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...

Quiz today on general knowledge, music, science, the month of May and a fun last round a wee bit different from the norm! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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...

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...

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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...

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...

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...

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! Hosted on Acast. See...

For each well of my travels I intend on releasing a wee update of what’s been happening. This one covers travelling from Holland to Switzerland and then my week in Switzerland! Enjoy Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

For each week of my travels I intend on releasing a wee update of what’s been happening? This covers my amazing week in the Netherlands and also the stuff that went bad in Brazil! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Grain, journalism, hunting and…ecology? Today’s guest, who if I released video you’d realise is my Canadian double! Matt McIntosh (yes he mentioned his strong ties to here) from a grain farm in Canada works as an agricultural journalist primarily and his goal is to shift that in the other direction with farming being his main income. He is very aware of issues that could prove damaging to agroecology in his county and is carrying out a Nuffield scholarship to look into why and how it can be...

Nuffield, psychology and a retirement plan of…a pilot licence and a PhD! If that doesn’t make you want to listen I don’t know what will!  You’ll notice I’ve had a lot of Nuffield scholars on lately and every single one of them has been impacted by today’s guest. Wyn Owen, an 1998 Nuffield scholar (as he says you could do them when you were 12 back then) from a peaty upland farm in wales left applying for Nuffield until the second last year he could and it changed his life. Operating as a...

Let me know what you think of this! I love quizzes and thought why not make one!? I can’t bring myself to call it the R2Kwuiz! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Can you farm carbon? A question posed by 2022 Nuffield scholar, Ben Hunt! When I hear it I immediately in the current world consider carbon a commodity in that question.  This was the same for Ben when he started out but as his travels progressed he started to consider carbon the resource with an after thought as a commodity! Ben is an agronomist, he’s worked for British sugar, worked in Canada and New Zealand and much more!  This is a discussion with two main themes, 1 the title ‘can you...

Coos, House of Commons and a fight with Robert Mugabe  Today we welcome one of those episodes I have less than no idea about someone’s sector! Neil Parish, who at heart is a farmer who grew tired of his father complaining about policy and taking little action.  So he did.  After about 15 years in council Neil had a shot at contesting Torfaen, a safe labour seat which he lost by 24.5k votes…after that things started to go in his favour working his way up to European Parliament!  I’d try...

For each week of my travels through Nuffield I intend on releasing a wee update of what’s been happening! This one is the pre-CSC in London followed by the first few days in Brazil…before it all went wrong! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Diversity, pigs and fatherhood! Back in July 2021 I phoned a guy called Flavian who I’d heard talk about casual racism in farming and spoke for about 2 hours on the phone and then released a ‘people in farming’ essay… a few months after he was on the podcast and now 3 years on it’s time for an update! He’s now a dad primarily, has his own farm with his partner, Nic, various diversifications and so much on the go!  Great chat with a proper pioneer! Enjoy!  Hosted on Acast. See...

Mobile phones, therapy and…farming? This was a great chat! It went in a direction I never expected!  Dan Smith works with Jamie’s Farm as a farm manager but by extension find himself moulding the futures of teens from poor background! I can’t sell this enough, listen. Dan is carrying out his Nuffield on how to inspire this generation to care about regeneration!  A deep and amazing discussion with a great guy! Enjoy!  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

One could say this is faultless!  On this episode of the All In series we welcome instant social media success story, Luisa Hendry!  Luisa who from a young age lived all things rocks, whether that was films, TV or the real thing! Then at a school open day realised you could study it and it’s been her life ever since!  Ed and I were out our depth here but very interesting!! Tune in for some craic, rocks and of course, tinder chat up lines! Sorry for the slight technical issue near the...

Farming ladders and mobile milking parlours? Today’s guest, a day before I was an official Nuffield scholar cemented a mention in my final presentation! Listen to find out why! 😉 Oli Chedgey was brought up on a very small holding! Farming was what he always wanted! Starting with a few sheep having met farmers working as contractor.  Bustling that business up to 600 with someone else running it Oli jumped to dairy, but in a very unconventional sense, with a mobile parlour!  Following on from...

Cover crops and guarding the queen? Today I embarrassed myself! Today’s guest is from a farm but after doing a degree in politics, working through the grenadier guards he didn’t originally see himself going back!  With a very business minded brain Toby Simpson came back to the family farm and wanted to implement a regenerative tweak to the farm.  Amongst others Toby saw major merits in cover crops which he has focused his Nuffield scholarship on. Having presented in findings in November it...

Sheep, Semen and Young Farmers  Today we welcome a friend! Always enjoy having a chat with someone I know and learning more than I already did! Ailish Ross was lucky enough to be graced with my presence in our times at uni!  Coming completely not from farming Ailish has carved a career in the sector very quickly! In 3rd year giving a lambing a go followed by milking pretty quick out of uni Ailish had a job! Embryo transfer and AI were what followed, then the AHDB and then for the last 7 years...

ONE HUDRED AND EIGHTYYYYY 🎯  Luke Littler really put Darts back on the scene at the turn of the year with his rise to the World Darts Championship Final at 16!  Luke currently sits at 31st in the world and sure to rise (he says with no understanding of darts)  Today I (as Ed got stuck in Orkney) sat down with Rab Smith, ex-WORLD NUMBER 4! We’ve had the privilege of picking the minds of some people right at the top of their game, Stevie Nicol, Rose Davies but never someone to reach the...