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Baddinsgill Farm, West Linton

As part of our work on Women in Agriculture, we visited Baddinsgill Farm in West Linton in the Scottish Borders to interview three of the women who run this fantastic upland sheep farm.

As part of our work on Women in Agriculture, we visited Baddinsgill Farm in West Linton in the Scottish Borders to interview three of the women who run this fantastic upland sheep farm.  Elaine Marshall, her daughter-in-law Anna Marshall, and shepherdess Josephine Holbrook chatted to Mary-Jane Lawrie, of SAC Consulting, about sheep, meat boxes, childcare, and everything in between!  These three women are very passionate about their business and their farm community and are inspiring to listen to.

Lynbreck Croft, Grantown-on-Spey

As part of our work for Women in Agriculture, we visited Lynbreck Croft near Grantown-on-Spey to interview Lynn Cassells.  Lynn farms with her partner Sandra Baer, and together they have created a successful crofting business focussed on working with nature and providing sustainable food for their local community.  Mary-Jane Lawrie, of SAC Consulting, chatted to Lynn about being a new entrant, tree hay, rotational grazing, their “ladies who lay” and their time on This Farming Life.

Primrose Beaton of Lawrie & Symington

As part of our work on Women in Agriculture, we went to meet Primrose Beaton of Lawrie & Symington at Lanark Auction Mart.  Primrose is head of cattle sales and Lawrie & Symington, and gave us a colourful and entertaining insight into her work and life in farming.  Mary-Jane Lawrie of SAC Consulting chatted to Primrose about her early career, educating the public about where their meat comes from and choosing local produce, with some interesting anecdotes thrown in along the way.

Improve your Social Media Presence - Lucy Tile, Bairnkine Farm

In this episode George Gauley is joined by Lucy Tile from Bairnkine Farm, Jedburgh. Lucy runs a busy 1100 acres farming approximately 2000 sheep.  If this wasn’t enough, Lucy also manages two holiday cottages offering guests a unique taste of the countryside. Owl Cottage which sleeps six, and Wild Rose Cottage which sleeps five. Lucy also runs a caravan site offering electric hook ups and hard standing.

Bairnkine boasts a fantastic website not only offering info and bookings for holidays, but also including regular updates on the working farm. The business also operates a successful Facebook, twitter and Instagram accounts, helping to promote the business.

We find out more about what makes Bairnkine Farm tick and how Lucy effectively uses social media to effectively promote, the story of a working farm in conjunction with the holiday side of the business.

Click on the links below to learn more about Bairnkine farm.

Website - https://www.bairnkinecottages.co.uk/

Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/bairnkine/

Twitter - https://twitter.com/bairnkine

Visit Scotland - https://www.visitscotland.com/info/accommodation/bairnkine-farm-caravan-site-p928461

The caravan club - https://www.caravanclub.co.uk/certificated-locations/scotland/scottish-borders/jedburgh/the-bairnkine/

 

Improve your Social Media Presence - Harriet Busby, Border Berries

In this episode George Gauley is joined by Harriet Busby from Border berries. Border berries is a thriving farm business, located near St Boswells in the Scottish borders.
Harriets’ family have been growing berries since the 1960s and started by supplying jam to a local factory. Since then Border berries has grown to become the largeset pick your own berry farm in the south of Scotland and one of the few remaining out door fruit farms.
The business has a large Facebook & Twitter presence, so we wanted to find out more about how this business ticks and uses social media to its advantage.
You can find out more about border berries by clicking on the following links below. There have also been numerous articles written about Border berries, including a recent appearance in the scots man food & drink section – Best places to pick your own fruit in Scotland https://foodanddrink.scotsman.com/producers/farming-producers/the-best-places-to-pick-fruit-in-scotland/
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