#031 Kirsty Loveday - Love Drinks - incredible spirit stories

09/01/19 • 56 min

Love Drinks, has two clear strands to it: first, to share the amazing stories behind the spirits portfolio Kirsty has built up since 2007. Whether it’s an organic cachaca or a cold-brew coffee cut with wheat vodka, all the independent brands distributed by Love Drinks are created with dedication and craftsmanship – and they all feed into Kirsty’s philosophy of drinking less and better.

The second – Love Well - goes back to when Kirsty was in her early 20s. The late nights and long hours triggered a series of panic attacks and a realisation that she had to look after herself. As you’ll hear, she’s applied the look-after-your-wellbeing principle to the whole of her team and to bartenders in general.

No wonder Kirsty’s been given a British Empire Medal for services to the drinks industry.

No wonder Kirsty’s been given a British Empire Medal for services to the drinks industry.

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#030 Hugo Hardman and Arthur Voelcker - Chalkstream

In this episode we're going to learn about farmed fish. When Hugo Hardman and Arthur Voelcker launched ChalkStream® in 2015, people tended to dismiss farmed trout as small, bony and muddy; salmon's much poorer cousin.

That's why, in the early days, they had to get right in front of chefs, and show them what farmed trout could really become - if it was grown in fast-flowing clear waters that mimic the conditions of the fish's natural habitat: the Test and Itchen chalk stream rivers in Hampshire.

As you'll hear, their so-called 'power point presentation' of a framed photograph and a large glistening trout on ice, worked wonders. Now ChalkStream clients include big names such as P&O Ferries, British Airways and Wimbledon, as well as top restaurants all over the UK... and the trout farmers Hugo and Arthur work with face a much more secure future.

Discover how, in the space of a few years, this partnership has managed to shake up trout farming in an impressively sustainable way.

https://www.chalkstreamfoods.co.uk

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#032 Tom Foot - Co Founder of the Open Air Dairy

In this episode we're going to learn alot about dairy farming, milk and happy cows. Grab a notebook, there is a lot to learn!

Tom Foot and Neil Grigg are too humble to say this, but in building up their Open Air Dairy, they've become true pioneers in their industry. What they do is awesome. Cows that live 13 years instead of 3 in intensive farming, less antibiotics, happier cows, happier humans, happier fields, awesome milk and cheese...what they've achieved is exciting for the future of farming.

Like many tenant farmers, they didn't have hundreds of thousands of pounds to build conventional sheds and indoor milking systems. So when a fantastic farm came their way, they had to think outside the box. Or as one observer put it, they took the box, ripped it up completely and threw it away!

Inspired by a farmer in the 1920s, they've transformed second-hand trailers and bails into mobile milking parlours. Instead of herding their cattle to a shed every day, they take the sheds direct to the cows. Everything really is done in the open air, all year round!

What started as a cost-saving exercise - and the figures will astound you - has thrown up so many more benefits: great tasting milk; family-friendly working hours and super-relaxed cattle. I should know. A few of them enjoyed rubbing themselves against me as I recorded this conversation with Tom.

Enjoy my nervousness as I work out whether they are bulls or heffers.