Tags - Education and skills

Working with local schools (AGMG)

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The Angus Glens Moorland Group is a collection of sporting estates Angus founded in 2015. They demonstrate the work these estates and their staff undertake undertake for our countryside, highlighting...

The Buffalo Farm - Mozzarella and Much More

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Steve Mitchell started a fledgling buffalo herd 12 years ago after investing some inheritance money. Since then the business has grown steadily off the back of selling buffalo meat through his on-farm...

Traditional Dairy Farming

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Nestled in the heart of East Lothian Yester Farm Dairies can be found. Run by husband and wife duo, Simon and Jackie McCreery, Yester Farm Dairies is an incredibly successful farm business, with many...

Education, Conservation and Tourism at Aigas

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The 600-acres Aigas estate was discovered on the verge of ruin by the naturalist and author Sir John Lister-Kaye in 1976, and in a bid to save the estate, the idea of creating nature conservation has...

Twin Peakes Fly Fishing

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Twin Peakes Fly Fishing is the brainchild of twin brothers Alastair and William Peake, who inherited a love of fly fishing from their Grandfather. Both brothers are employed by the Humphrey family on...

Pitgaveny Farms Schools Day

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Pitgaveny Estate

For many years now Pitgaveny has hosted school’s visits for local children in Moray.

The biggest of these is an annual visit from Elgin Academy when around 200 new 2nd year pupils...

Fenton Barns Nursery

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At Fenton Barns Nursery, the surrounding countryside is as much part of the classroom as the well set up, purpose-designed log building.

Indeed, on a typical morning, the children come rushing in...

WW1 trenches recreated for pupils

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Leckmelm Estate

Leckmelm Estate has recently supported an interactive educational experience as part of a history project with local primary schools, which involved the recreation of a World War One...

Safeguarding rural tradition, community and industry

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Originally a jam making venture using locally grown fruits and berries, an excess of fresh berry juice as a by-product of the jam process has brought Kim Cameron to the artisan industry of specialist...

Golden Bee Swarm

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Roxburghe Estates

A thousand golden bees have gone on display at Floors Castle, Kelso, as part of a stunning new collective artwork created by pupils from Kelso High School and named 'The Golden...

Mr Jazzy Potato Growing Project

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The Mr Jazzy Potato Project is coordinated by The Royal Highland Education Trust in Perth & Kinross.

The project is delivered by volunteers and offers pupils the opportunity to plant their own crop...

Apprenticeships in traditional dry-stone wall building

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Balmoral Estate

A project has developed from a conversation with HRH The Duke of Rothesay to provide an apprenticeship scheme in traditional dry-stone wall building.

Five students from The Prince’s...