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.

What Your Favourite OnFARM Episodes Tell Us

When we launched the OnFARM (Food, Agriculture and Rural Matters) podcast, our aim was simple: to give rural areas a stronger voice and a new platform from which to share their wonderful and inspiring stories. We could scarcely have imagined that just two years later, OnFARM would be performing in the top 2% of 2.8M benchmarked podcasts by Listen Notes! We took a look at some of the most popular episodes and here's what we discovered you LOVE about the OnFARM podcast....

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OnFARM Podcast: Enjoying the countryside responsibly - with Go Rural

Go Rural Scotland are seeking to get more people engaged in visits and experiences on Scottish farms, which inevitably means more people being out and about in rural areas. The arrival of warmer spring weather makes this a good time for a chat about enjoying rural areas responsibly. Monty visits Go Rural's Caroline Miller, and her neighbour Ewan Baird.

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March 2022

As we send this from Scene & Herd's HQ in East Lothian, known as 'Scotland's Breadbasket', desperate scenes are unfolding in the breadbasket of Europe prompting the leaders of the UK's four farming unions to send a message of solidarity to the Ukrainian National Agrarian Forum and the Finance and Economy Secretary to pen an open letter to Scottish businesses urging them to withdraw from trading with Russia.

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OnFARM Podcast: Virginia Osborne

Virginia Osborne runs a sustainable organic mixed farm near Kirriemuir in Angus, with her parents and siblings. They breed organic pure-bred Aberdeen Angus and Limousin-cross cattle and have a small flock of organic sheep. Virginia also tells Anna about her love of Highland Ponies and how they are a critical tool in managing the farm. The episode is supported by SOPA, the Scottish Organic Producers Association.

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Join us for a free online marketing masterclass

Join Anna and Monty for a free masterclass designed to help you get your business better seen and heard by the right people. We will share FIVE strategies for making sure that your potential customers are aware of your business. After the webinar, you will feel less overwhelmed, more focused and more confident when it comes to marketing your business and you will have a clearer plan as to how to direct your time and energy towards the best activities. This is 60 minutes that you do not want to miss!

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