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.
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Happy Lunar New Year! The Chinese Spring Festival/Lunar New Year falls on 22 January starting the year of the Rabbit. The event is celebrated by 1.5 billion people worldwide and is a key opportunity for providers of premium products to showcase their offerings to China's growing middle class.
READ MOREThe Dynescan kit was developed by agritech innovators Dyneval at Edinburgh University's Roslin Innovation Centre, and can provide accurate quality control tests within minutes. Its developers say it can be used by anyone, and can cut costs, improve efficiency, and reduce carbon emissions.
READ MOREWe all have questions we would love to ask, especially around peoples’ way of life, their jobs or where they live. This is exactly why the rural education charity The Royal Highland Education Trust (RHET) in partnership with e-Sgoil’s Developing Young Workforce (DYW) Live team will be hosting during Talk to a Farmer from 6th to 10th February, giving people the chance to learn more about farming, farmers and the countryside.
READ MOREIn February 2021, Her Royal Highness, Princess Anne, was a guest on OnFARM, launching a fundraising drive to find a cure for Equine Grass Sickness. The mysterious disease is almost always fatal to horses, and, in recent years, had killed 5 prized Highland ponies on Her Majesty the Queen's Balmoral estate. Efforts to find a treatment are being led by Dr Beth Wells of Edinburgh’s Moredun Research Institute, while fundraising is spearheaded by RHASS director and equine vet Anne Logan. In this episode, Anna speaks with Beth and Anne for an update on their important work.
READ MOREThere is a Kenyan proverb that goes along the lines "Sticks in a bundle are unbreakable". Many of our clients are strengthened by their membership of cooperatives such as SOPA or SAOS.
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