Organic Farming [SS.WFS.OF]
Lesley Mitchell: Building a thriving family business, the importance of work life balance and converting to organic
Mary-Jane Lawrie visits Whitriggs Farm in the Scottish Borders to speak to Lesley Mitchell. They chat about the family farm and how it has evolved over the years, their openness…
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Converting to Organic Farming
The lifting of the 1,000 ha limit for organic funding under the Agri-Environment Climate Scheme (AECS) has resulted in more industry interest in organics. Read on for a short guide…
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Getting Your Soil Ready for Organic Farming
Ensuring soil health is optimal is key to the success of any farming operation, but in an organic system, where there is no option to use fertilisers to mask poor…
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Getting Started with Organic Farming – How to Convert to Organic
Summary This factsheet is the third in a series. The aim of which is to look at How to convert to Organic farming, “How to Convert to Organic” You can…
Read More >Getting Started with Organic Farming – Is Organic for me?
Summary This factsheet is the second in a series, the aim of which is to look at the considerations of converting to organic and what it would mean to your…
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How To Convert To Organic Grassland
An introduction to the critical factors for a successful Organic conversion. This is the first in a series of Organic Conversion articles which will discuss the main considerations for any…
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Deer Farming in Scotland – Balmakewan Farm
Join us, along with the Venison Advisory Service, SRUC Vets, and SAC Consulting to talk about the exciting developments going on at Balmakewan and how you could apply their learnings…
Read More >Organics in Scotland Video Series
Whether you’re considering conversion to organic farming or you’re looking at introducing a different enterprise on your organic farm, the videos in this series look at three different organic farming…
Read More >Direct Retailing from a Poultry, Dairy, Beef, Sheep & Arable farm – Lower Mill of Tynet Farm
Gordon & June Whiteford are 1st generation farmers, who have built up their farming business over the last 10 years at Lower Mill of Tynet. Their story is an inspiring…
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Organic Virtual Farm Tour Webinar
An ideal opportunity to visit Whitriggs farm hosted by Stuart Mitchell without leaving your home in this webinar from Tuesday 29th November. In 2016 Stuart replaced his ewe flock with…
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