R2Kast - People in Food and Farming/All In Wallace Currie

Norfolk horn, farming therapy and an award in the House of Commons 
Today we welcome Olivia Shave! Olivia is the person behind ecoewe where she farms and actively pursues methods of rare breed sheep monetisation battling the idea of ‘rare for a reason’.  
A columnist, a believer in keeping rural traditions alive and much more!
Olivia speaks about a major trauma that saw struggles for the family and farming has been the main healer! 
She’s actively involved in the six inches of soil movement and speaks about the mental and technical impact of the production! 
A few weeks back she found herself at the House of Commons picking up the sustainability champion of the year at the inaugural woman in agriculture awards! 
Great lady, great story!
Enjoy! 
 

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Boobs, fundraising and inspiration!
Today we welcome a legend in my eyes!  Lucy Thornton who has has in her words 42 jobs to date and really has tried everything but had three main loves, animals, teaching and the woods!
Currently working as a lecturer in Wildlife Conservation Management at SRUC Barony where she runs forest school, teaches and is involved in a lot of college activities.
3 years ago she was diagnosed with Breast Cancer and chose to document her journey on social media in the most inspiring way! She now finds herself fundraising for CoppaFeel!, a charity in which she plans to walk the Indian Himalayas with! 
An utterly AMAZING woman!
Enjoy! 

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The Nuffield Alumni Podcast 
Today is the start of something new!  You have met a lot of the Nuffield scholars on the podcast lately.  David Rose, a Nuffield scholar realised there was a lot of excellent stories out there not being told on the basis people had drifted form the Nuffield community and maybe don’t use social media for instance! This is our way of showcasing these people!
With support from Howden Rural I bring you the first episode to introduce both the president on Nuffield UK Rupert Alers-Hankey and Marketing Manager at Howden Rural, Fraser Searle!
A chat to show what’s to come!
Enjoy!

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Falling 20 metres into a coma world records and climbing the Burj Khalifa without ropes! 
From one world record chaser in the last episode to someone who holds many! 
Today’s guest, Alain Robert from France who now lives in Bali has spent FIFTY years free solo climbing…for those that don’t know what that is it’s climbing rocks and buildings with nothing but yourself, no support and no ropes! 
His legacy as he says is on rocks but he has some phenomenal building climbs as well including the tallest building on the planet.  He once fell 20m bust everything he has, displacing his wrist to this day and lost 45% of his blood, was in a coma and more. He’s even been declared 65% disabled.  
This is a man who breaks boundaries and does it in style…oh and he’s been arrested about 125 times!
Bloody great guy!
Enjoy! 

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Shearing, shearing and a world record attempt in shearing! 
Sometimes you meet people that do a lot of things and sometimes you meet people that have dedicated their whole life to one thing.
Today’s guests has broken barriers her whole way through life! To this day she is the only woman to have made the coveted Top 30 at the Golden Shears in New Zealand, she spent 8 years on trailers at the start of her career before ever shearing with a woman and is now going for a big one!!
Una Cameron, under the tutelage of Matt Smith is aiming to break the female 9 hour strong wool world record of 458 held by Sacha Bond however Una is after 1000!
She speaks about nutrition, training and all else that has to go into this! 
Oh…and did I mention she’s doing this at 51! 
Great chat with an amazing woman!
Enjoy! 

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Veterinary, Nuffield and…Farming in Qatar?!
Todays guest, Miranda Timmerman is someone I’ve followed for a while as miranda_vet however never actually realised she was a Nuffield scholar until I sat and listened to to her topic on gastrointestinal parasite management at last years conference! 
Not only was the topic very interesting but also a stand out from a presentation perspective (my favourite part)! Miranda has travelled a lot both with work and recreationally! 
Nothing quite like where she finds herself now, working alongside her husband at Baladna Farm which produces all of the dairy product in Qatar after a dispute with Saudi Arabia in 2017 that saw dairy products no longer sold to Qatar!
A very interesting chat with someone who just always says yes!
Enjoy! 

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