50. From pasture to politics with James Wright of Breedr

James Write is a true pioneer, a first generation farmer and agritech entrepreneur with political ambitions in his sights.
Kit and Ray hear how James found farming during his time as a broke gap year traveller looking to earn some cash on a New Zealand dairy and how this ignited a passion to pursue a crash course in agriculture at the Royal Agricultural University.
James has explored opportunities in the start-up space innovating in the insect farming space to manage food waste through Multibox Ltd and now after a chance meeting and a New Years Day lunch with Ian Wheal, since then his day job has been to be part of the team building Breedr.
While helping to deliver the future of livestock agtech, James has also been able to build up a successful livestock farming business now proud to say that he and his wife own their own farm
James explains how his political ambitions are based on a desire to be part of the solution rather than complain about the problems of society. James is also keen to make sure that the rural voice is part of the political conversation and has brought his thoughts and ideas to bear as a local Conservative councillor. James is also keen to share the rural voice with national media and his column in GBNews and interviews for the BBC are a big part of his mission.

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