Farming Britain Podcast #1 - Charlotte Ashley - Robots, blind sheep and social media mistakes
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- čas přidán 17. 03. 2024
- Charlotte Ashley is already a well known social media star using humour to explain some of the realities of farming in Cumbria. Together with her husband Roy and their 2 children they're starting a whole new venture with robotic milking and a Jersey herd. We ask why, when so many dairy farms are selling up is she is throwing all her money and energy into it? We also discuss the highs and lows of a social media presence and the lessons she's learned from interacting with grumpy know-it-all farmers and the less informed.
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Charlotte Ashley that was one superb interview, well done. I follow you all the time, so I know your layout etc, but you spoke excellently there for farmers in the UK. Thank you.
Really enjoyed watching this interview keep it up. 😊
Well done people, please keep up the good work.
Great interview with Charlotte. I agree with everything she said about educating people.
That is the best video I have ever seen ! 100%
Superb interview, both by David the interviewer & Charlotte the interviewee! Excellent line of questioning & equally excellent responses from two people who clearly do know & understand what they are talking about!!!!!
Keep it up, more of the same please!!!!!
Get this lady on Countryfile, proper farmer.
Very interesting interview. As a person coming from a non farming background, I've learned so much from just watching and listening to the likes of Charlotte. She has a unique way with word
Absolutely
I like the way you put the points over, more people need to watch more pods like this.
Great interview, Charlotte totally agree with you on the aspect of training people, I totally believe that people learn more when there is some fun when learning, people learn more as they remember the fun bits so helps them to remember the information, in this day and age people don't like to be told what to do. well done
Very interesting video. I follow Charlotte’s channel (and other farmers) on CZcams and your interview was very informative, I look forward to interviews with other farmers. I grew up in the country and thought that everyone knew about the countryside and farming, but now, thinking about it, that’s obviously not the case. Charlotte’s comments about the teaching industry makes a great point. Going from education into education, one is learning from books, not experience, and that also goes for any industry! Thanks for the great video. Best wishes from the French Alps, Colin.
Fascinating little chat 👍🏻🇬🇧
Love Charlotte very witty and informative thank you for your content
Excellent interview, I totally agree with Charlotte’s way of getting information across with humour, the more entertaining it is to watch,the more likely people are going to watch it, and the more they watch it the more they are going to learn. Definitely the subjects which were taught by teachers who could make a boring subject entertaining are the ones that that I learnt most from.
Very enjoyable as always, love how farming is progressing (robots etc). many thanks.
This interview is brilliant from both Charlotte and David. It needs to be on mainstream TV but not the BBC!
Thanks David and Charlotte for an informative and amusing interview. I'm not a farmer but I help with pest control (for free) with a local farmer and gamekeeper on a large farm in South Lincs so I have an outsider's understanding of farming. When I listen to politicians and others talking about the future of UK farming its seems to me that food security is an inconvenient truth and what "public opinion" seems to believe is that the countryside is some sort of theme park where you take you dog for a walk at the weekend. Even in the rural village where I live there are people who think that I should not be allowed to shoot rabbits etc. because its "cruel" and are horrified by the recent talk about a deer cull even though this part of the country is rapidly getting over run with Bambi and her friends.
I call Graham's milk my 'Posh Milk' because it's top notch and makes excellent porridge, also raises the bar for my fave Weet biscuits brekky cereals. You don't need the full-cream bottle - the plain one I find best because it's all creamy compared to the full cream where you do get the cream at the top but the rest becomes a bit plain. Go try it.
Charlotte is brilliant. I follow all her posts and she is right about the bit of humour helps get things across. I’m not from a farming background and I’m learning so much from the likes of Charlotte and Olly. I think Charlotte would be the perfect representative for the NFU to go round schools to talk to children about farming. Great interview.
Thank you for watching :) - Best wishes, David
I would like to add to a point Charlotte made about the air miles contribution to global warming. Jet aircraft burn kerosene, a heavy petroleum spirit similar to diesel. Diesel vehicles are fitted with particulate filters, catalytic converters and have diesel exhaust fluid to cut their pollution emmisions, but the vehicles are still vilified. Jet engines have none of these, but people still think nothing of flying to resorts, second homes, business meetings, conferences, and events (eg. Olympic games, music concerts and sporting finals.) Why is it that politicians and climate change protestors continue to ignore this?
American Agriculture is only responsible for 12% of US greenhouse gas emissions… I would imagine UK ag emissions are radically less…. Big oil loves to push blame on us farmers, but producing food is more import than more cars. And look closer at who promotes veganism…. Petro dollars love to work against AG.
Dear, I might see the future of your digital presence in channel. If you don’t grow now then it’s never. Can we talk to you about this?