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Thrill of the Hill

Thrill of the Hill

In this podcast series, Thrill of the Hill, the Farm Advisory Service (FAS) explores the multitude of issues facing the farmed upland environment and how we can reconcile priorities in conflict, showcase good practice, new developments, technologies and build resilient, sustainable businesses.

Latest Episode:

Thrill of the Hill – Where Policy Meets Pasture: The Agri-Environment Climate Scheme with David Brown

Thrill of the Hill is back for season 6! Armed with a new team, new ideas and a range of new speakers, Alex takes on the hot topics impacting the…

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Previous Episodes:

Thrill of the Hill – Counting Carbon: Auditing the Uplands with James Orr

Thrill of the Hill is back for season 6! Armed with a new team, new ideas and a range of new speakers, Alex takes on the hot topics impacting the…

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Thrill of The Hill – Cattle Wintering Strategies with Lorna Shaw

Cattle wintering is an unavoidable and hugely important aspect of livestock management in Scotland. Whether stock are housed in traditional courts or managed outdoors on forage crops, wintering systems sit at the…

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Thrill of the Hill – Happening Organically: Supporting Organic Farming in Scotland

Thrill of the Hill is back for season 6! Armed with a new team, new ideas and a range of new speakers, Alex takes on the hot topics impacting the…

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Thrill of the Hill – Flying Blind: Conservation Management for Bats with Harry Fisher

Thrill of the Hill is back for season 6! Armed with a new team, new ideas and a range of new speakers, Alex takes on the hot topics impacting the…

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Thrill of the Hill: When the Rivers Run Free – Restoring Our Waterways with Struan Candlish

Thrill of the Hill is back for season 6! Armed with a new team, new ideas and a range of new speakers, Alex takes on the hot topics impacting the…

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Thrill of the Hill – Getting Your Fill When Out on the Hill: Livestock Nutrition Planning

Thrill of the Hill is back for season 6! Armed with a new team, new ideas and a range of new speakers, Alex takes on the hot topics impacting the…

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Thrill of the Hill – Between a Rock Rose and a Hard Place

Thrill of the Hill is back for season 6! Armed with a new team, new ideas and a range of new speakers, Alex takes on the hot topics impacting the…

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Thrill of the Hill – Planting MOREwoods: The Woodland Trust

Thrill of the Hill is back for season 6! Armed with a new team, new ideas and a range of new speakers, Alex takes on the hot topics impacting the…

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Thrill of the Hill – Finding the Next Generation: The Scottish Land Matching Service

Thrill of the Hill is back for season 6! Armed with a new team, new ideas and a range of new speakers, Alex takes on the hot topics impacting the…

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Thrill of the Hill – Staggeringly Good: Raising The Profile of Venison in Scotland

In this episode Anona Gow discusses the virtues of venison, its nutritional value, cooking options, perception of the sector and reflects on her new book, The Venison Kitchen. Venison, an under-appreciated meat in Scotland? Despite the abundance of deer in Scotland, farmed and wild, venison has never been a staple of the Scottish diet, certainly not in the same way as beef or lamb.

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