Scotland’s rural podcast OnFARM is celebrating the publication of its 150th episode and in doing so, is setting out to give charities, individuals and organisations across the country a chance to have their very own podcast episode.
OnFARM, where F.A.R.M stands for Food, Agriculture and Rural Matters, was first published in January 2020 and since then an episode has been released every week of school term time to reach the milestone 150th anniversary in June 2023. The podcast is the brainchild of Anna Davies and Ross (Monty) Montague from specialist rural PR firm, Scene and Herd, with technical support and guidance from ex-BBC radio professional, Dave Howard of Bespoken Media.
“We established OnFARM in order to tell the many and varied stories of rural Scotland,” Anna Davies explained. “We have been on a whirlwind journey since then, and we are so grateful to our listeners, sponsors and contributors who have helped us to reach this milestone.”
“We would like to make special mention of our original and longest-running sponsor, solicitors Gillespie Macandrew and also to RHASS (the Royal Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland) and livestock health and welfare scientists, the Moredun Foundation, who each commissioned us to make mini-series of podcasts in the dark days of the Covid lockdowns.”
“Now, to mark the occasion of our 150th unique episode, we are joining forces with rural business specialists Bell Ingram to give everyone the chance to have their very own podcast episode. We would love to hear from anyone with a story to tell, be it a charity fundraising effort, a farming innovation, a local legend or anything else that would benefit from a bespoke episode of OnFARM. Monty and Dave will be at the Bell Ingram stand, on the side of the Main Ring on the Saturday of the Royal Highland Show, giving the opportunity for people to stop in, say hello and ‘pitch a pod’; or alternatively please do drop us an email with your story.”
“We are delighted to be able to give everyone this opportunity, it really does chime with the OnFARM ethos of championing rural Scotland.”
The OnFARM podcast is available on all major podcast streaming platforms or simply by searching OnFARM on any PC or smart device. Listen Notes, a respected international platform which benchmarks the performance of almost 3M podcasts globally, ranks OnFARM in its top 2%.
High-profile guests of previous OnFARM episodes include HRH Princess Anne, the late Doddie Weir and TV personalities including Amanda Owen, The Yorkshire Shepherdess.
“Most podcasts seem to disappear after only a few episodes – a phenomenon called podfade - however thanks to the overwhelming support we have received, we have been able to keep up the momentum and reach 150 unique episodes.”
“With Gillespie Macandrew, Bell Ingram and Lawrie & Symington on board as regular sponsors, we now aim to publish new episodes most weeks in July and August 2023, when we would traditionally have stopped to coincide with the school holidays. There are so many stories out there, and we would love to hear from you if you have one to tell;” Anna concluded.
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Anna Davies: Email: anna@sceneandherdpr.co.uk
Ross (Monty) Montague: Email: monty@sceneandherdpr.co.uk
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