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Rural Britain is a wonderful assortment of farms, estates, hamlets, villages, forests and moors, lochs and valleys. Our stunning scenery, close communities and wonderful rural businesses provide an idyllic lifestyle for many, but rural life can also throw up some pretty unique challenges.

The Rural Scene (the Scene & Herd rural blog and news updates) looks at what’s new, what’s relevant, what’s tasty, what’s fun and what’s challenging about life in the Great British Countryside. We offer an insider insight into rural Britain, highlighting some of the exceptional people, businesses and innovations we believe that everybody should know about.

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OnFARM Podcast: Supporting bird life in upland East Lothian: Kelvin Pate

East Lothian upland farmer Kelvin Pate is a relatively recent convert to bird conservation; he first started paying closer attention to the birds on his farm during the Covid lockdown.

September 2023

We hope this finds you well. Just a quick round-up of news this month: Our client OR-ganic won Artisan Product of the Year in the Scotland Food & Drink Excellence Awards 2023 for their premium cold-pressed organic rapeseed oil - the UK's first commercially available fully organic certified oil.

OnFARM Podcast: Fife food ambassador Christopher Trotter

Fife food ambassador, writer and chef Christopher Trotter once ran a Michelin-starred kitchen. In this chat with OnFARM's Sarah Anderson, which we are re-releasing to mark Scottish Food Fortnight

Do you judge a book by its cover?

How many times have we all been told by parents, teachers, television, books and more that we should never judge something at face value? And yet aren’t we also told that first impressions count? Aren’t those two pieces of advice in direct contradiction?

OnFARM Podcast: ADHD in farming: Will Evans and Domhnall Macsween

The number of adults receiving ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder) prescriptions in Scotland has increased seven-fold in the last decade, according to recent headlines. Will Evans and Domhnall Macsween are both well-known farmers who have both been diagnosed with ADHD.