OnFARM Podcast

OnFARM Podcast: "No fungi, no us": fungi expert Neville Kilkenny

A teaspoon of healthy soil can contain up to 6 miles of fungus - if stretched out end-to-end. That's just one of the fascinating fungi facts shared in this episode - as Anna goes foraging with East Lothian mycologist Neville Kilkenny.

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OnFARM Podcast: Anna and Dave interviewed by the Radio Academy podcast

Behind-the-scenes insight, as Anna and producer Dave chat with Hayley Hayes, host of the Radio Academy podcast, about the making on OnFARM.

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OnFARM Podcast: The Great Glen Cattle Ranch at Spean Bridge

Elspeth and Paolo Berardelli farm the Great Glen Cattle Ranch at Spean Bridge. They have a wide spread of enterprises on the farm, ranging from sheep and cattle, to deer stalking, and renewable energy.

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OnFARM Podcast: Cairngorm Alpacas at Lochbuie Croft

Despite being a fourth-generation crofter, Robert Mackenzie has been on a steep learning curve since he took over Lochbuie Croft in Newtonmore five years ago.

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OnFARM Podcast: Eagle predation: are 'guardian dogs' an answer?

As eagle numbers grow in parts of Scotland, so do farmers' concerns over livestock predation. At Rothiemurchus falconry outside Aviemore, Jonny Ames believes he might have an answer.

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OnFARM Podcast: Scottish Ploughing Championships 2023

All things ploughing – ahead of the 59th Scottish Ploughing Championships taking place in Ayrshire on Friday 27th and Saturday 28th October. Producer Dave is joined by Hugh Currie, Derek MacIver, and Lizzy Baxter, all from the Scottish Ploughing Championships 2023 organising committee.

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OnFARM Podcast: Caithness YFC: celebrating 100 years of Young Farmers in Scotland

Celebrations have been taking place in Caithness to mark 100 years since the Young Farmer’s movement got underway in Scotland. The Scottish Association of Young Farmers Clubs - SAYFC - wasn’t formed until 1938, but the first ever club was set up at a rural schoolhouse near Thurso in 1923.

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OnFARM Podcast: Patrick Laurie: Galloway farmer, conservationist and author

Patrick Laurie is an upland farmer and conservationist from Dalbeattie in Dumfries and Galloway. He talks to Monty of his pride in his herd of traditional Riggit Galloway cattle, and his growing concern for the plight of wildlife - particularly the birds that he says are disappearing from the landscape around him.

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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.

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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

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