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.

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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Scotland Food & Drink Excellence Awards Review – please share your views with us

Scene & Herd has been asked to undertake a strategic review of the Scotland Food & Drink Excellence Awards. If you have ever had any involvement in the awards, or even if you just have an opinion to share, we’d be very grateful if you would complete our survey

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November 2023

We hope this finds you well and recovering from the worst of Storm Babet (and Ciaran). The images from the North East of Scotland were dreadful. We always love receiving your news so thank you to those of you who have been in contact. Here's a quick round-up:

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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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Communicating with the non-farming public

The Scene and Herd team are all expert communicators. Communication is at the heart of everything we do: podcasts, website design, branding etc, and we think we do it rather well. We also notice when others don't!

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