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 as I can be in a classroom there is only so much experience I can have and to pass on experience and knowledge from a vast vault is so rich in merit.  With this we put

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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 Polly Hilton onto the podcast.Polly, who’s behind find and foster fine cider noticed orchards had lost the respect and utilisation they once had experienced and wanted to try chan

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 about his role as business development manager but we barely did! We had a brief chat about Harper, I invited myself there, I convinced Alex to do a Nuffield Scholarship and that was

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 into video game design with naturally had me interested!He soon realised that wasn’t his career and gave farming a go before studying at SRUC. This was followed by research, a job

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 South Africa Ivan Carter is somewhat of a Steve Irwin of Africa.  Not only conserving but also researching the topic as well Ivan is a well known TV and now social media p

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! Enjoy Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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

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 u