The SRUC Podcast

Scotland's Rural College•www.sruc.ac.uk

Want to learn more about the world around you? How the interconnected nature of agriculture, the economy, the natural world, our food and our environment all works together? Scotland's Rural College are the experts on the natural economy. Whether it is local or global, small scale or industrial production, business or education - we are across all the factors relating to how our relationship with land, sea and air is effecting the world now and into the future. We are equipping the next generation of not just farmers and land managers, but scientists, vets, researchers, animal care professionals and much more besides. On this podcast you'll hear everything from conversations with our people to exciting announcements regarding key projects. Most importantly you will learn about the unique offering SRUC has, and how it is central to a sustainable natural economy.

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Episodes

Ecosystem Services - 3D Bufferstrips

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 interest in the environmental quality of streams, controlling nutrient pollution. Work with colleagues ...

Oct 21, 2022•21 min•Ep. 8

Barony Blether - introduction to Wallace and Perry

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!

Sep 23, 2022•25 min•Ep. 7

Circular Economy Based on Forages

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 James Gaffey. James is a Principal Investigator and Co-Director of the Circular Bioeconomy Research Gro...

Jul 08, 2022•35 min•Ep. 6

Professor Davy McCracken on biodiversity and COP26

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.

May 26, 2022•12 min•Ep. 5

COP 26 Round Table discussion with SRUC's Rural Policy Centre

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.

May 05, 2022•36 min•Ep. 4

Rural Policy Centre - post-Brexit policy in Scotland, Covid-19 challenges, and tackling climate change & biodiversity.

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.

May 04, 2022•25 min•Ep. 3

Rebuilding Natural Capital Through Nature-Based Solutions

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 explores how Scotland can rebuild its natural capital so that future generations have a better world to liv...

Mar 22, 2022•43 min•Ep. 2

Bioregioning Tayside - with Hannah Rudman

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. Their goal is to research and build ecosystem markets to meet net-zero targets and reverse the bio...

Jan 21, 2022•30 min•Ep. 1

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