{"podcast":{"title":"R2Kast - People in Food and Farming/All In","slug":"r2kast-people-in-food-and-farming-all-in-6734636","podcast_index_feed_id":6734636,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/65885e0cfa5a340016e3e287","website_url":"https://Facebook.com/RURAL2KITCHEN/","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/65885e0cfa5a340016e3e287/1764772431493-95ca55a0-ea3b-4956-9c99-8c79411c3bc9.jpeg","author":"Wallace Currie","episode_count":467,"summary":"Brought to you from Rural2Kitchen. The podcast where agricultural minds open up. Sponsored primarily by Howden Rural Insurance as well as the Scottish Farmer Follow us on all platforms here - https://linktr.ee/rural2kitchen To get in touch email rural2kitchen@gmail.com Complete this survey to help out the show! Thank you so much - https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeBDRnGerPw2w-nNBT6st4wCI2ldi4OZPrIIrJ-_rsRWCKq1A/viewform?usp=sf_link Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-14T08:19:23.897985+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/r2kast-people-in-food-and-farming-all-in-6734636"},"episode":{"title":"Tales of a Nuffield Scholar with Ali Warren-Walker, Laura Underdown, Stu Oates and Ben Andrews","slug":"tales-of-a-nuffield-scholar-with-ali-warren-walker-laura-underdown-stu-oates-and-ben-andrews","published_at":"2026-05-20T18:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/r2kast-people-in-food-and-farming-all-in-6734636/tales-of-a-nuffield-scholar-with-ali-warren-walker-laura-underdown-stu-oates-and-ben-andrews","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/r2kast-people-in-food-and-farming-all-in-6734636","url":"https://shows.acast.com/r2kast/episodes/tales-of-a-nuffield-scholar-with-ali-warren-walker-laura-und","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/65885e0cfa5a340016e3e287/e/6a0cb8e60797376c6e2236be/media.mp3","summary":"Today on series two of Tales of a Nuffield Scholar supported by NFU Mutual we begin looking ahead to the 2026 Nuffield Farming Scholarships Conference in Leeds 🎙️ Across this series we’ll hear from scholars who will feature within the conference presentation groups, giving a flavour of the conversations, ideas and experiences set to shape the event 🌍 This first episode focuses on the presentation group “New Pathways for Land, Rivers, Carbon and Nature” with Ali Warren Walker, Laura Underdown, Stu Oates and Ben Andrews 🌱 We spoke about the journeys that brought each of them into agriculture and Nuffield, from commercial science and food systems through to regenerative farming, television, environmental research and flooding resilience. It was fascinating hearing how different backgrounds and industries can all arrive at similar questions around the future of land use and sustainability 🚜 Across the episode we explored everything from fossil free farming and natural capital markets through to waste valorisation, flooding, biodiversity and the role of farming in protecting rivers and ecosystems. One of the most interesting parts was hearing how much their thinking has already changed through travel, conversations and seeing systems first hand around the world 🌍 There were some brilliant discussions around collaboration too, particularly how farmers, researchers and businesses can work together rather than in isolation. While all four scholars have very different topics, there was a clear thread running through the conversation about resilience, curiosity and challenging the way things have always been done 🌾 We also got a real insight into the Nuffield experience itself, how topics evolve during travel, how ideas get reshaped by the people you meet, and why being open min…","meta_description":"Today on series two of Tales of a Nuffield Scholar supported by NFU Mutual we begin looking ahead to the 2026 Nuffield Farming Scholarships Conference in…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3902,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/r2kast-people-in-food-and-farming-all-in-6734636/episodes/tales-of-a-nuffield-scholar-with-ali-warren-walker-laura-underdown-stu-oates-and-ben-andrews/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/r2kast-people-in-food-and-farming-all-in-6734636/tales-of-a-nuffield-scholar-with-ali-warren-walker-laura-underdown-stu-oates-and-ben-andrews.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}