R2Kast - People in Food and Farming/All In

Jason, from a wine trading family has taken on the Tablas Creek vineyard which is a worlds first regenerative organic vineyard! They utilise alpacas, sheep and other systems to work alongside the vineyard! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

These two ladies married dairying brothers and decided to diversify the enterprise! There is 2 farms being run simultaneously with slightly different systems then between the brothers, Tracey and Aylett decided to start doing door to door deliveries of milk and other groceries which has snowballed hugely! Here the story here! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Phillipa from Ometata in New Zealand talks about her role on the family 40000 hectare farm which is home to 30000 sheep, 1000 dairy cattle and quite a few workers. Those workers need fed and Phillipa makes sure they are provided with a high standard smoko! She also documents get stories in one book so far and possibly a second by the time this episode has been released Hosted on Acast. See acast.c...

Jane, from a farm never saw her career on farms and found her way into her profession as a paralegal after finding herself work in various jobs and for that matter locations. In her very minimal spare time Jane has worked her way through the ranks of Young Farmers in Scotland and will by next year find herself at the highest possible position in the charity as national chairperson! Hosted on Acast...

Colin, otherwise known as my old man was born on the Isle of Arran, has lived in the same house at Bridge Farm his whole life and has over the course of the last 60 years added to the farm on various occasions with his wife Laura. The farm is beef and sheep with about 630 ewes and 15 cattle. For his birthday Colin and Laura (maw and paw) have decided to visit every livestock market in mainland Sco...

Lorraine has tried a few things in her time, whether that is the police or buying a ‘swanky mansion’ in France! Truth is neither of them were for her and her partner. They have had small holdings in Cornwall and now in France with a particular focus on cider making and small livestock enterprises. In her ‘spare’ time Lorraine also write various books varying from how to succeed at smallholding to...

Karl tells his story about working up to head chef at a young age before realising it wasn’t for him and within 4 years working up from nothing to almost owning 100 breeding ewes. He documents his story on Instagram and even became a recurring feature on Zoe Ball’s radio 2 show! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Maria and Gordon both come from non-farming backgrounds and after studying different courses at different times and by chance finding themselves working together at a laying unit have now progressed their own business to the point of nearly self sustaining. They have also found themselves winning an RHS Overhead Championship! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Andrea Flemming is not the first generation to take the reigns of her family farm in Minnesota! Running an arable and beef unit and with a previous interest in veterinary we talk about how to farm in all weathers, the methods used to do so and much more! We even delve into mental health as Andrea has been brave enough on numerous occasions to talk about her battles and her coping mechanisms that w...

Colin, from Dumfriesshire went to Barony College as a Claas apprentice and in the years since has climbed almost as high as he possibly can on the Claas mechanic ladder. His ladder climbing in SAYFC has very much mirrored his efforts with Claas as he now finds him in the position of the west regions vice chair. As well as this Colin has started his own ag contracting business which has built up to...

Based in Canada, Brian and Mandy produce cranberries for Ocean Spray as well as their own bog brand! An interesting chat as always but I was so out my depth…as are the cranberries!😉. Enjoy! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

If you have TikTok you’ve probably seen Katie’s videos pop up on your type as she has about 120k followers on there! Here farming story is just as interesting as her TikTok though having just found her way back into the industry during covid! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Charlotte has 90k followers on TikTok, and posts a lot of REAL posts on there from an education perspective with a large hint of humour! Enjoy another great episode! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jane will often have in excess of 1500 birds either ready for sale, getting ready or newly bought and sells the country over. This is all while running a farm as well as touring county and national shows with her birds…oh and did I mention she races pigs? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Amy had on Facebook go viral 18 months ago with over 55 thousand shares and 40 thousand reactions promoting British produce and that is very much not all she does! She works with the Farmers Guardian, has been on a TV advert, does social media and oh did I mention farms a very large farm with her dad alone! Bonus points because she is a fan of the R2Kast! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for...

Andrew and Sophie contract farm where Andrew grew up rearing 1000 head of sheep, 80 head of cattle and the best part of 40 hectares of barley and a small amount of rye all for Bruichladdie whisky! A proper field to ‘glass’ story! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

EPISODE 50 is here!! Insane to me that we’ve done 50 episodes and it’s a big one for a big occasion! We talk about TV, getting into farming, sheepdogs, diversification and so much more! Emma burnt dinner, I choked on the smoke over zoom and lots of laughs had! Enjoy!! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

At on 23 Kathryn has completed a HND in Agriculture, so far been a journalist for 3 years and is a vice chair of the 3 S’s YF club! Learn more in this weeks episode! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nicola has fitted a LOT into her short career in the industry! Creating a career for herself, being nominated for awards and various TV appearances amongst much more! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Saiorse and Aidan farm in Ireland all while both have full time jobs as well! Hear Saiorse’s story about moving from a home farm with little interest to another one where she is actively involved, has renovated the farmhouse and plans to do the same with another! She plays camogie a sport she explains as female hurling and I’m glad she did as I was ready to ask her about CAMOGLE! Hosted on Acast....

Gemma isn’t from farming and after hearing farmers discuss the impact of Brexit she decided to get involved! She studied environmental science and now farms selling her own produce the UK wide. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Crawford comes from a mixed arable farm which has diversified in various ways and he documents it all on YouTube! A good chat with a nice guy! Enjoy! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Abbie and Andy had literally no background in farming and are now working up to a very respectable enterprise. A great story for all to listen to and show you that you can, with hard work get into this industry! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Becca and Lizzie worked together just before lockdown and got friendly talking over their mutual love of the agricultural industry as well as toasters of course! A couple years on they now run arguably the biggest UK farming podcast at the minute! We talk podcasting, mental health and more! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Joel, arguably the world most famous farmer has developed and pioneered many a regenerative and organic processes that has spearheaded a generation of progressive farmers! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.