...and just like that, we're almost halfway through the shortest month!
It's been an exceptionally busy one for the Scene & Herd team with the launch of OnRECORD, a personal recording service, aimed at capturing rural voices for posterity. OnRECORD helps rural families, communities and organisations to preserve unique voices, stories and memories for the future with professionally captured and expertly edited audio recordings of guided conversations. READ MORE
Have you decided what to do with your 'extra' day this month? If it involves refreshing your brand, a website redesign or the creation of a podcast, let us know.
In the meantime, here's a round-up of some March dates for your social promotions:
March 2024
2 - National Stallion Show
4 – 8 - Scottish Apprenticeships Week - You can use #ScotAppWeek24 to highlight how your business is backing talent. Why not create a TikTok featuring your apprentices or host a Zoom career event?
6 - Spring Budget
7 – World Book Day is a great opportunity to include the whole team, discuss favourite books and share #shelfies on Instagram!
8 - International Women's Day - the theme for #IWD2024 is #InspireInclusion. If you're planning on hosting an International Women's Day event or looking to amplify your organisation's commitment via Twitter, then download a toolkit here.
8 – 17 - During British Science Week, share how you or your team are #SmashingSterotypes. More info at https://www.britishscienceweek.org/
18 - 24 - Food Waste Action Week 2024 will be encouraging citizens to 'Choose What You'll Use', highlighting the benefits of buying loose fruit and vegetables and inspiring people to do this wherever they can. If you want to get involved email lfhw@wrap.org.uk.
21 - World Poetry Day
31 - clocks go forward (at 1. a.m.)
Get in touch if you need any assistance with your social media.
News
Tickets are now on sale for the RHET 2024 Gala Dinner! Join RHET on Saturday 2nd March 2024 in the Pavilion at Ingliston, Edinburgh, for a night of good food and conversation to help celebrate their 25th birthday. Find out more and get your tickets here: https://buff.ly/3ToKVKG
X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, has rolled out a feature which allows multiple users to better collaborate on a single X account without sharing passwords. Click here to find out more about X Delegate.
Aim to Sustain Game Assurance guarantees the quality of game meat for consumers is now operational. Look for the Aim to Sustain assurance stamp, to be sure your game comes from an audited, high-quality source. Read more at aimtosustain.org.uk/assurance/
The World Food Innovation Awards, in association with IFE, International Food & Drink Event, are a celebration of innovation and excellence across every category of the global food industry. If you want to enter, you need to be quick as entries close 22 February.
SoilEssentials, the leading agricultural technology provider, proudly asserts its position as the longstanding, independent Trimble authorised dealer in Scotland and Northern UK, setting the gold standard for service and support in the region. READ MORE
After a successful pilot, RSABI has launched a mental wellbeing app for farmers. You can access the Thrive Wellbeing App here.
The Royal Northern Spring Show, the first major event in the Scottish agricultural calendar, takes place on 28 February—more info rnas.org.uk/spring-show.
Six Inches of Soil, tells the story of remarkable farmers, communities, small businesses, chefs and entrepreneurs who are leading the way to transform how our food is produced and consumed. Scottish screenings include Dundee, Stonehaven, Raasay & Edinburgh. More info: sixinchesofsoil.org
With your help, we'd like to put together a listing of 2024 Scottish rural events and county shows. Could you send us details and we'll do our best to include them in our monthly round-up?
Recent OnFARM podcast episodes included:
Catch up with all episodes at podfollow.com/onfarm
We produce OnFARM episodes in partnership with RHASS, the Moredun Research Institute, law firm Gillespie Macandrew, rural business specialists Bell Ingram, and others. We'd love to hear from you if you'd like to join that list.
The OnFARM podcast is a great opportunity to get your messages out to people in rural Scotland and to play a part in championing and sharing the sector's stories.
Just get in touch to find out more: anna@sceneandherdpr.co.uk
Anna Davies: Email: anna@sceneandherdpr.co.uk
Ross (Monty) Montague: Email: monty@sceneandherdpr.co.uk
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