Whole Farm Systems [SS.WFS]

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…

Distilling the Arbikie story

In this episode Mark is joined by John Stirling (Director at Arbikie Distilling Limited). They discuss how John draws on different strengths within the family business to sustainably produce a premium brand spirit, controlling the whole production process, starting with quality home-grown ingredients.

Holistic Management: Part 3 – Holistic Context

This is the third of a four-part series exploring holistic grassland management. The other articles in this series cover an introduction to Holistic Management, the Holistic Decision Making Framework, and…

Water Scarcity Case Study: Alternative watering of livestock

Background Following an AECS application in 2016 to fence off watercourses from grazing livestock, combined with a move to outwintering of cattle, Whitriggs Farm had an increased demand on their…

Holistic Management: Part 2 – Holistic Decision Making Framework

This is the second of a four-part series exploring holistic grassland management. The other articles in this series cover an introduction to Holistic Management, the Holistic Decision Making Framework, Holistic…

Holistic Management: Part 1 – Introduction

This is the first of a four-part series exploring Holistic Management. In this article we take a look at the development of Holistic Grazing Management. The other articles in this…

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…

Grazing for Profit and Biodiversity: Adaptive Grazing

Three Rules of Adaptive Stewardship Grazing Adaptive stewardship grazing is a multi-paddock grazing strategy based on short duration high stock density grazing followed by rest periods targeting complete root system…

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…

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…

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