News from the field

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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.

The things I’ve learned…

I’ve been thoroughly enjoying my days in the Edinburgh Uni main library and thought I might share some of the things I’ve learned (through a mixture of experience, Google and evesdropping!) since I mixed my work venue up a little bit. Each floor in the Edinburgh Uni main library is over an acre in size (something many of you can relate to I’m sure)

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March 2024

Have you got any extra marketing budget that you maybe found down the back of the sofa but need to spend before the year-end?! If so, may we be so bold as to suggest you consider sponsoring the OnFARM podcast? Here’s why it makes sense….

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A Day of Reflection

The UK National Day of Reflection took place yesterday, 3 March. The day is an opportunity to remember our loved ones who've died, support people who've been bereaved and to look forward with hope for a brighter future.

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Are you sincere?

Sincerity. It’s a word that I read the other day and really started to think about. Since Monty became ill back in September, we have witnessed so many truly sincere good wishes from so many wonderful people. I have no doubt that every one of the people who has got in touch genuinely wishes Monty back to full health. But in other aspects of our lives, are we really always sincere? If you said yes to that then I’m sorry, I don’t believe you!

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OnFARM Podcast: "Extreme" fly-tipping: legal advice from Gillespie Macandrew

Fly-tipping is something all too many farmers and landowners will be aware of. If "extreme" fly-tipping is new to you, we're talking about bigger things being dumped, like caravans or vehicles.

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