About this episode

This episode features discussions on mental health, community support, and leadership within the food and farming sector, highlighting insights from various Nuffield Scholars.

Today on series two of Tales of a Nuffield Scholar supported by NFU Mutual we continue looking ahead to the 2026 Nuffield Farming Scholarships Conference in Leeds 🎙️ Across this series we’re hearing 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 episode focuses on the presentation group “Strengthening the People Who Shape Our Sector” with Andrew Richardson, Lucia Slack, Natasha Edwards, Peter Green and Sharon May 🌱 While many of the previous episodes have focused on crops, livestock, land use and natural resources, this conversation put people firmly at the centre. Across five very different scholarship topics, the common thread was understanding how we support the individuals, families and communities that underpin food, farming and aquaculture every single day 🚜 We spoke about mental health, suicide prevention, family wellbeing, succession, identity, leadership and the importance of community. Lucia shared insights from her work as a mental health nurse and her research into suicide within agriculture, while Sharon explored how best to support farming…

People in this episode

Host: Wallace Currie

Guests: Andrew Richardson, Lucia Slack, Natasha Edwards, Peter Green, Sharon May

Topics covered

• Nuffield Farming Scholarships
• mental health in agriculture
• community support
• food and farming
• leadership
• suicide prevention

Keywords

• Nuffield Scholar
• mental health
• farming families
• community
• suicide prevention
• leadership
• aquaculture

Sponsors

NFU Mutual

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