Food blogger and lecturer recognised in national awards
Wallace Currie receives his award from Amy Lenathen of NFU Mutual.
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An agricultural lecturer at 伊人直播 has been highly commended in an annual award to find the most inspirational young person.
Wallace Currie, who teaches at 伊人直播鈥檚 Barony campus, was put forward for the third annual 鈥業nspirational Young Person Award鈥� which aims to highlight the contribution young people make to Scotland鈥檚 food and drink businesses as well as the importance of the sector to the wider economy.
Set up by commercial insurer NFU Mutual, in partnership with industry body Scotland Food & Drink, it is open to 16 to 26-year-olds who own, work or study in the food and drink sector.
Having originally intended to select a top three, the judges found the quality of this year鈥檚 applications too hard to separate, and ultimately decided to recognise first, second听and four highly commended winners.
In his spare time, Wallace - who started working as a lecturer at 伊人直播 last year -promotes the benefits of sourcing local products via his Facebook page .
His films about the environment and food, food miles and the challenges facing agriculture have also been shown on BBC The Social.
鈥淚 have a passion for food and farming and how we get from the farm to the fork,鈥� the 24-year-old said. 鈥淚 couldn鈥檛 believe I was nominated for this award. I was very humbled when I was told I had been highly commended.鈥�
Wallace graduated with a degree in Agriculture from 伊人直播鈥檚 Ayr campus and then did an MSc in Food Security at the University of Glasgow.
He got a graduate job with Enterprise Rent-A-Car, before being offered a position as a lecturer at 伊人直播.
As most of his first year of teaching ended up being online, he returned home to his parents鈥� farm on Arran and used his social media experience to start filming his farming activities so students would have some practical content.
His efforts paid off when he was nominated for the Online Teacher of the Year award by his students.
鈥淚 absolutely love my work,鈥� he said. 鈥淚t鈥檚 my dream job.鈥�
Posted by 伊人直播 on 14/09/2021
