R2Kast - People in Food and Farming/All In

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R2Kast 167 - Cormac White on veterinary, Egypt, small ruminant dairy and Nuffield Jan 12, 2024

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Belfast, Cairo and goats in Somerset

Todays guest Cormac White stubbornly decided at about 4 being a vet was his career, and it happened. Some fun at uni before travelling with his career followed!

He found himself after graduating heading to New Zealand and Egypt to practise. Seeing some pretty horrendous things that’s he ‘hopes’ he won’t see again! Eye opening experiences with wonderful people was his explanation of Egypt!

After this he headed back to the UK where he met his now partner and how practises as a farm vet with a focus on small ruminants which led him to consultation on these animals.

Seeing a gap in the market he has taken on a Nuffield scholarship to look at the potential for small ruminant dairy here in the UK with plans to head to Europe, New Zealand and most interestingly, Mongolia!

Great chat with a really good guy!

Enjoy!

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R2Kast 166 - Gunnar Garfors on going to every country twice, 10 world records and more. Jan 10, 2024

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That’s just plane crazy!

Every year I love a look at the Guinness Book of World Records and have done since I was a kid, whether it was Ashrita Furman with what I remember to be over 600 records himself, Robert Wadlow and Sultan Kösen as the tallest people ever and currently respectively or even the weird and wonderful such as the most watermelons smashed by the head by Roberto Rodriguez! It could have been a record conceptualised out of complete stupidity and absurdity or the absolutely peak of human ability…I just loved it all! Today we welcome a guest with 10!

Gunnar Garfors has done 22 US States in 24 hours, 5 contented in 24 hours 19 countries in 24 hours and many more but one sticks out, Gunnar is the first person to go to every country (a feat completed by roughly 200 people)…TWICE (a feat now completed by less people than have been to the moon, THREE.

This podcast is two geography nerds geeking out on the planet with one who has fallen in love with travel in recent months and the other surely THE expert…with Ed bumbling along for the ride!

His current task is writing about living on the equator, Antarctic and Arctic circles! That’ll be up there with Kate Rawles book for me!

Amazing story, a very entertaining hour and an insane connection made!

Enjoy!

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R2Kast 165 - Amy Stoner on Supply Chains, Australia and Nuffield! Jan 08, 2024

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Supply chains the most important link?

Series 4 begins with a fantastic guest and another of our 2024 Nuffield cohort! Thanks for the support last year and let’s top it again this year!

Today we have Amy Stoner who always wanted to work in food in some capacity starting as a teenager she made an interactive business allowing kids to cater their own parties!

After school it was Food Nutrition and Wellbeing and Food Industry Management at BSc and MSc respectively.

Them with the training of a friend to drive up and down a field in the UK it was driving a chaser bin in Australia next before travelling and working with her partner around Australia! They then decided to travel south east Asia for a while before the dreaded ‘stay home and stay safe’ so back to Oz and working on a farm until they flew back to the UK!

Amy now works in raw materials for Samworth Brothers working with salad products for sandwiches to go!

This led her to Nuffield scholarship which will see her investigate ‘UK Food Security: A forward thinking approach to ensure resilient fresh produce supply chains!

Another belter form an inspirational young lady!

Enjoy!

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R2Kast 2023 Christmas Special on Wallace’s year - Lecturing, R2Kast, Travelling, Nuffield and more! Dec 29, 2023

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R2Kast Christmas special!

The roles were reversed for this one where Ed interviewed Wallace about everything that’s been going on in the last few months which is a lot! We spoke about the podcast and what else I’ve been to from charity fundraisers to travelling across 3 continents.

We go into a lot of depth about my life changing trip to Africa and my short trip to Ukraine. Not least before touching on my Nuffield scholarship where we are just getting started!

A fun one to end the year and hope it shows that there’s lots more to come in the new year when season 4 comes!

A massive thank you for all the support across an insane year of podcasting with over 90 episodes being listened to in SEVENTY countries! Mad year! Onto the next!

Hope you had a lovely Christmas and are looking forward to a brilliant new year!

Enjoy!

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R2Kast 164 - Ifan Roberts on dairy, doubling a herd, buying almost 400 cows and Nuffield at 28! Dec 22, 2023

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From the lowest point at 19 to owning almost 400 cows at 28. Today’s guest, Ifan Roberts came from a farming family, his grandparents and parents operated small dairy farms in wales and he always knew it was for him but just in a much larger scale! After two years of college and around this time his parents divorce which he explains as the lowest point in his life he came out of college hungry. He knew that hunger was for big numbered dairy but didn’t know how. After getting a job on a dairy farm in Leicester of 550 he was getting his start!After a couple years there and a manager leaving he was pushed into that position and in recent years has moved that herd to 1100, almost 400 of which he owns! On that farm, the man who offered the job was now vice president of Nuffield, which is how I know ifan! He will soon be starting his Nuffield scholarship on inspiring dairy entrepreneurs…I mean who better?!?Enjoy!

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R2Kast 163 - All In with Kate Rawles on cycling top to bottom of South America on a bike she made! Dec 20, 2023

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Wanna go a cycle?…for 13 months?!A couple of months ago, as a lot of you will know I went to Ukraine with Pick Ups for Peace and spent about 15 hours in a car with a man called Bill! We got on like a house on fire and really got to know each other! We spoke about the podcast and he said his sister would be a good guest…trust me! He was right! Kate Rawles comes on to share her story today which starts with career confusion that took her to the states to study some of her PhD but really what mattered was being near mountains. Places to cycle became a theme for Kate’s life with cycles such as the Rhone valley which she describes as small, Texas to Alaska and her life defining journey of the top of South America to the bottom! That’s quite a feat, eh? Did I mention she stopped off, deep diving into communities and trying to help with environment and humanitarianism at heart!Oh and did I mention she built the bike out of Bamboo!Want to hear more after the episode, check out her book, The Life Cycle, 8000 miles in a bamboo bike and her website, Outdoor Philosophy! I say it every time but I know you will!Enjoy!

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R2Kast 162 - Hattie McFadzean on a career in Myanmar, sustainability in dairy and Nuffield. Dec 18, 2023

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Myanmar you listening? Today’s guest, Hattie McFadzean studied a few modules at uni that guided her into a slightly different path! Having come from a family where both parents were from farming but not farming in Hattie or her brothers lifetime Hattie found a new interest in farming but with focus on sustainability and the climate.In what can only be described as some pretty impressive procrastination as she wrote her dissertation Hattie applied for a job working in Vietnam before being transferred to Burma where she spent two years.Just before the 2020 Burmese coup and a mere 3 days before lockdown Hattie came home which she mentioned was a lucky move!When she came back she now works with Promar as part of their sustainability team and is carrying out her Nuffield scholarship on how dairy farming can place itself better sustainably!Enjoy!

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R2Kast 161 - Liz Haines on running a dairy, AHDB, her Nuffield on neurodiversity and… life boats! Dec 15, 2023

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The greatest word ever developed!That’s a pretty strong title I get but I completely mean it! People with autism, ADHD and Dyslexia amongst others in the past would have been called disabled and now the term neurodiversity has been coined I think it can only ever be a positive change for that demographic! Todays guest, Liz Haines is not only in my Nuffield cohort but also runs a farm, holds a position in the AHDB and much more!Last year liz was diagnosed with ADHD and a lot of things started to make sense. Liz is studying her Nuffield scholarship with a particular focus on neurodiversity in agriculture and I can’t wait to read it!Enjoy!

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R2Kast 160 - Andrew Simpson on career confusion, the police, farming in the US and agronomy. Dec 11, 2023

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Not all those who wander are lost, even those in Wheat, OSR and…Oak trees? One of my favourite things about the podcast is when you get the chance to open up about the career. You normally have heard about most of it but there’s always more to learn! Oak was one of my closest friends for 3 years back in my first three years of my undergraduate! Many a beer was drank, late night studying and much more! He’s travelled the world, driven semis, been in the police and now operates as an agronomist! I very much enjoyed and I’m sure you will too! Enjoy!

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R2Kast 159 - Chris Jenks on drama school, acting on TV as his own production company! Dec 08, 2023

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What would you rather, Gillian Anderson filmed you before you even knew, you gave Daniel Radcliffe abdominal thrusts…or both and you get paid for both experiences?!That’s today’s guests story! Chris Jenks was the year above me at school and was always the one that was good at whatever he turned his hands to, school, fitness and in particular drama! That year was known for its thespian ways and chris is not the only one in that small high school year group to make it in this competitive sector but todays episode is about Chris! A mainstay in the beloved sex education, a police DC in Karen Pirie soon to be for a second season and also playing alongside his self professed hero as a kid, Daniel Radcliffe!A mental story, from a lovely guy that’s only 27!!Enjoy!

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