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.
The team at auctioneering firm Caledonian Marts, much like the rest of the population, is looking on with horror at what is going on in Ukraine at present. The team now seeks your help in its fundraising efforts to raise money for those most affected by the war. The business has decided to hold a charity auction and raffle at its premises in Stirling at 11 am on Saturday 23rd April 2022 to raise funds for UNICEF’s campaign to Help Protect Children in Ukraine and for Central Plains Group, a regenerative farming business with operations in Ukraine who are raising funds to help refugees streaming into Western Ukraine from Kyiv and East Ukraine. All funds raised will be split equally between these two good causes.
READ MOREWhen we launched the OnFARM (Food, Agriculture and Rural Matters) podcast, our aim was simple: to give rural areas a stronger voice and a new platform from which to share their wonderful and inspiring stories. We could scarcely have imagined that just two years later, OnFARM would be performing in the top 2% of 2.8M benchmarked podcasts by Listen Notes! We took a look at some of the most popular episodes and here's what we discovered you LOVE about the OnFARM podcast....
READ MOREGo Rural Scotland are seeking to get more people engaged in visits and experiences on Scottish farms, which inevitably means more people being out and about in rural areas. The arrival of warmer spring weather makes this a good time for a chat about enjoying rural areas responsibly. Monty visits Go Rural's Caroline Miller, and her neighbour Ewan Baird.
READ MOREAs we send this from Scene & Herd's HQ in East Lothian, known as 'Scotland's Breadbasket', desperate scenes are unfolding in the breadbasket of Europe prompting the leaders of the UK's four farming unions to send a message of solidarity to the Ukrainian National Agrarian Forum and the Finance and Economy Secretary to pen an open letter to Scottish businesses urging them to withdraw from trading with Russia.
READ MOREVirginia Osborne runs a sustainable organic mixed farm near Kirriemuir in Angus, with her parents and siblings. They breed organic pure-bred Aberdeen Angus and Limousin-cross cattle and have a small flock of organic sheep. Virginia also tells Anna about her love of Highland Ponies and how they are a critical tool in managing the farm. The episode is supported by SOPA, the Scottish Organic Producers Association.
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