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Ideas that Grow

Ideas that Grow

By NZ Rural Leaders

Kia ora you’ve joined the 'Ideas that Grow’ podcast - brought to you by Rural Leaders.

In this series we’ll be drawing on the insights from innovative rural leaders, to help plant ideas that grow, so our regions can flourish.

Ideas That Grow is presented in association with Farmer's Weekly.

All guests are arranged by Rural Leaders, whose mission is to grow world class leaders through the Nuffield NZ Farming Scholarship and Kellogg Rural Leadership programme.
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Penny Clark-Hall on social licence to operate in the rural sector

Ideas that GrowJun 17, 2021

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Penny Clark-Hall on social licence to operate in the rural sector

Penny Clark-Hall on social licence to operate in the rural sector

In the May episode of the Ideas that grow. podcast, Bryan Gibson talks to Penny Clark-Hall, 2018 Kellogg Scholar, about her research on the social licence to operate in the rural economy. How much trust you have from your stakeholders? How you gain trust, and how you lose it? How to engage with people in a positive way and how to build that awareness about the impact of your approach and your decisions?

Jun 17, 202122:44
Cam Henderson on harnessing farming energy

Cam Henderson on harnessing farming energy

In this month’s ‘Ideas that Grow’ podcast, we talk to Cam Henderson (2019 Nuffield Scholar) about on farm energy solutions.

Cam  used his Nuffield research to explore links between agriculture and  energy and how technology can work to harness farmed energy sources  including waste matter to supply national energy needs.

Mar 29, 202116:01
Oscar Beattie on Sustainable Impact Investing
Feb 21, 202119:39
Siobhan O'Malley & Wayne Langford on 'Meat the Need'

Siobhan O'Malley & Wayne Langford on 'Meat the Need'

This month’s podcast features Siobhan O’Malley (2018 Kellogger) and Wayne Langford (2014 Kellogger), co-founders of Meat the Need - a charitable supply chain that allows NZ farmers to donate their produce to NZ families and food banks.

Siobhan and Wayne were the winners of the 2020 ‘Champion Award’ at the Primary Industries Awards in November this year – for their ‘Meat the Need’ charity.

Jan 24, 202123:37
Mat Hocken: Innovation in agriculture

Mat Hocken: Innovation in agriculture

Tune in to this episode with Mat Hocken, 2017 Nuffield Scholar who shares with us his experiences on his Nuffield journey.

Mat explains why he chose his research topic ‘Innovation in Agriculture,’ which lead to the creation of the Rural Innovation Lab (which was created as the trusted place where innovators can design, deliver and work with farmers and growers throughout the innovation process) with partner James Stewart, when he return from his Nuffield Scholarship.

Dec 10, 202030:40
Cameron Henderson: Farming energy: opportunities to help NZ reach net zero carbon 2050

Cameron Henderson: Farming energy: opportunities to help NZ reach net zero carbon 2050

Cameron Henderson (2019 Nuffield Scholar) used his Nuffield Scholarship to explore links between agriculture and energy and how technology can work to harness farmed energy sources including waste matter to supply national energy needs.

Oct 06, 202038:50
Hamish Murray: Future Farm Workplaces

Hamish Murray: Future Farm Workplaces

Hamish Murray – 2019 Nuffield NZ Scholar and High country farmer in Marlborough looked into the topic of engaging and motivating the next generation of staff on farm. What do our future farm work places have to become to be relevant and attractive to a new generation of employees and how can an older generation adapt/change?

Oct 06, 202032:01
Hamish Marr: Can we farm without glyphosate?

Hamish Marr: Can we farm without glyphosate?

For more than 40 years glyphosate has been an invaluable chemical weapon in farmers’ arsenal as a low-residue, safe and simple weed control enabling greater flexibility and less soil disturbance.

Canterbury arable farmer Hamish Marr devoted his Nuffield Scholarship to examining how glyphosate fell from grace in the public eye and what farmers can to do to preserve it as an invaluable crop treatment.

Oct 06, 202025:32
Corrigan Sowman: Farming in a Pressure Cooker

Corrigan Sowman: Farming in a Pressure Cooker

Farming has always been an occupation involving plenty of pressure; managing the weather, competing with other nations to trade products globally, dealing with fluctuating and unpredictable prices.  What’s different today is the added aspects of social judgement and fast change occurring in international food.

Nuffield Scholar Corrigan Sowman investigated how this pressure is affecting farmer decision making globally and what it means for change in the New Zealand primary sector.

Oct 06, 202034:22
Ben Hancock: Rural Leadership: Taming the Wicked Problems

Ben Hancock: Rural Leadership: Taming the Wicked Problems

Ben Hancock (2019 Nuffield NZ Scholar) is a Senior Insights Analyst at Beef + Lamb New Zealand. Born and raised on his family’s hill country sheep and beef farm in Wairarapa, New Zealand

Ben’s Nuffield research 'Rural leadership: taming the wicked problems' set out to explore how agriculture could get ahead of social and political issues facing the industry, to lead the conversation, rather than react, while at the same time retain social capital.

Oct 06, 202031:24
Andy Elliot: Exporting Aotearoa: A new business model for nutrition and health

Andy Elliot: Exporting Aotearoa: A new business model for nutrition and health

2018 Nuffield NZ Scholar based in Nelson, New Zealand presents his Nuffield Research topic: Exporting Aotearoa : A new business model for nutrition and health.

Andy is a Research & Business Development Manager for Whakatu Corporation and he is passionate about the opportunity Aotearoa has to reposition our export offerings.


Aug 12, 202009:19
Simon Cook: Biosecurity: The importance of the farm gate

Simon Cook: Biosecurity: The importance of the farm gate

Simon Cook, 2018 Nuffield NZ Scholar presents his Nuffield Research topic: Biosecurity: The importance of the farm gate.

Simon is a third generation Kiwifruit Orchardist, based in Te Puke who developed an interest in bio-security following the PSA incursion that impacted the Kiwifruit industry in 2010.

Aug 12, 202010:30
Solis Norton: Energy use in New Zealand’s primary food production chains and a transition to lower emissions

Solis Norton: Energy use in New Zealand’s primary food production chains and a transition to lower emissions

Solis Norton, 2018 Nuffield NZ Scholar presents his Nuffield Research topic: Energy use in New Zealand’s primary food production chains and a transition to lower emissions.

Solis trained at Massey University and is working in New Zealand's Deer Industry. He brings a mix of academic and industry experience to leading New Zealand agriculture towards generally sustainable farming systems from an energy and emission perspective.

Aug 12, 202011:13
2018 Nuffield NZ Scholar Panel Discussion - Andy Elliot, Simon Cook & Solis Norton

2018 Nuffield NZ Scholar Panel Discussion - Andy Elliot, Simon Cook & Solis Norton

2018 Nuffield NZ Scholars Andy Elliot, Simon Cook and Solis Norton discuss their Nuffield research findings and insights in this panel discussion

Aug 12, 202042:37
Kate Scott: Enabling better environmental outcomes in agriculture

Kate Scott: Enabling better environmental outcomes in agriculture

Kate Scott, 2018 Nuffield NZ Scholar presents her Nuffield Research topic: Enabling better environmental outcomes in agriculture

Kate is a Founder & Director of LandPro Ltd a planning and surveying company she jointly funded in 2017 and a founder of GroundHQ.

As a Resource Management Planner working primarily in the primary sector Kate has seen the continual changes in farming around increased regulation along with the need to make changes to manage the effects of farming activities. The focus of Kate’s Nuffield research was to understand if there are some better approaches being undertaken elsewhere around the world that can be applied in New Zealand to understand how we can enable better environmental outcomes.

Aug 12, 202008:52
Turi McFarlane: Farm planning for a sustainable future

Turi McFarlane: Farm planning for a sustainable future

Turi McFarlane, 2018 Nuffield NZ Scholar presents his Nuffield Research topic: Farm planning for a sustainable future.

Turi is a Senior Farm Environmental Consultant at Ravensdown in Canterbury and has a background in Agricultural Science and Extension and Natural Resource Management.

Turi’s Nuffield research topic focuses on the optimisation of farm systems for sustainable outcomes in agriculture.

Aug 12, 202009:27
2018 Nuffield NZ Scholar Panel Discussion - Kate Scott & Turi McFarlane

2018 Nuffield NZ Scholar Panel Discussion - Kate Scott & Turi McFarlane

2018 Nuffield NZ Scholars Kate Scott and Turi McFarlane discuss their Nuffield research findings and insights in this panel discussion

Aug 12, 202036:55
2018 Nuffield NZ Scholar Panel Disussion - Opportunities within New Zealand food & fibre sector in a post covid world.

2018 Nuffield NZ Scholar Panel Disussion - Opportunities within New Zealand food & fibre sector in a post covid world.

2018 Nuffield NZ Scholars join together for a panel discussion around the opportunities within New Zealand food & fibre sector in post covid world.

Aug 12, 202027:59