R2Kast - People in Food and Farming/All In

Almost 2 million followers, travelling the world with hoof trimming and the best beard on this call!First off…200 episodes! Well it’s actually 207 because of bonus but that’s not got the same ring to it! The networking tool, source of much hilarity, education, reality and feeling of being part of something this has all offered me is insane so for every person that never misses an episode, those of you who have only listened to one you’re all stars!…especially to the one person from Singapore who has listened since about episode 3!Today’s guest, Ant Thomas is a hoof trimmer who posts what he’s up to as Keeping Cows Moovin has carved (is that a pun) a career not just technically but backed up by content creation.  Genuinely we’ve spoken for more than a year and never managed to make this happen! I’m so glad we did! Enjoy!

Quiz today on general knowledge, music, science, the month of May and a fun last round a wee bit different from the norm!

Fixing a politically engrained issue in Canada and living -40!Night 2 in Brazil I jumped in the pool again on my own when everyone was bored of it…as it felt like nothing short of warm tea I decided to jump out and heard someone shout “hey Wallace” and I instant recognised the person as the 2024 Nuffield Scholar with hands down the coolest title!  Tatum who works in credit is from an indigenous population in north Battleford, Saskatchewan! She is aiming to look at the resurgence of indigenous people in agriculture…let me tell you the barriers people have faced purely based on their origin is insane and not too much of a distant memory yet!You can also tune in for my most embarrassing story yet in the first few minutes!A pretty bloody inspiring episode with my Canadian mother in Brazil!😂Enjoy! 

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 on an industry day where we bring in people from the sector to talk about the depth and breadth of it and Louise has always been brilliant!Louise Forsyth, part of the team at Forsyth’s butchers truly has such a cool background and now has dedicated her life to buying prime cattle for the butchery! The most all over story we’ve had in (apart from Gunnar Garfors) and with a true advocate of the sector! Enjoy!

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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 change that. During the process of building a client base and finding orchards to work with she suffered a stroke and to see what Polly has achieved since then is nothing short of inspiring! She’s now embarking on her Nuffield journey to look into the topic she started her now thriving business on!A great chat with truly one of the world’s sweetest souls! Enjoy!

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 about that.Where this podcast shines, along with the episode with Neil Barrett is we just opened up! We spoke about what motivates us, what wakes us up in the morning and also the struggles with challenges throughout life! Enjoy!

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 that turned out not being what it was advertised for but as a stockman role which he loved and now finds himself working for pasture for life 4 times a week and farming compost one day!Very interesting chat with someone ticking the boxes for the reason I started these interviews!Enjoy! 

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 personality sharing all things conservation.Amazing chat with a very inspirational man.Enjoy!