R2Kast - People in Food and Farming/All In

The reason I originally started this podcast was to showcase the various jobs you can find in agriculture today. We have an absolute perfect example of someone who doesn’t come from the sector but has paved her career and what a career it has been. Milly Fyfe comes on the podcast today. Milly has been the CEO of the shorthorn cattle society, she was national chair of the National Federation of You...

Olly who had contracted in this local area for years decided to start posting some videos on Facebook during Covid that got picked up by some teachers! Since then Olly has seen an exponential growth forced by a prolific upload schedule! Really interesting chat that was filmed on an Instagram live hence the random questions half way through! Enjoy! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more in...

QMS are the main assurance scheme in Scotland for promoting Scotch Beef, Scotch Lamb and Specially Selected Pork. They work the world over to increase exports and make sure Scotland can compete on a global stage! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

GRANFER! You’ve probably went onto TikTok and heard a young lady shout GRANFER before her granfer (Cornish papa)shuts down a new TikTok comment! Proper fanboy moment for me with this pod and really interesting to speak to an extremely insightful young mind!! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sophie, from Manchester grew up with parents who farmed in a few places across the UK. Her mother and father started a good trimming business and after a go at the police Sophie decided to join her dad after her mum left the business! 10 years on and a strong father daughter team they are full time with various clients trimming hoofs all over the area! She has now joined the hood trimming content...

Stuart, Rachael and Pauline told about the potentially industry changing funding stream aimed at strengthening rural communities in the south of Scotland and north of England through funding a research aimed direction at the dairy sector! Promising times ahead I’m sure you’ll agree! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Blythe, born in Zimbabwe had to leave at a young age before heading to a farm in Scotland, studying in Scotland and deciding to head back to Zimbabwe on the last flight before the second lockdown closed them! She works in Zim managing a team advising in flower production and acts as an advisor to Blueberry farmers also. On top of this she is involved in trials being carried out on the flowers!…als...

If you’ve heard of no dog gardening this is the man who popularised it and brought it to the masses. Charles, from a dairy farm never saw a future in that sector for ethical reasons. Since then he has ventured into crop production on a horticultural scale, been involved in scientific trialing, written 14 books and built up a following across all platforms of over 1 million. Including over 500k on...

7 people from various backgrounds all with one goal, sustainable food production! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Michael, not from farming always knew he wanted in but didn’t know how. After a few jobs getting him a well grounded network in the sector he still wanted to farm himself. One failed tenancy application after another never stopped his dream and now farms his own farm still with plans to evolve. On top of this however he still found time to carry out a Nuffield scholarship, the farming ladder - one...

You may have seen the Instagram account adventuresofashepherdess and the lady behind that is today’s guest, Bizza! Bizza studied at Cirencester before tackling a season of lambing in Glasgow, Orkney and Iceland! Her day job is as a rural advisor and the rest of the time works on the home farming enterprise which is comprised of a commercial sheep flock, her own Greyface Dartmoor’s, a feed and agri...

As Jane Craigie Marketing approaches 2 decades in the business it is one of the most recognisable names in the rural sector in Scotland. Jane started the business with the intention of never employing and over the years has built up a marketing business built on grounded morals and has deservingly established a strong long term client network. Oh and you bet there needs to be employees now! Very i...

Emily, is one of few Quinoa growers on the UK, has a vineyard and grows cereals. Her father and uncle were beef farmers but Emily saw a chance to change and has diversified into two very different crops for the UK. A great story with a forward thinking person. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ben, is a 4th generation British Alstroemeria grower. It was very interesting to hear his story talking about the business starting in the 30s all the way to today and how the production has stayed the same but the challenges have increased. Ben is at the forefront of fighting for the flower industry with his British Flowers Rock campaign! The team are award winning and it’s an all in great story!...

This year RHET Ayrshire and Arran becomes 20. Alec, Christine, Elaine and Willie do a fantastic job to tell the story of the countryside initiative from a breadth of perspectives. RHET, an initiative pushed by our now king connects schools and farms and fills a niche in education the countries youth about where their food comes from. Until recently they had the great displeasure of me as their vic...

A young Rachel Stratton had an avid interest in farming, whether that was lambing, showing or even breeding and in the day of her final school exam decided to fly to Cyprus to experience a new country. Then after a few more travels and a trip back home Rachel really started seeking a career in the sector. Her travels have taken her to 20 nations, soon to be 21 including Germany, Italy, New Zealand...

Luke comes from farming but quickly established a self-made career in the sector for himself. Farming tatties, wheat, barley, OSR and other crops Luke tells the challenges and methods associated with crop production. He dedicates a lot of his time to education, social media and spreading the story of food production! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Kriss Woodstead comes from a farming family but was in no way ‘passed on’ the family business! Zoë Colville is a hairdresser to trade. Why are they on a food and farming podcast you may ask…WELL, if you follow any social media farming accounts in the UK, these two are probably at least one of them! With a combined following of over 60k they are great agvocates! We spoke about family trauma, person...

A couple months ago a guy messaged me on Instagram, “I have a question for you, I’ll probably sound like a **** and it might offend you, do you mind if I ask you?” My favourite thing about it was he didn’t say ‘don’t be offended…BUT’ like a lot do, he told me I probably would be and he was happy with that! I liked that! It was a great question, that would have offended some people but I loved it,...

This young couple, who have a lovely wee boy Hamish come from a family who have farmed in Aberdeen, Iona and Arran! They are new to Arran and have been establishing themselves in the industry in recent months! A real heart warming talk with a fantastic young family with a bright future ahead of them! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

“I want people to be farmers, not have to rely on farming!” Raj Regis is a Rwandan farmer who has progressed his career to chair of agriculture in Rwanda at THERTY THREE! He carried out his dissertation on the potential of sweet potato, a readily available crop in Rwanda that is somewhat looked down on by the public. Since then, alongside the CARL GROUP Ltd (of which he is the R in CARL) they have...

Today, for our first group podcast we welcome on the CLS team, these guys devote their time to bridge the gap between secondary pupils and the rural sector! Some of the team, Ian, Bryony, Tors and Kirstie tell the history, day to day and more about the company! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

“I want people to be farmers, not have to rely on farming!”Raj Regis is a Rwandan farmer who has progressed his career to chair of agriculture in Rwanda at THERTY THREE!He carried out his dissertation on the potential of sweet potato, a readily available crop in Rwanda that is somewhat looked down on by the public. Since then, alongside the CARL GROUP Ltd (of which he is the R in CARL) they have p...

Natalie and Tara are both based on farms…a mere 14 hours apart! They have started their business which aims at helping people build their brand within the last year and it is going from strength to strength! Great chat that I think you’ll love! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Colin was not from farming but after a love for livestock at a young age Colin pursued a career in veterinary medicine. A few jobs, a wedding to another vet and a placement in Tanzania later Colin started with SAC as a disease investigator and now manages the Dumfries vet lab. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.