AgriCareers: Recent Episodes
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The AgriCareers podcast, proudly brought to you by Food for Mzansi, will help you decipher the wonderful world of agriculture! Learn more through our A to Z of agricultural study and career opportunities. Every week we’ll introduce a different expert in the field. Who knows, you might fill their shoes one day! Walala Wasala. You snooze, you lose. Plan your future today!
If you’re the type person who can get excited about relocating two elephant bulls to a new reserve, listen up. In this weeks episode our AgriCareers podcast host Nicole Ludolph and Bandile Xhosa explores the career opportunities in agriculture, and particularly a career in veterinary science. We meet Dr Luca Mendes, who believes a strong connection with animals and the environment steered him to this dream job. Through diligence and a commitment to pursuing his dream he became a practicing veterinarian at the Ikhala Veterinary Clinic in Makhanda in the Eastern Cape.
This week our AgriCareers podcast hosts Nicole Ludolph and Bandile Xhosa discovers the ins and outs of animal health in Mzansi. We meet veterinarian and animal health specialist at MSD Animal Health, Dr Princess Moswa-Kato. “I was born for agriculture. I can’t imagine myself in any other sector. This is my calling,” she says. Growing up on her father’s farm, Moswa-Kato knew she wanted to have a career in agriculture. “Patience is one of the key character traits to have if you’re thinking about stepping into these shoes one day,” she says.
Dr Gerhard Neethling, veterinarian and general manager at the Red Meat Abattoir Association, shares the 101 of what it takes to become a meat inspector in today’s AgriCareers episode with our host Nicole Ludolph and Bandile Xhosa. If this career or field of study interests you, then you don't want to miss this episode to find out more about how to make clever future study and career moves!
As a product specialist in citrus and table grapes at the Perishable Product Export Control Board (PPECB), Adriaan Badenhorst ensures that South Africa only exports the best fresh produce. Day to day, he oversees fruit inspectors in pack houses, guaranteeing fully-qualified fruit inspectors by ensuring that they undergo practical and theoretical training to oversee fruit exports. This week our AgriCareers podcast hosts Nicole Ludolph and Bandile Xhosa explores what it takes to pursue this career.
As a city boy, Dr Igshaan Samuels never imagined a career in agriculture. A keen interest in the environment led to studies in zoology and botany at the University of the Western Cape, and today he’s an agricultural champion. And no, becoming a research scientist doesn’t mean you’ll have your head buried in books all day. Just ask Samuels! This week our AgriCareers podcast host Bandile Xhosa and Nicole Ludolph discovers that his work also involves travelling to different parts of the country to meet farmers and other agriculturalists.
Leslie Ter Morshuizen has always been passionate about fish. In fact, he was breeding goldfish and tilapia as a young boy on their family farm in George in the Southern Cape. This week our AgriCareers podcast hosts, Nicole Ludolph and Bandile Xhosa will highligh the vast opportunities aquaculture offers.
This week our AgriCareers podcast host, Nicole Ludolph and Bandile Xhosa, chats to Lerato Botha. She is a fiery farmer, an agronomist and the CEO of Farmerlee Farms in Tarlton, Gauteng. She is dynamic and has a super power that gives her wings in the sector.
To kick off our first episode, we are talking horitculture! (Such a weird word, right!) Horticulture is the art of plant cultivation. A horticulturalist tends plants in gardens, produced food and medicinal ingredients, and even plants and flowers for decorative purposes. To give us a look into the world of horticulture, we chat to Jacky Goliath, a horticulturalist from the Western Cape. She is the co founder of De Fynne Nursery and specialises in fynbos care.