The SRUC Podcast

In this podcast you can learn more about NISRIE by way of an interview with Steven Thomson, Project Lead. NISRIE stands for "Novel Insights on Scotland's Island and Rural Economies". It is a project with four work packages: rural enterprises community wealth building agriculture beyond Brexit regional food economies The aims and objectives of the project are discussed with Steven in this podcast....

Three representatives from SRUC and SAC Consulting recently visited Iceland to meet with food producers. They learnt a lot about how food is produced in Iceland, what new products are being developed, and how there is an emphasis on innovation and quality. Join Ceri Ritchie (Head of Food and Enterprise), Alistair Trail (Principal Consultant) and Nicola Holden (Professor of Food Safety) as they cha...

Wallace Currie and Perry Parkinson are joined by Kathryn Dick, for a chat about all things farm-y. Kathryn is from a farming family, and this informal chat covers some of the fun stuff that comes from growing up on a farm and studying/working at SRUC.

Join Lorna Pate and Pattanapong Tiwasing of SRUC as they talk about the use of insect protein in the UK, and some of the challenges facing the introduction of it as a food source.

This podcast is part of a series that is exploring the diverse range of ecosystem services are supplied by Scotland’s rural sector’s stock of natural capital. The topics included within the series are Arable and 3D Buffer Strips. This episode is hosted by Stephen Briggs from Abacus Agriculture. Stephen, an author of the Soil Association Agroforestry handbook and a consultant for Abacus Agriculture...

This podcast is part of a series that is exploring the diverse range of ecosystem services are supplied by Scotland’s rural sector’s stock of natural capital. The topics included within the series are Agroforestry, Arable and 3D Buffer Strips. This episode is hopsted by Mary-Jane Lawrie, SAC Consulting. Mary-Jane Lawrie is an Agricultural Consultant at SAC Consulting and works in all aspects of ag...

This podcast is part of a series that is exploring the diverse range of ecosystem services are supplied by Scotland’s rural sector’s stock of natural capital. The topics included within the series are Agroforestry and Arable. Listen and learn more about 3D bufferstrips from Marc Stutter. Marc is soil and water scientist at the James Hutton Institute who lives on a small Aberdeenshire farm. His int...

Join Scotland's Rural College (SRUC) Lecturer Wallace Currie and Shepherd/Stockworker Perry Parkinson for a fun and informal chat about their roles, their education, work history and what they get up to in their day to day adventures at SRUC's Barony Campus. This is the first of a series of episodes from our Barony Campus - so please subscribe to get the latest!

This Podcast on Forages for a circular bioeconomy is hosted by SRUC's Vijay Thakur, our very own Professor in New Products from Biomass. Vijay heads up biorefining & advanced materials research (BAMRC) at SRUC. In this podcast, the panel discusses the role of Forages in a circular economy with a prime focus on current challenges and future perspectives. Vijay is joined by special guest, Dr Jam...

Professor Davy McCracken is our in-house expert on biodiversity and land management. This episode features Davy talking to William Ancell, Digital Manager at SRUC, about COP26 and how this is bringing the biodiversity crisis into focus.

This episode is packed with a panel of experts talking about the priorities they have for COP26 - what outputs they would like to see, and why. From how farms can adapt to managing soils, to how climate is affecting food systems, to our own challenge centre tackling climate change, we've got it covered.

In this episode, SRUC's Rural Policy Centre looks at the Policy landscape post-brexit, and after the results of the recent Scottish election. SRUC's Jane Atterton is a policy researcher is joined by a range of SRUC's policy experts to discuss the challenges of covid-19 and the re-shaping of Scottish policy following the UK's exit from the EU.

SRUC's Dr Hannah Rudman looks at how a low carbon, nature-rich future can revitalise our economy, and how we can take advantage of the exceptional natural capital we have in Scotland and the rest of the UK. By securing public and private investment in nature-based solutions via projects like Riverwoods, Landscape Enterprise Networks, and focusing on Vacant & Derelict Land, this podcast explore...

SRUC's Dr Hannah Rudman hosts this podcast on bioregioning the Tayside area in Scotland. By the end of this half-hour podcast you'll understand the concept of a bioregion and how it helps us see the places we live and work with new eyes. You'll learn about the project in Tayside which is helping regenerate local natural capital. Hannah is co-lead of SRUC's Thriving Natural Capital Challenge Centre...