{"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 Kate Speke Adams","slug":"tales-of-a-nuffield-scholar-with-kate-speke-adams","published_at":"2026-05-06T18:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/r2kast-people-in-food-and-farming-all-in-6734636/tales-of-a-nuffield-scholar-with-kate-speke-adams","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-kate-speke-adams","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/65885e0cfa5a340016e3e287/e/69be697a7878605e11d09282/media.mp3","summary":"Today on the Tales of a Nuffield Scholar series I had the pleasure of chatting with Kate Speke Adams 🎙️ Kate is Managing Director of the Herefordshire Rural Hub, a farm support organisation helping farmers and rural businesses navigate everything from regulation and resilience to succession and business change. She is also a 2015 Nuffield Scholar whose study looked at how farmers can be re engaged with their soils through fear, finances, regulation or education 🌾 This episode also brings us to the end of series one of Tales of a Nuffield Scholar, eight episodes looking at those eligible for the Bullock Award. What a way to finish with the current holder of that award. The Bullock Award recognises the scholar who has made the most significant impact in the decade following their scholarship through leadership, innovation or contribution to the wider industry 🚜 We spoke about Kate’s upbringing on a dairy farm in Herefordshire and how her career has sat right at the intersection between farming and the environment, from work with organisations like the Environment Agency and Rivers Trust through to leading the Herefordshire Rural Hub today. Her Nuffield study focused on how farmers engage with soil health and what really drives change, whether that is education, financial incentives or regulation. One of the biggest takeaways from her travels was the power of peer to peer learning, farmers learning from farmers, something she now builds into much of the work the hub delivers 🌍 Kate shared some brilliant insight into the challenges farmers are facing in Herefordshire today, particularly around water quality, regulation and changing weather patterns. We also spoke about a huge landscape recovery project she has been leading that could reshape over 5,000 hectares of farmland…","meta_description":"Today on the Tales of a Nuffield Scholar series I had the pleasure of chatting with Kate Speke Adams 🎙️ Kate is Managing Director of the Herefordshire Rur…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3816,"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-kate-speke-adams/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-kate-speke-adams.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}