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Princess Royal launches Equine Grass Sickness research drive
Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal officially launches a research drive to study Equine Grass Sickness, an often fatal disease of horses. The Moredun Foundation and The Equine Grass Sickness Fund have joined forces to launch a three-year research.… -
Equine Grass Sickness: Her Majesty's Balmoral losses and a push for a cure
Her Majesty the Queen's Balmoral estate lost 5 Highland ponies in less than a year to Equine Grass Sickness. The disease is almost always fatal to horses, and seems to affect Scotland worse than other parts of the UK. Sylvia Ormiston, who manages Her… -
SAOS 3: Climate-friendly can be profit-friendly
Climate-friendly farming can be a more efficient and profitable way to run your business. That's the key message of episode 3 of our series with agri-coop umbrella business SAOS. Anna hears about tools, methods, and processes you can implement on you… -
Securing OnFARM's future: how you can help
We're asking for your help. Simply by listening to OnFARM and telling others about us, you can help secure our future. As we approach our 50th podcast, Monty and Anna break from normal episodes to share some thoughts about the future of the show.... -
Rob Wainwright and SAYFC on rugby, farming, and #DoddieAid
Rob Wainwright is the Doddie Gump fundraising founder, former Scotland Rugby captain and British Lion, and now a beef and cattle farmer on the Hebridean Isle of Coll. Rob joined the SAYFC's Lianne and Ally Brunton for a 'Sofa Chat' over Facebook Live… -
SAOS 2: climate-friendly supply chains
How can the supply chains to Scottish food and drink businesses be made more climate-friendly? Scotland's target is to have net zero carbon emissions by 2045. This is part 2 in our series with agri-co-op organisation SAOS, looking at the challenges..… -
"Fury" over Brexit's food and farming impacts
Brexit "fury" among fish landers, a "frustrating" seed potato export ban, and costly red tape for businesses that rely on immigrant labour. Monty partners with law firm Shepherd and Wedderburn to bring you expert and industry insight at this crucial.… -
Revisiting RHET - for OnFARM's first birthday!
It is exactly one year since we published our first ever OnFARM episode - a recording with kids on a (pre-Covid) farm visit with the food and farming education charity RHET. To mark our first birthday, we've updated this very first episode with a new… -
Passing the baton: the Moredun chairmen chat
We're rounding off 2020 by eavesdropping on a chat between the Moredun Foundation's outgoing chairman Ian Duncan Millar, and his successor Gareth Baird. Ian chose to retire at the end of 2020 so he could end on the high point of a year of centenary..… -
Moredun's Centenary: you're invited to a celebration
You're on the guest list for a (virtual) drinks reception to celebrate 100 years of Scotland's Moredun Research Institute. Just press play to attend, enjoy the (virtual) free booze and canapes, and mingle with the great and the good of livestock...
OnFarm - Scottish rural stories
By Bespoken Media
OnFARM showcases rural enterprise, rural community, rural creativity, rural charity, rural history, and so much more. OnFARM gives rural Scotland a strong voice and platform from which to share its wonderful and inspiring stories. Each episode, we will champion the producers, the grafters, and the innovators who put food on our tables and keep our countryside green and beautiful for all. OnFARM: Food, Agricultural and Rural Matters in Scotland. It's the perfect place to keep up with what 'grows' on in rural Scotland. New episodes from 0600B every Monday, presented by Anna Davies and Ross Montague.
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