Ideas That Grow
Episodes
Kate Tomlinson | Data, diversity and dairy
15 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Kate Tomlinson, Mackenzie Charitable Foundation Scholarship winner, talks to Bryan Gibson managing editor at Farmers Weekly, and shares her journey fr...
Alice Rule | A delicate balance: vines, vision, family
22 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Alice Rule, Hawke’s Bay winemaker and 2019 Kellogg Scholar, discusses her journey from a Bay of Islands farm to the wine industry, her circular glas...
Tim Orlando-Reep | Balancing beef, biodiversity and carbon credits
17 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the Ideas That Grow Podcast, 2025 Kellogg Scholar Tim Orlando-Reep shares how his Waikato beef farm integrates carbon forestry, bio...
Lisa Rogers | Building leadership in agriculture
16 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Ideas That Grow, Farmers Weekly managing editor Bryan Gibson speaks with Lisa Rogers, outgoing CEO of Rural Leaders.Lisa reflects...
Victoria Westbrooke |Connecting agribusiness and policy professionals with farming
18 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Ideas That Grow, Bryan Gibson, Farmers Weekly Managing Editor, talks to Dr. Victoria Westbrooke, Senior Lecturer in the Department ...
Richard Green |Time to think differently about our food and fibre value chains
09 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Ideas That Grow, Bryan Gibson, Farmers Weekly managing editor, talks to Richard Green, farmer, director and 2025 Value Chain Inno...
Thomas Holmes | Insight into arable’s future in Canterbury
10 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Thomas Holmes is an arable farmer and a 2024 Kellogg Scholar. In this podcast he talks to Bryan Gibson, Farmers Weekly managing editor, about his fami...
Richard Dawkins | A farmer’s rural leadership journey
23 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Ideas That Grow, Bryan Gibson, Farmers Weekly managing editor, talks to Richard Dawkins, 2023 Kellogg Scholar and Marlborough sheep...
Hugh Ritchie | Leadership, innovating in arable – and Nuffield
16 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this podcast, Hugh Ritchie, 2000 Nuffield Scholar and Hawke’s Bay farmer, shares his leadership journey and insights with Farmers Weekly managing...
Jenni Vernon | Underestimating the power of face-to-face communication
06 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jenni Vernon, 1994 Nuffield Scholar, farmer and director, talks to Farmers Weekly managing editor Bryan Gibson about her leadership journey, her Nuffi...
Phil Weir |The positive value industry good brings to farming
18 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Phil Weir, 2020 Nuffield Scholar, farmer, farmer director for BLNZ and associate director for AGMARDT, talks to Farmers Weekly managing editor Bryan G...
Lisa Lunn | Genetic technologies in agriculture
30 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this Ideas that Grow podcast, Lisa Lunn, 2024 Kellogg Scholar, talks to Bryan Gibson,Managing Editor at Farmers Weekly about her Kellogg research i...
Dave Nuku | Adopting a philosophy of kaitiakitanga in business
17 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this Ideas that Grow podcast, Dave Nuku, 2024 Kellogg Scholar, talks to Bryan Gibson,managing editor at Farmers Weekly, about his work with Ngamana...
Esther Donkersloot | Breeding heat tolerant cows
27 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this podcast, Esther Donkersloot, 2024 Kellogg Scholar, talks to Bryan Gibson, managing editor at Farmers Weekly, about her research with LIC on br...
Jack Cocks | Resilience in the face of adversity
02 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Jack Cocks, 2021 Kellogg Scholar, talks to Farmers Weekly managing editor Bryan Gibson about his research into resilience in the face of adversity.Jac...
Lisa Rogers | Developing leaders in the food and fibre sector
12 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Lisa Rogers, Rural Leaders CEO, talks to host Bryan Gibson, Farmers Weekly managing editor, about the recently released report ‘A P...
Rachel Baker | Nuffield insights from across the globe
04 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Halfway through the 2024 Scholarship Programme, Scholar Rachel Baker gives us a unique perspective from inside Nuffield. Rachel speaks with Bryan Gib...
Campbell Parker | Leading with authenticity in a fast-changing sector
09 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Farmers Weekly managing editor Bryan Gibson speaks to Campbell Parker, chief executive officer at DairyNZ. Campbell discusses his involvement with th...
Jen Corkran | Trust, truth and how we learn
07 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Farmers Weekly managing editor Bryan Gibson speaks to Jen Corkran, senior animal protein analyst at Rabobank and a 2023 Kellogg Scholar. Jen discusse...
Dr Matt Sowcik – Humility and finding a common purpose
16 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Matt Sowcik is currently on sabbatical from his role as Associate Professor in the Department of Agricultural Education and leadership at Universit...
Emma Crutchley - Finding the sheep and beef value-add
18 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Emma Crutchley, 2018 Kellogg Scholar, talks to Bryan Gibson, Farmers Weekly managing editor about some of the challenges sheep and beef farming faces ...
Julia Galwey - By-product to buy product
26 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In an innovation story that covers the journey from an idea to the challenges of development, and to implementation. Julia Galwey, 2020 Kellogg Schola...
Dr Alison Stewart – FAR and the role of arable systems in agriculture
12 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this podcast, Dr Alison Stewart, CEO at the Foundation for Arable Research, talks with Farmers Weekly's Managing Editor, Bryan Gibson, about the ro...
Julian Reti Kaukau – Bridging the connection between our people and the whenua
14 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this podcast, Julian Reti Kaukau, 2021 Kellogg Scholar, talks with Farmers Weekly's Managing Editor, Bryan Gibson, about his Kellogg research and t...
Dan Eb – Moving to citizen-connected food and farming.
10 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this podcast, Dan Eb, 2021 Nuffield Scholar talks to Farmers Weekly Managing Editor,Bryan Gibson about the role of farming in an increasingly urban...
Mel Poulton - Transformation before transaction: The potential of NZ’s Food and Fibre IP.
10 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Mel Poulton, farmer, and 2014 Nuffield Scholar, talks to Farmers Weekly Managing Editor, Bryan Gibson, about the opportunity that remains to extract o...
Hamish Marr - Glyphosate, Nuffield, and cropping today.
14 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this podcast Bryan Gibson, Farmers Weekly Managing Editor, talks to Hamish Marr, 2019 Nuffield Scholar about his Nuffield research on glyphosate, N...
Lucie Douma – Data sharing to achieve data interoperability
10 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Lucie Douma, 2022 Nuffield Scholar, recently completed her final research report into datainteroperability. The report was informed by extensive globa...
Devry Boughner Vorwerk | Getting Grounded in the Humanverse™ - the opportunity for New Zealand farmers.
05 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this month’s podcast, Devry Boughner Vorwerk, Summit Keynote Speaker, talks to Bryan Gibson about the ‘Humanverse’, and breaks down some of t...
Dr Scott Champion – Seeing beyond the boundary fence: Strategic leadership development for food and fibre now.
27 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
No stranger to leadership within the sector, Dr Scott Champion spent more than 7 years as Chief Executive Officer of Beef + Lamb NZ and has worked acr...
Kate Scott - Meeting food and fibre's challenges, together.
31 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Kate Scott is a 2018 Nuffield Scholar who works at the intersection of farming, the environment and regulation.Kate talks to Bryan Gibson, Farmers Wee...
Rebecca Hyde: Collaboration, cooperation and finding common ground.
13 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Rebecca Hyde is a 2017 Nuffield Scholar, a 2021 Kellogg Scholar, and a Farm EnvironmentConsultant. She is better placed than most to see the differenc...
Dame Jenny Shipley - On leadership. On Point.
04 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dame Jenny Shipley, former New Zealand Prime Minister and 1984 Kellogg Scholar, talks toBryan Gibson, Farmers Weekly Editor on leadership at the highe...
Katie Vickers - Banking on a sustainable future.
19 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Katie Vickers, a 2019 Kellogg Scholar, is on a mission to help regenerate our planet by influencing business practice to close the gap between purpose...
Ben Todhunter - Farming, conservation and Nuffield.
03 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Ben Todhunter, a 2006 Nuffield Scholar, talks about his family’s high country station Cleardale, integrating conservation into the operation and int...
Lynsey Stratford - Changing how we work. A Nuffield Scholar’s Perspective.
31 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Lynsey Stratford, 2021 Nuffield Scholar, talks to Bryan Gibson from Farmer’s Weekly. In this podcast, Lynsey unpacks her research and the paradox th...
Julian Raine - The apple of a horticulture robot’s eye
27 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Julian Raine is a 1997 Nuffield Scholar who quietly gets on with things worth shouting about. In this podcast, Julian talks with Farmer’s Weekly Ed...
Hamish Murray - Building stronger on-farm teams by getting out of the way.
30 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Hamish Murray, 2019 Nuffield Scholar talks to Bryan Gibson from Farmers Weekly about how adversity and getting out of the way has helped both him and ...
Kate Scott - Front footing the fast-moving regulatory environment.
29 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Kate Scott, 2018 Nuffield Scholar talks about her Nuffield journey, how the research she undertook has informed the work she does now in helping farme...
Dan Shand - Learning to Fly: drone technology on farm.
11 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dan Shand, 2014 Nuffield Scholar talks about the value-add of drone technology on his farm. From spraying legumes to mustering, drones have transforme...
Richard Fowler - Alternative Proteins – less a threat, more an opportunity?
28 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Bryan Gibson talks to Richard Fowler about alternative proteins and the challenges and opportunities they bring for dairy, sheep and beef and arable p...
Desiree Reid-Whitaker – An entrepreneurial spirit.
17 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Desiree Reid-Whitaker, founder of Cardrona Distillery and a 2010 Nuffield Scholar, talks about her personal and business journey, the power of lists, ...
James Parsons - When value-add doesn’t add up.
13 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this informative podcast, James Parsons, Wools of New Zealand Chairman and Farmer, talks about supply chains vs value chains, raising the fortunes ...
Solis Norton - A passion for energy
31 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this month’s episode, Bryan talks to Dr. Solis Norton about the complexities of energy and how we measure its use, in the context of a world shif...
Hamish Gow - Value chain thinking
14 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this month’s episode, we talk to Lincoln University’s Professor Hamish Gow, a leading expert on value chains, entrepreneurship, and trade. At ...
Blue Ducks and Greener Farming
13 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this month’s episode, Bryan Gibson talks to 2015 Nuffield Scholar Dan Steele.Dan runs Blue Duck Station on the Whanganui River, with his wife San...
Sophie Stanley on AI, Social Media and Telling Food and Fibre’s Stories
10 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Despite being one of the youngest to complete a Nuffield Scholarship, Sophie has been working in agritech for eight years. She shares a view of the ro...
Trish Rankin on Doing Better With Farm Rubbish
08 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this month’s episode, Bryan Gibson talks to New Zealand Climate Change Ambassador, Trish Rankin. In 2019 Trish was Dairy Woman of the year and c...
Penny Clark-Hall On the Social Licence to Operate
17 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Bryan Gibson talks to 2018 Kellogg Scholar Penny Clark-Hall about her research on the social licence to operate in the rural economy....
Cam Henderson on Harnessing Farming Energy
29 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this month’s ‘Ideas that Grow’ podcast, we talk to Cam Henderson (2019 Nuffield Scholar) about on farm energy solutions.Cam used his Nuffie...
Oscar Beattie on Sustainable Impact Investing
21 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Oscar Beattie graduated from the Kellogg Rural Leadership Programme in December 2020 and has a First Class honours degree in Ag Science from Lincoln U...
Siobhan O'Malley & Wayne Langford on 'Meat the Need'
24 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This month’s podcast features Siobhan O’Malley (2018 Kellogger) and Wayne Langford (2014 Kellogger), co-founders of Meat the Need - a charitable s...
Mat Hocken: Innovation in agriculture
10 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, 2017 Nuffield Scholar Mat Hocken discusses his Nuffield journey and explains why he chose the research topic ‘Innovation in Agricul...
Cameron Henderson: Farming energy: opportunities to help NZ reach net zero carbon 2050
06 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Cameron Henderson (2019 Nuffield Scholar) used his Nuffield Scholarship to explore links between agriculture and energy and how technology can work to...
Hamish Murray: Future Farm Workplaces
06 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Hamish Murray – 2019 Nuffield NZ Scholar and High country farmer in Marlborough looked into the topic of engaging and motivating the next generation...
Hamish Marr: Can we farm without glyphosate?
06 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Corrigan Sowman: Farming in a Pressure Cooker
06 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Farming has always been an occupation involving plenty of pressure; managing the weather, competing with other nations to trade products globally, dea...
Ben Hancock: Rural Leadership: Taming the Wicked Problems
06 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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 a...
Andy Elliot: Exporting Aotearoa: A new business model for nutrition and health
12 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
2018 Nuffield NZ Scholar based in Nelson, New Zealand presents his Nuffield Research topic: Exporting Aotearoa : A new business model for nutrition an...
Simon Cook: Biosecurity: The importance of the farm gate
12 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Simon Cook, 2018 Nuffield NZ Scholar presents his Nuffield Research topic: Biosecurity: The importance of the farm gate.Simon is a third generation Ki...
Solis Norton: Energy use in New Zealand’s primary food production chains and a transition to lower emissions
12 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Solis Norton, 2018 Nuffield NZ Scholar presents his Nuffield Research topic: Energy use in New Zealand’s primary food production chains and a transi...
2018 Nuffield NZ Scholar Panel Discussion - Andy Elliot, Simon Cook & Solis Norton
12 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
2018 Nuffield NZ Scholars Andy Elliot, Simon Cook and Solis Norton discuss their Nuffield research findings and insights in this panel discussion
Kate Scott: Enabling better environmental outcomes in agriculture
12 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Kate Scott, 2018 Nuffield NZ Scholar presents her Nuffield Research topic: Enabling better environmental outcomes in agricultureKate is a Founder & Di...
Turi McFarlane: Farm planning for a sustainable future
12 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Turi McFarlane, 2018 Nuffield NZ Scholar presents his Nuffield Research topic: Farm planning for a sustainable future.Turi is a Senior Farm Environmen...
2018 Nuffield NZ Scholar Panel Discussion - Kate Scott & Turi McFarlane
12 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
2018 Nuffield NZ Scholars Kate Scott and Turi McFarlane discuss their Nuffield research findings and insights in this panel discussion
2018 Nuffield NZ Scholar Panel Disussion - Opportunities within New Zealand food & fibre sector in a post covid world.
12 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
2018 Nuffield NZ Scholars join together for a panel discussion around the opportunities within New Zealand food & fibre sector in post covid world.