R2Kast 398 – Katelyn Randle on marketing, broccoli stems and building a career in food

Well today we welcome Katelyn to the R2Kast 🎙️ Someone with a brilliant early career already, moving from Harper Adams to Samworth Brothers, into AgriTech and now into a role working with sustainable ingredients made from broccoli stems. 🌾

We spoke about how she nearly studied law before a last minute spark pushed her into agri food marketing. Her time at Harper was full of funny moments, including turning up to crop class in sparkly wellies and confidently identifying a blade of grass as green. From there she went on to a placement with Ginster’s, where she found out the hard way that LSR does not mean a financial term but large sausage rolls. 🍎

One of my favourite parts was hearing about her work at UPP, creating ingredients from broccoli stem to add fibre and reduce waste, all backed by clever engineering and an automated harvester. Her passion for people came through constantly, from helping international delegations to handling marketing, finance and HR all at once in a fast growing startup. 🌍

Enjoy! 🙂

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