OnFARM Podcast: Scottish Eatwell Guide, and eating well for menopause

Meet the nutritionist team behind the first ever Scottish Eatwell Guide. The guide is designed to reflect how foods grown and produced in Scotland fit into a healthy balanced diet.

OnFARM Podcast: Crafty Maltsters and the need for "Scottish Farming PLC"

What is needed to keep Scottish farming competitive, and who should lead on that work? Alison Milne co-owns Crafty Maltsters, a barley malting plant on her family's farm in Fife. This episode starts as a chat with Alison about her work and ends with this big question, that faces the whole industry and sector.

OnFARM Podcast: Rebecca Smith, author of Rural: the lives of the working class countryside

Rebecca Smith's first book is Rural: The Lives of the Working-Class Countryside. As a forester's daughter, Rebecca grew up in tied housing on a Lake District estate, then became a journalist, broadcaster and author. Rural is an often personal, always unflinching, exploration of life in today's UK countryside.

OnFARM Podcast: Barley: Scotland's most valuable crop - with SEFARI's Rowett and James Hutton Institutes

Barley is by far Scotland's most important crop and the world's fourth most important cereal crop. Anna hears about Dundee's new International Barley Hub, a centre for research excellence within the James Hutton Institute. We also meet Alison Milne who grows and malts barley at Crafty Maltsters in Auchtermuchty, and Professor Wendy Russell at the University of Aberdeen's Rowett Institute.

OnFARM Podcast: Farming and AMR (anti-microbial resistance) - with SEFARI's Moredun and Rowett Institutes

AMR - anti-microbial resistance - is the name for the growing number of infections that are becoming difficult or impossible to treat with antibiotics and other treatments. It affects both livestock, wildlife, and humans alike. It's a global concern - considered by the World Health Organization and others to be among the world's top public health threats.

OnFARM Podcast: Scottish soft fruit health benefits - with SEFARI and the James Hutton and Rowett Institutes

We all know Scottish soft fruits are good for us - but in this OnFARM, experts explain exactly how and why Scottish berries have such brilliant health benefits - including some we are still learning about.From potential to combat diabetes and dementia, to helping with obesity, researchers from the Rowett and John Hutton Institutes share some very exciting findings.

OnFARM Podcast: Should you be farming hemp? - with SEFARI and the Rowett Institute

Barley, wheat, oilseed rape... Should hemp be considered alongside these as viable crops for Scottish growers? Researchers at the University of Aberdeen's Rowett Institute are championing hemp as a healthy and sustainable food crop. It's a rich source of protein, dietary fibre, and other healthy fats and minerals.

OnFARM Podcast: Monty’s brain tumour: a health update

Seven months after suffering a seizure, and being diagnosed with brain cancer, Monty and his wife Moira chat with Anna and producer Dave about how things have been.

OnFARM Podcast: "Extreme" fly-tipping: legal advice from Gillespie Macandrew

Fly-tipping is something all too many farmers and landowners will be aware of. If "extreme" fly-tipping is new to you, we're talking about bigger things being dumped, like caravans or vehicles.

OnFARM Podcast: Andrew Arbuckle: champion pole vaulter (repeat)

After lots of lovely feedback on last week's episode with 91-year-old East Lothian farmer Willie Logan, and the launch of OnRECORD to capture memories of Scottish agriculture, we are re-sharing this chat from our archive.