Create for Kate - Kate Field, Emergency Doctor, Coach, Mother, Business Woman, Farmer, Podcaster

What this episode covers

• In 2002 I graduated from medical school in Tasmania, I also met the bloke who I am now married to • I started my specialty training in 2006. Not long after, we moved to Darwin when I worked in the Emergency Department there, with the retrieval service (flying doctors), in remote areas, and got to spend quite a lot of time working with indigenous Australians. In 2009 we moved to Sydney, where I finished my training to become an Emergency Physician ("attending"). We moved back to Tasmania in 2012 as we were dissatisfied with our life - it just didn't have the meaning and community we were looking for. • I started work in 2012 back in Tasmania, and a few months later Iain finished his work in Sydney and we started farming - we have a 300acre (107ha) property where we run goats for dairying and cattle for beef. We also produce goat meat and Iain makes the milk into cheese on farm. We sell direct to the public, as well as the food service industry. • In 2014 we had our first child (Hamish), then in 2016 we had our second (daughter). Because of Iain's work, much of the household responsibility, and that of the children falls on my shoulders. This equals out when his work is less busy (we don't make cheese or milk in Winter). • I still work 0.75 FTE at the local tertiary hospital • I have leadership roles in my specialty's college on the education side, as well as within our ED. • Both Iain and I have had very active roles within our local community - I have served as president of our local farmers market NFP organization in the past. • With the business, I usually run the social media and marketing aspects - I struggle to do more on the farm because of the kids, although I think this will get easier now they're a bit older (4 and 6yrs) • I don't exercise enough - in spring when I take a month off work to help on the farm, I get "farm fir" (think Cross fit for 14 hours days for an entire month) and I look and feel great. Then I go back to work and get fat and unfit again. I am not built to run - I'm much better at pushing weights, however I have run in the past. I would like to be able to do more exercise, but I find it difficult living where we do, with the demands of children who can't be left, as well as all my other commitments. • Food is obviously very important to us - we make good food, believe in producing food of the highest nutritional quality. We try to only eat ethical food: our own meat, meat produced by other ethical and regenerative farmers, and grow our own. I don't believe in veganism - I think it's dangerous and experimental. This is controversial though. • I know that regenerative agriculture can help solve climate change, through the use of livestock farming, and more importantly, reduction in fossil fuel reliance.