Sustainable Systems: Personal Resilience
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Health is your Wealth: Doug Avery – Discovering your Talents. Growing your Wellbeing (webinar)
Discovering your talents. Growing your wellbeing After the success of last year’s FAS webinar on resilience, Doug Avery has agreed to come back to Scotland, all be it virtually, to…
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Advertising an Agricultural Job: How to Approach It
March 10, 2023Finding staff to fill agricultural jobs is getting harder and this publication is the third in a series that gives helpful hints and tips on...
Read more >Eye-catching Agricultural Job Adverts: How To Create Them
March 3, 2023In a time where it is getting increasingly harder to recruit staff into the agricultural industry, it is important that you can stand out from...
Read more >Nigel Owens International Rugby Referee – From Pitch to Pasture
February 10, 2023*Content Warning: This episode discusses themes of suicide and may not be suitable for all listeners* Mary-Jane Lawrie talks to Nigel Owens, a Welsh...
Read more >Merry Christmas from Doug Avery, the Resilient Farmer
December 20, 2022Here’s a message for Christmas and the year ahead from our Kiwi friend Doug Avery, the Resilient Farmer. Merry Christmas and all the best for...
Read more >Mental Health and Wellbeing
December 16, 2022Farming and crofting isn’t just a job – it’s a way of life. It’s one of the most rewarding careers but can present a unique...
Read more >Mental Health and Wellbeing in Agriculture
December 1, 2022Ian Barr is a farmer and contractor based at Upper Dalhousie Farm near Edinburgh. Ian is the former President of Scottish Rugby and has some...
Read more >Health is your Wealth: PeaceFit – Movement Plan for Scottish Farmers and Crofters
November 26, 2021Health is your greatest Wealth. Keeping physically active is the best way to improve your mental and physical health. PeaceFit is a purpose-built training facility...
Read more >Joint Ventures – What Are The Opportunities For Livestock Enterprises?
October 11, 2021Whether you are looking to set up a new venture as a new/young entrant or looking to expand an existing business or are looking to...
Read more >Joint Ventures – What Are The Opportunities For Arable Enterprises?
October 11, 2021There is perhaps a presumption that joint venture arrangements are constrictive in nature in the same way perhaps that Farm Business Tenancies are viewed as...
Read more >Joint Ventures – Will It Suit Me and My Business?
October 11, 2021Joint ventures can be the perfect business arrangement for farmers/landowners looking to scale down/slow down and for new/young entrants and businesses looking to scale up,...
Read more >Health is your Wealth: Doug Avery – Discovering your Talents. Growing your Wellbeing (webinar)
September 12, 2021Discovering your talents. Growing your wellbeing After the success of last year’s FAS webinar on resilience, Doug Avery has agreed to come back to Scotland,...
Read more >Health is your Wealth: Laura Hancock – Enhance the Tools of your Trade (webinar)
September 9, 2021Athlete vs Farmer: What’s the difference? Is there a difference? Athletes are paid to use the tools of their trade, to perform at their best...
Read more >Developing Safe Farming Practices – Machinery Maintenance and Training
September 3, 2021Many serious incidents on farms involve machinery, often during maintenance or as a result of poor maintenance. It is important that everyone involved in operating...
Read more >Women in Agriculture, Perth: Motivate & Inspire – Be Brave, Push Your Boundaries! (webinar)
July 8, 2021As part of the Women in Agriculture Motivate & Inspire Series, the Perthshire Group are hosting a meeting with the highly driven Heather Wildman. Heather...
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Advertising an Agricultural Job: How to Approach It
March 10, 2023Finding staff to fill agricultural jobs is getting harder and this publication is the third in a series that gives helpful hints and tips on...
Read more >Eye-catching Agricultural Job Adverts: How To Create Them
March 3, 2023In a time where it is getting increasingly harder to recruit staff into the agricultural industry, it is important that you can stand out from...
Read more >Nigel Owens International Rugby Referee – From Pitch to Pasture
February 10, 2023*Content Warning: This episode discusses themes of suicide and may not be suitable for all listeners* Mary-Jane Lawrie talks to Nigel Owens, a Welsh...
Read more >Merry Christmas from Doug Avery, the Resilient Farmer
December 20, 2022Here’s a message for Christmas and the year ahead from our Kiwi friend Doug Avery, the Resilient Farmer. Merry Christmas and all the best for...
Read more >Mental Health and Wellbeing
December 16, 2022Farming and crofting isn’t just a job – it’s a way of life. It’s one of the most rewarding careers but can present a unique...
Read more >Mental Health and Wellbeing in Agriculture
December 1, 2022Ian Barr is a farmer and contractor based at Upper Dalhousie Farm near Edinburgh. Ian is the former President of Scottish Rugby and has some...
Read more >Health is your Wealth: PeaceFit – Movement Plan for Scottish Farmers and Crofters
November 26, 2021Health is your greatest Wealth. Keeping physically active is the best way to improve your mental and physical health. PeaceFit is a purpose-built training facility...
Read more >Joint Ventures – What Are The Opportunities For Livestock Enterprises?
October 11, 2021Whether you are looking to set up a new venture as a new/young entrant or looking to expand an existing business or are looking to...
Read more >Joint Ventures – What Are The Opportunities For Arable Enterprises?
October 11, 2021There is perhaps a presumption that joint venture arrangements are constrictive in nature in the same way perhaps that Farm Business Tenancies are viewed as...
Read more >Joint Ventures – Will It Suit Me and My Business?
October 11, 2021Joint ventures can be the perfect business arrangement for farmers/landowners looking to scale down/slow down and for new/young entrants and businesses looking to scale up,...
Read more >Health is your Wealth: Doug Avery – Discovering your Talents. Growing your Wellbeing (webinar)
September 12, 2021Discovering your talents. Growing your wellbeing After the success of last year’s FAS webinar on resilience, Doug Avery has agreed to come back to Scotland,...
Read more >Health is your Wealth: Laura Hancock – Enhance the Tools of your Trade (webinar)
September 9, 2021Athlete vs Farmer: What’s the difference? Is there a difference? Athletes are paid to use the tools of their trade, to perform at their best...
Read more >Developing Safe Farming Practices – Machinery Maintenance and Training
September 3, 2021Many serious incidents on farms involve machinery, often during maintenance or as a result of poor maintenance. It is important that everyone involved in operating...
Read more >Women in Agriculture, Perth: Motivate & Inspire – Be Brave, Push Your Boundaries! (webinar)
July 8, 2021As part of the Women in Agriculture Motivate & Inspire Series, the Perthshire Group are hosting a meeting with the highly driven Heather Wildman. Heather...
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