There's not many people that can pay their way through university through being a cowboy, but my next guest has done exactly that. Today, Luke Chaplain hasn't quite given up the dream but it has taken a bit of a backseat to his work today. From Cloncurry he is running a growing film business alongside his sister while also undertaking a Nuffield Scholarship into the opportunities for Drones in mustering in agriculture. You'll hear: 1) How does Luke get ready to ride bucking bronc's on the weeken...
Oct 25, 2022•31 min•Season 4Ep. 45
Kristina Hermanson is enjoying a sabbatical currently, so what better time to sit down with her and reflect on her career so far and ask some of those questions about what has driven her and what continues to drive her. Kristina is starting a new role with Nuveen, a natural capital asset Manager in January. Her new role is Head of Natural Capital for Asia Pacific and Africa, so I had to ask her – How does a CEO get ready for their first day of work? Also in this conversation we cover: How her le...
Oct 18, 2022•52 min•Season 4Ep. 44
Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/in-the-know-on-the-go/id1648678449 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0dblOpr5vn4osWip67FoY3?si=81738e2e45d94ace Sick of sifting through the paper? Waiting around only to miss the headlines play through the wireless? In The Know, On The Go by Humans of Agriculture gets you up to speed on the things that matter in Aussie Agribusiness and then join us as we do a deep dive on a topic you want to know more about.
Oct 13, 2022•48 sec•Season 4Ep. 43
Steph Schmidt is a Farmer, Mum, Psychologist, Small Business owner and incredibly passionate about the future for Agriculture through its people. Steph is the 2020 winner of the Agrifutures Rural Woman's Award for South Australia, the award enabled her to build on her idea focused on making paddock tested psychological tools more accessible to farmers and Rural Australia. Living through drought in 2019, Steph was asked to run a few community sessions to help people get some skills in resilience ...
Oct 11, 2022•42 min•Season 4Ep. 42
Josie Clarke is blazing a trail, just this year she has been in Mexico for her PhD, on the stage as the winner of the NSW/ACT Rural Woman's Award, a finalist for the National Rural Woman's Award and most recently named a 2023 EvokeAg Future Young Leader. Josie founded an organisation called Ability Agriculture, they help give a voice to people with a disability working in agriculture and to shift the perceptions of their capacity within the sector. EvokeAg Tickets & Info: If you're keen to h...
Oct 04, 2022•40 min•Season 4Ep. 40
"If you look after the little things, the big things will take care of themselves" Campbell Chesworth is a new generation of dairy farmer. A millennial with a master’s degree in urban planning, he’s driven to make a tangible, positive impact on the world. As business development manager of The Little Big Dairy Co., Campbell oversees the company’s sustainability program and its mission to become Australia’s first circular dairy by 2025. Campbell's story will be so relatable for many of our listen...
Sep 27, 2022•39 min•Season 4Ep. 39
Penny Schulz is a red meat and wool producer from South Australia, well that’s the first of many hats she wears, she also runs her own consulting business, is a university lecturer, an industry advocate and has a number of advisory roles as well. In today’s chat Penny and I chat about her journey and specifically around one of her areas of expertise, the AgTech scene - it’s challenges, opportunities and in answer to one of my favourite questions, Penny believes that when younger people can see t...
Sep 20, 2022•36 min•Season 4Ep. 38
G'day and Welcome back to the Humans of Agriculture podcast You're in for a treat this week, Oli is sitting down with the World's Okayest Pilot & Flying Outback Vet Doctor Campbell Costello. Cozy is an absolute character, for the past 17 years he has been a practicing vet. His work has taken him across Australia and the World, these day's he services remote and rural communities and businesses mainly across Northern Australia. We chat about: The most incredible job in the world The Mongol De...
Sep 13, 2022•40 min•Season 4Ep. 37
Welcome back to another episode of the Humans of Agriculture podcast. This week we're heading back a couple of weeks and bringing you to the Riverine Plains Innovation Expo on Yorta Yorta country. My Next Guest Is... Ben Barlow. Ben has always been around agriculture, his earliest memories come from being around agriculture and he remembers fondly the importance of hard work from his early years. Upon finishing his university degree, Ben was encouraged to get away from the farm and so he pursued...
Sep 06, 2022•54 min•Season 4Ep. 36
G'day and welcome back to the Humans of Agriculture podcast. This week, I'm on Yuggerra and Turrbal country and I'd like to pay my respects to their elders past, present and future generations. To paint the picture of where we are, we're up at the Ekka in Brisbane, after a couple of years away from the main ring, it is all back and happening! We're standing at the back of the grandstand overlooking the cattle ring. My next guest is Tim McKinnon, Tim is a Senior Director with LAWD and is a leader...
Aug 31, 2022•47 min•Season 4Ep. 35
I’m really excited to bring my next guest to you, he’s someone who I was really keen to pick his brain. Troy Setter is a well-renowned industry leader, his involvement and passion for the beef industry dates back to his childhood and the cattle showring. When it comes to what it takes to be a CEO, I reckon Troy started that journey way back in his early days. Troy was fortunate to pick up a cadetship with the Twynam Group, which meant he worked alongside studying at the University of New England...
Aug 23, 2022•51 min•Season 4Ep. 34
We are in Brisbane on the lands of the Yuggera and Turrbal people. We took the chance to sit down with Gary Leeson. Gary is the Innovation and Business Development Manager for Organic Crop Protectants. A company that he joined in 1993 and for 25 years build to be a leader in the organic farm inputs space before selling to Yates Australia. Gary grew up around agriculture and has been involved in farming his whole life, he's passionate about getting the right tools in the hands of customers to hel...
Aug 16, 2022•29 min•Season 4Ep. 33
Mary O'Brien is passionate about Men's Mental Health. Her simple analogies resonate so clearly with blokes and women right across rural and regional Australia, helping them to understand the challenges around Mental Health and letting them know that there is help out there. We were in town for the Riverine Plains Innovation Expo and off the back of her session, we thought we'd grab Mary O'Brien from Are You Bogged Mate to have a bit of a yarn about what her work is. Mary travels the country runn...
Aug 09, 2022•23 min•Season 4Ep. 32
This week, I thought I would take the chance to sit with someone who has been on the list on my whiteboard nearly since Day 1. Angeline Achariya is a remarkable woman, over the past 20 years she has had a variety of roles in global food innovation, she’s an expert in turning ideas into products and being able to commercialise them. When I met Angeline back in 2019, she was leading the Monash Food Innovation Centre, it was incredible. I was shown how they come up with new concepts from the intric...
Aug 02, 2022•49 min•Season 4Ep. 31
Claire Mahoney is the CEO and Founder of The Bravery. Claire was part of the consumer and insights panel at the Australian Organic conference. During her talk she mentioned some research which her company had commissioned firstly looking at what issues are aussies most passionate about and how to best wield the power for change. This led onto their second piece of work ‘who do you believe’ The work looked at which brands do Australians believe are truly making a difference in the sustainability ...
Jul 26, 2022•35 min•Season 4Ep. 30
Andrew Henderson is the Independent Chair of the Safemeat Advisory Group, we sat down with Hendo to get the 101 on Foot & mouth Disease to understand a bit more about what it is, how it's transferred and what work is happening in the background to prepare and combat it coming to Australia. What is Foot and Mouth Disease? How is it spread? Why is it a significant threat to Aus livestock sector? What’s the process to regain market access? How long has it been a concern for Aus for? Why more of...
Jul 19, 2022•39 min•Season 4Ep. 29
G’day and welcome to a special deep dive episode of the Humans of Agriculture podcast. In these deep dive episodes we’ll be looking to find out more about specific businesses, topics and industries. We’re heading to the Australian Organic conference on the 21st and 22nd of July up in Brisbane, so ahead of the conference we wanted to sit down and have a chat with Ryan Reynolds from the Organic Milk Co. Ryan is the General Manager of The Organic Milk Co, so we sat down to understand a little bit m...
Jul 15, 2022•30 min•Season 4Ep. 28
Michael Patching is an Australian Veterinarian based in Singapore. With a Masters in Animal Welfare Ethics & Law from Edinburgh University Patcho is driven by making change and having impact. Within animal welfare, he wants to see some basic, yet difficult changes occur and he see's this as an obligation. Patcho grew up in the suburbs of Perth and from a young age knew that he wanted to be a Vet. His career, may have well taken a secondary seat to his love of Rugby. Travelling the world as a...
Jul 12, 2022•1 hr•Season 4Ep. 27
You may have heard of Ned Hannigan, if not, he’s a professional rugby player. His rugby career has taken him around the world, so far he’s played more than 50 games for the Waratahs, 25 games for the Wallabies, the highest honour & spent a bit of time playing in Japan as well. But Ned’s a bloke from the bush, home is at Pasadena, the family property not too far from Coonamble in NSW. In this chat we talk about the journey Ned’s been on, where rugby has taken him and how his mindset and persp...
Jul 05, 2022•47 min•Season 4Ep. 26
After losing her first child in her early twenties, Olympia packed up her life and headed to the northern territory. As she says she was running away from her issues. She found herself as the only female working in an export yard and as only Olympia can do quickly became part of the crew, and may have surprised them. She headed for the USA, as an avid horse lover she became a horse trainer in Stephenville Texas, a dry county. She would ride her bike several miles after a long day of training hor...
Jun 28, 2022•59 min•Season 4Ep. 25
Julia was an architect, her passion had led her to working on international projects that were creating spaces that could inspire people and make the world a better place through design. She began to obsess over the materials they were using to build these projects. She couldn't bring herself past the amount of petroleum-based plastic wrap that was being used, even on low-carbon embodied projects. She met her now-husband Jordy, who at the time was working on his own business growing and selling ...
Jun 21, 2022•55 min•Season 4Ep. 24
For the past 30 or so years Prue Bondfield & husband David have forged an incredible partnership and it has seen them take their business Palgrove, from strength to strength. Uncovering new opportunities and blazing the trail to show what is possible with a vision, dedication and surrounding yourself with the right people. Having just recently completed the final stages of their succession plan which saw the property sold off, Prue shares more about what’s next for them. Prue has taken anyth...
Jun 14, 2022•57 min•Season 4Ep. 23
Our next guest is just an incredible person, she’s a self confessed coffee snob, adventure racing, dog loving, mother of two and someone I feel really lucky to have sat down with on Gunditjmara country in western Victoria not too far from the turf that she grew up on. Anna Speer has built her reputation as a business leader at the forefront of industry innovation and evolution; her ability to lead teams and implement change has seen her as the CEO of AuctionsPlus, Chief Operations Officer of Aus...
Jun 07, 2022•48 min•Season 4Ep. 22
Annabelle Hickson hails from just down the road from where our host, Oli Le Lievre grew up. Annabelle landed her dream job straight out of uni working for the Australian newspaper, her work fascinated her and she certainly landed on her feet. That was until she met 'the farmer'. The story took a turn and Annabelle found herself in Moree, with a lot of journalism skills but with an inability to get work. Annabelle's rejection subsequently turned into opportunity as she began blogging, then wrote ...
May 31, 2022•51 min•Season 4Ep. 21
Welcome back to the Humans of Agriculture podcast hosted by Oli Le Lievre. This week we sit down with James Knight, a farmer located at The Sisters down in South West Victoria. - James shares his story from City boy who fell in love with agriculture (and subsequently a country girl!) - James' story takes twist and turns through university, finding his feet, returning back to his wife's family property and then the need to head off again. - This conversation talks about mental health and the time...
May 24, 2022•50 min•Season 4Ep. 20
Welcome back to another week of the Humans of Agriculture podcast. This week, Oli Le Lievre sits down with David Kininmonth the manager at Mount Hesse a 8,000 acre Sheep operation in Winchelsea in South West Victoria. One of the coolest parts of this chat is, Dave was actually one of the very first people to give Oli a go in farming and over nearly (crazy to think) the past 20 years, Dave has been a mentor and provided opportunities and a sounding board for Oli in agriculture. In the chat, Dave ...
May 17, 2022•46 min•Season 4Ep. 19
Annabelle Cleeland has built her career around rural journalism. Growing up in Kew just on the outskirts of Melbourne's CBD Annabelle proudly told her dad at the age of 14 that she was going to be a farmer... Although the dream of farming was put on the backburner for a few years while she built her career, the love of agriculture and sharing stories of the people involved in the industry was always front of mind. Annabelle and I sat down for a bit of a chat ahead of a panel we're on in the comi...
May 10, 2022•41 min•Season 4Ep. 18
When you think of Humans of Agriculture you probably don’t think of a TV Producer, Director, or Cameraman but our next guest is just exactly that. Tommy Lawrence has worked on some of the most iconic TV shows Australia has ever had from X-Factor to Bondi Rescue, but it was his love for Rural Australia and life in the top end that has seen him bring the stories of people from across Northern Australia to TVs across the world. - Tom spent his childhood in Darwin, whilst attending High school it wa...
May 03, 2022•51 min•Season 4Ep. 17
The Mort's family history in Australian agriculture goes back to the early days of Thomas Mort, Thomas was a pioneer and led some of the first exports of Beef from Australia. Today Charlie Mort is the founder and Executive Chairman of mort & Co, one of Australia's largest private beef businesses. Starting his career in the Stock and Station agency game, Charlie moved across Queensland for roles with Prime Ag that later became Elders. As the drought hit in the early 1990s, an opportunity came...
Apr 19, 2022•35 min•Season 4Ep. 16
This week on the Humans of Agriculture podcast we’re heading back to share the story of an extraordinary family and Antola shirt ambassador. Tiff Sayers is an incredibly strong woman, I walked away from this chat just in awe of her resilience and optimism. In this episode Tiff shares her journey and the story of her daughter Ava. In March of 2021, Ava was diagnosed with Stage 4 Neuroblastoma only a month before her 8th birthday. For the past 12 months and for a further 6, Ava and her mum Tiff al...
Apr 12, 2022•34 min•Season 4Ep. 15
