Tales of a Nuffield Scholar with Awal Fuseini, Alex Crawley and Laura Eden

About this episode

The episode features discussions with Nuffield Scholars about their diverse journeys in agriculture and the future of livestock systems.

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 “Livestock Systems Built for the Future” with Awal Fuseini, Alex Crawley and Laura Eden 🌱 We spoke about three very different journeys into agriculture and Nuffield, from veterinary science and halal meat systems through to conservation grazing, military service, diplomacy and livestock health. It was fascinating hearing how each of them has approached the future of livestock systems from completely different angles, while still landing on many of the same themes around resilience, sustainability and animal welfare 🚜 Across the conversation we explored everything from extensive grazing systems and flood prevention through to goat dairies, meat processing, animal health, biosecurity and the role livestock can play in supporting landscapes and ecosystems. One of the standout…

People in this episode

Host: Wallace Currie

Guests: Awal Fuseini, Alex Crawley, Laura Eden

Topics covered

• Nuffield Farming Scholarships
• livestock systems
• sustainability
• animal welfare
• agriculture
• veterinary science

Keywords

• Nuffield Scholar
• livestock health
• conservation grazing
• biosecurity
• meat processing
• flood prevention
• goat dairies

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: NFU Mutual

Places: Leeds

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