R2Kast - People in Food and Farming/All In

Latest Episodes:

R2Kast 233 - Paul Windemuller on AI in Dairy, Nuffield and podcasting Aug 12, 2024

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Buying a farm with ‘nothing’, podcasting, AI in dairy and Nuffield!

Today’s guest and I instantly gravitated to each other when we found ourselves around the pool in Campo Grande, Brazil!

Paul Windemuller, went out to New Zealand from the states and studied agriculture. He then fell in love with the country even finding his partner and his first child to be born in the land of the long white cloud!

They headed back to the US and take on their new dairy farm which they have increased efficiency year on year and are now looking into how to optimise AI.

Paul is doing a Nuffield scholarship on that exact topic and has started a podcast to document the people he meets throughout it!

Very forward thinking guy!

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R2Kast 232 - Andy Frazier on dressing cattle over the world, being an author and collecting whisky! Aug 09, 2024

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Travelling the world, writing 57 books and appreciating all breeds!

You may have seen me sharing RHS TV which I was lucky enough to be involved in but today’s guest has been actively involved in agricultural communication for some time…

Andy Frazier has been around the sector, around the world and succeeded in so many facets of the sector!

He started dressing cattle with notable success in the UK, US, Australia and more!

He’s just released a book looking at the history of the Aberdeen Angus co-authoured by Dr Bob Haugh and Tom Burke

I could sit here and rattle off everything he’s done but best way to find that out is listen in!

A true gentleman!

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R2Kast 231 - Andy Venables on marketing in the rural sphere, event management and more Aug 05, 2024

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Marketing, baby products and agriculture?

I’ve found myself becoming more and more fascinated with marketing, especially in the rural space!

Today we welcome, Andy Venables! Any comes from a dairy farm, he loved a lot of what that involved but didn’t see a career in the sector and chose a degree in business!

He found an interest in marketing and after a go at marketing in a baby product company found the opportunity to come back to the farm but with a twist!

That twist was to be able to diversify and so Hillsgreen Marketing was born in 2018…6 years on, 12 employees and no sign of slowing down it’s exciting times!

Bloody interesting chat with someone who we drew a lot of parallels from each other!

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R2Kast 230 - Kim Frampton on the home farm, diversification and being able to say ‘I’m a farmer‘ Aug 02, 2024

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Vet nursing, diversification and saying ‘I’m a farmer’

Coming from a small farm Kim Frampton always saw animals in her future. Now farming and arable and sheep farm in Dorset with her partner that dream amongst others have come true!

Posting to get instagram farming_in_a_wifely_manor she talks about everything on the farm! Kim is also a trained vet nurse, run an air bnb and also has a banter cards and cups company in the back burner too!

We got into some deep conversations regarding who has the right to class themselves as a farmer and who doesn’t!

Great chat!

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R2Kast 229 - Tales of a Nuffield Scholar with Andrew Gage Jul 31, 2024

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Tales of a Nuffield Scholar

Today we welcome another Nuffield scholar with a bloody interesting story!

Whether that’s starting running the family farm at 19, trying every diversification under the sun, money challenges, finding real success and selling the business or ultramarathons Andrew has done it all!

We talk the intricacies and challenges of sales, marketing and building a brand, fire pits and morality!

A great discussion with a very clever man!

Views are that of those involved not directly of the Nuffield Farming Scholarships Trust.

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R2Kast 228 - Greig Gillespie on getting into farming, community and fatherhood! Jul 29, 2024

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Getting into farming at 8, building a business and the importance of the farming community!

Today’s guest farms in Kintyre, the peninsula just north of the island I’m from, Arran! Greig Gillespie and his wife, Jo (a vet) are building up their own flock at quite a rate while having their own jobs to go to as well!

Greig speaks about the importance of support from people nearby and the challenges faced with this years weather!

Sounds like the kids have great parents behind them with his ethos on fatherhood!

Good chat with someone I know a little which I always enjoy! And I hope you do to!

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R2Kast 227 - Sally Bernard on livestock and crop integration, organics and Nuffield! Jul 26, 2024

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Organics, GMO’s and raising kids on a farm!

Ever meet someone that you just click with instantly and you can barely keep a conversation going for laughing, that’s what I got when I met Sally Bernard!

Farming in Canada, Sally and her partner farm grains and livestock in an integrated system organically!

After seeing a gap in the market they set up an organic feed mill!

Sally will be looking at pasture and grain systems working hand in hand organically for her Nuffield scholarship!

Just bloody great to catch up!

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R2Kast 226 - Amy Hughes on Farmer Engagement, levies and podcasting! Jul 22, 2024

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Mental health first aid, farmer consumer engagement and podcasting

Not by design we welcome our second agricultural podcaster in 2 episodes.

Amy Hughes is a senior engagement manager for AHDB which aims to close the gap between both farmers and the consumer as well as farmers and other farmers! She also operates as a mental health first aider which comes in handy in her people focused day job!

She also runs the think outside the fence podcast with Arron Nerbas in Canada…organising that gives me the fear!

Great chat that gets pretty deep throughout!

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R2Kast 225 - Noel Clancy on podcasting farming and more! Jul 19, 2024

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Farming, podcasting and shinty!

Today’s guest is someone I’ve been discussing podcasting with for some time!

Noel Clancy runs the out the gap podcast which is completely filmed in person. Living in Tipperary he found himself wanting to interview some people during lockdown and now finds himself travelling the country to do just that!

He also farms at home beef cattle in a very dairy area as well as keeping the kids at all the sports clubs under the sun!

Great chat with a lovely chap!

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R2Kast 224 - Tales of a Nuffield Scholar with Roger Mercer Jul 17, 2024

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Tales of a Nuffield Scholar

Today we welcome Roger Mercer, Nuffield scholar with two sons who are also in the same club!

Was very interesting to hear Roger’s mind consider how the business can be environmentally and financially sustainable all the while keeping everyone involved in whiner capacity they desire!

We talk the challenges of a pre-phone scholarship!

Very smart, calculated man and a joy to talk to!

Views are that of those involved not directly of the Nuffield Farming Scholarships Trust.

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