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  • Drouthy Days: is Scotland prepared for drought?

    This guest blog explores the current situation, key impacts and Scotland’s preparedness for managing potential drought conditions from the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (SPICe) researchers who produce detailed, impartial briefings covering subjects of interest to the Scottish Parliament.

  • Isle of Gigha Ranger Service – Protecting Gigha’s Woodlands Project

    A tiny island on the west coast, the Isle of Gigha is the most southerly Hebridean island, and despite being all of seven miles long and one mile wide, it packs a punch in community-led environmental initiatives from removing tonnes of marine litter each winter, to weekly conservation volunteering, rivalling the biggest and very best environmental efforts anywhere.

  • Working to protect the elms

    The Assynt Elm Project is dedicated to protecting and preserving the trees. Thanks to support from Highland and Islands Conservancy, the project has been able to run a series of educational events to raise awareness and inspire community action. Woodland Officer, Gareth Parkinson, speaks about the project and next steps.

  • Agritourism Futures: Learning Journey To Shropshire

    In March 2025 Scottish Rural Network (SRN) supported a cohort of new entrants to agritourism sector to take part in a learning journey to Shropshire. The trip, developed and hosted by Scottish Agritourism, provided a valuable opportunity to gain inspiration, exchange ideas, and connect with business owners. In this blog article, Euan Armstrong of Scottish Agritourism shares his experience of the trip and reflects on the learning gained.

  • Rural and Island young people make their voice heard as part of the Scottish Rural Movement

    In January 2024, 30 young people from all over rural and island Scotland where funded by the Scottish Rural Network to attend a parliamentary debate and meet the Scottish Cabinet as a direct result of a Scottish Rural and Island Youth Parliament outputs. Here Catriona Mallows, Campaigns and Communications Lead with Scottish Rural Action (SRA) reflects on the day.

  • Life on the Farm 1

    A monthly blog which gives an insight into life on the farm with our newest member of the team Sophie.

  • Life on the Farm 2

    In this month’s blog Sophie covers wintering of sheep on her land, calving, tagging and traceability and new AECS.

  • Life on the Farm 3

    In this month’s blog Sophie covers selling last year's calves, the beginning of calving for 2022 and AECS applications.

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