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.
Increased integration between farmers and foresters will be promoted at a conference organised by the Institute of Chartered Foresters (ICF) in April. The ICF’s National Conference 2023: Connecting Trees, Farmers and Foresters will encourage rural sector stakeholders to have a frank, honest and engaged discussion about the integration of trees into farming and foster a mutually beneficial relationship between forestry and farming.
READ MOREI’m simply here to say that if you’ve ever considered undertaking any of the training on our OnFARM Academy online training platform but haven’t yet got around to it, today is your lucky day. I’m offering a 30% discount for this week only – it expires on Friday 7th at 5 pm.
READ MOREThe first-ever SAOS Growing Tomorrow's Leaders cohort has recently completed its training. Growing Tomorrow’s Leaders programme has been designed to help Scotland's rural sector cope better with its many and growing challenges, including climate change, sustainability and supply chain issues.
READ MOREThe inaugural SAOS Growing Tomorrow’s Leaders programme, supported by NFU Scotland and NFU Mutual and delivered by The Leadership Factory, wrapped up in Dundee last week with a day to celebrate the success of the first cohort and share learnings and feedback prior to the launch of the 2023/24 programme.
READ MOREIt occurred to me that you might not necessarily be familiar with all the ways in which we can help make your rural business be seen and heard so we've put together a brief A-Z of Scene & Herd: A is for …
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