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.
We look back on 30 years of LEADER grants and funding for development projects in rural Scotland. Anna speaks with Peter Ross, who has been involved with LEADER from its very beginning in 1991, about its grassroots partnership approach to funding, and about the hundreds of communities that have benefitted.
READ MOREHow effective leadership can encourage those with a stake in rural sustainability to engage with mitigating climate change.
READ MOREThe four words I DO NOT want to be saying on my death bed. After a few health scares among family members lately, and having read a book called ‘Everything is Figureoutable’ by Marie Forleo (highly recommend and see below for a few other recent book recommendations), I’ve been thinking quite a bit about making dreams come true.
READ MOREPlans for the AgriScot 2021 competitions are progressing at pace with a new sponsor announcement and a call to young farmers being made for the event’s Business Skills competition.
READ MOREThe Scottish Organic Producers Association (SOPA), the UK’s only membership body owning Scottish organic standards, has just completed a project examining a new product in the hope of allowing Scottish farmers to draw down more carbon into their soils, and has reported some positive results.
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Anna Davies: Email: anna@sceneandherdpr.co.uk
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