Podcast Publications
Scottish Land Matching Service Podcast
Our latest podcast interview is with Ian Davidson OBE from the Scottish Land Matching Service. Ian explains the role of the service for both those seeking and offering opportunities as…
Read More >North East Organic Discussion Group: Rotational Grazing
In this podcast, Agricultural Consultant Malcolm MacDonald chats to Alastair Wilson who farms at Upper Wheedlemont Farm near Rhynie, and Senior Consultant with SAC Consulting, Ewan Johnstone. Alistair talks about…
Read More >Michelle Stephen Podcast
Listen to our podcast interview with Michelle Stephen, A new entrant farmer at Meikle Tillyeve, Ellon. Michelle speaks about how she got started with the farm, taking it from a…
Read More >Breacan-Beithe croft – feeding the local community (podcast)
Listen to our latest podcast interview with new crofter, Catherine Mitchell, owner of Breacan-Beithe Croft. In this podcast, Catherine recalls how she got started in crofting and the help she…
Read More >Neil Wilson – Brexit, Coronavirus and Forward Thinking (podcast)
Just before the UK ‘lockdown’ SAC Consultant Chloe McCulloch spoke to Neil Wilson, formerly Head of Agriculture at HSBC and now an independent consultant and director of the Institute of…
Read More >North East Organic Discussion Group: Marketing (podcast)
In this podcast, Malcolm MacDonald speaks to Food and Drink consultant Kerry Allison about marketing and the wider food and drink industry. Kerry outlines the scale of the Scottish food…
Read More >Understanding Nutrient Interactions with Mark Tripney
Mark Tripney, ISoils Ltd, returned as a guest speaker at the second meeting of the Inverness Soil & Nutrient Network. The topic for the meeting was ‘Understanding Nutrient…
Read More >Employing People (podcast)
Employing People in agriculture is becoming an increasingly complex situation. Many farms employ people on a self-employed basis to provide valuable extra resources at busy times – for example relief…
Read More >Women in Agriculture: Becci Barr, Easter Bavelaw Farm (podcast)
We spoke to Becci Barr, a farmer in Midlothian about her experiences as a new entrant farmer, what she learned from her time on the Rural Leadership Programme and a…
Read More >Agroforestry in Scotland (Podcast)
Forestry consultant Stephen Adlard chats to Dr Fritha Langford, a researcher from SRUC. They discuss the wider benefits of integrating trees and agriculture, and Fritha explains how silvopastoral systems have…
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