WE live in a strange world, one which our forebears would struggle to recognise or understand.
IN kitchens across Scotland, passions are whipped, hopeful creations concocted, traditional recipes and modern mixtures prepared...
PEOPLE living in one part of Scotland are being offered free fruit and nut trees to plant in their gardens ...
PEOPLE living in Raploch and Bannockburn are being offered free fruit and nut trees to plant in their gardens as part of TreeLink Stirling’s Crown Of Trees project, which aims to connect pockets of trees in and around the city, creating a 36-kilometre circular walking route through woodlands and the battle sites at Bannockburn and Stirling Bridge.
ANEW Westminster law, the Precision Breeding Act, sets in motion changes that will allow farmers in England to grow genetically modified (GM) food for consumption by people and livestock.
THERE is a remarkable energy around agriculture, food, and drink right now. Across Scotland, growers and producers are increasingly coming together to find ways to raise food in ways which don’t cost the earth. Communities are re-engaging with the soil.
THE rollercoaster ride that is Brexit will take another of its many unpleasant and costly lurches later this month.
FOR thousands of years, our ancestors did something very simple but essential. From the crops they grew, they carefully selected and stored the seeds needed for the next year’s planting.
BREXIT is a poisoned well we have no choice but to drink from...
A UNIQUE haggis has been made this January by Macbeth’s, the high street butcher in Forres, using the lights of the Orkney Boreray, Scotland’s rarest breed of sheep...
