming ladders and mobile milking parlours?

Today’s guest, a day before I was an official Nuffield scholar cemented a mention in my final presentation! Listen to find out why! 😉

Oli Chedgey was brough…

Cover crops and guarding the queen?

Today I embarrassed myself! Today’s guest is from a farm but after doing a degree in politics, working through the grenadier guards he didn’t originally see himself…

Sheep, Semen and Young Farmers 

Today we welcome a friend! Always enjoy having a chat with someone I know and learning more than I already did!

Ailish Ross was lucky enough to be graced with my presenc…