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We are joined by Lucy Graham as the second guest as part of our ‘Next Generation’ series. Lucy is currently studying at the SRUC Campus in Edinburgh for her HNC in Agriculture and working part time on a local goat and sheep farm.
Join us as Lucy shares her journey from growing up on her own family farm to realising her passion for genetics and building her confidence through Young Farmers. Lucy shares her work ethic, organisation and commitment to going after what she wants, including heading straight to the milking parlour from her college nights out. 
We discuss the variety of work that Lucy gets involved with and how no two days on a farm are the same as well as the opportunities she has made the most of through Young Farmers taking on roles such as tea convenor and her aspirations for the future. 
Lucy shares with us wisdom she has gained from family members. advice she lives by and her goals for where she’d like to be in five years time in a fabulous and inspiring conversation with us. We can’t wait to see all Lucy goes on to achieve!
This episode is sponsored by the Rural Scotland team at Savills.
Connect with Lucy on social media - Facebook : Lucy Graham \\ Instagram : @lu_24_cygrxham
Episode Recorded on 14th May 2024.
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Sarah Millar is Chief Executive of Quality Meat Scotland (QMS), the Public Body for the red meat sector in Scotland. 
Join us as Sarah shares her journey from growing up on a farm in Lanarkshire and working in her family's butchery business, to exploring different avenues in the food and farming sector including agronomy and organics recycling, before realising her passion and finding her niche at QMS. 
Sarah talks about the role the Scottish Young Farmers Association has played in her life, her involvement with the National Council of Rural Advisors, and having the opportunity to be heard and valued as a young person. We talk about the responsibility that comes with helping shape the future of not just the red meat sector in Scotland, but of her family and friends lives and businesses, and how she balances that with having a life outside work. 
Sarah gives us an insight into what it was like to go off on maternity leave at the height of her career, how she navigated being diagnosed with MS at the age of 24, and how she now makes a conscious effort to seize the day. 
This episode is sponsored by the Landed Estates and Rural Business Team at Henderson Loggie Chartered Accountants.
Connect with Sarah on social media - LinkedIn : Sarah Millar / Quality Meat Scotland \\ Instagram : @qmscotland 
Episode Recorded on 7th March 2024.
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Having started her career working as a freelance stage manager in theatre and opera, Ros Wardman is now Forest Industries Advisor with Scottish Forestry, alongside being a Mum and passionate advocate for forestry and the wider sector. 
Join us as Ros shares her story of swapping the wooden boards of the stage for the real thing as she studied forestry at Newton Rigg. Since then Ros has been working across south and central Scotland in a variety of roles with Forestry and Land Scotland and Scottish Forestry. Her love of forestry began on family holidays and days out so, despite growing up in urban Liverpool, Ros has a deep rooted love for forestry and woodlands. 
We discuss the challenges Ros has overcome - progressing on return from maternity leave, a male dominated sector and so much more besides. Ros demonstrates her passion and advocacy for forestry and the development of small businesses that are connected to the sector through the stories she tells us and experiences shared. 
If you’ve been inspired by this conversation and want to know more about a career in forestry then do reach out to Ros Wardman - she’d be delighted to speak to you.
This episode is sponsored by the Rural Scotland team at Savills.
Connect with Ros on social media - LinkedIn : Ros Wardman MICFor / Scottish Forestry \\ Instagram : @scottishforestry \\ X : @scotforestry
Episode Recorded on 27th February 2024.
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Anja Baak owns and runs the award-winning Great Glen Charcuterie in Spean Bridge, alongside her husband, Jan Jacob. 
Join us as Anja takes us on their journey from moving to Scotland from the Netherlands, and how they built a sustainable and ethical business, with a connection to the local landscape at its heart.  Anja gives us an insight into how the business and products have evolved, and why authenticity and storytelling is such an important part of what they do. 
Anja talks about balancing family life raising six children, with the needs of the business, their family love of food, and what it is really like working with her husband, alongside the impact Jan Jacob’s health challenges have had, and how wild swimming and finding her tribe have helped her navigate that. 
Anja shares some of her experiences of being involved with Women’s Enterprise Scotland and how being raised in an entrepreneurial family helped encourage her to pursue her own path. Anja is passionate about sharing experiences to encourage other women and girls to start businesses, to learn from each other and create a sense of community. 
Find out more and order your own Great Glen Charcuterie here : https://www.greatglencharcuterie.com/
Find out more about Women’s Enterprise Scotland here : https://www.wescotland.co.uk/
This episode is sponsored by the Landed Estates and Rural Business Team at Henderson Loggie Chartered Accountants.
Connect with Anja on social media - LinkedIn : Anja Baak \\ Instagram : @greatglencharcuterie
Episode Recorded on 16 March 2024.
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Lucy Jenner is an environmental scientist, PhD Student, long distance runner, secret entrepreneur, and Head of Natural Capital Scotland at Savills. 
Join us as Lucy shares her journey from growing up in the Lake District getting her hands dirty, to studying in Scotland, working with academics at the University of Edinburgh to accelerate the transition to a circular economy, and joining Savills last year to head up the Natural Capital Scotland Team. 
Lucy shares her passion for the natural environment and being part of a solution to the climate and biodiversity crisis, which has become a human rights issue, equality issue, wellbeing issue and security issue. Through her PhD, Lucy is researching how to improve decision making on the benefits and trade-offs of land use change in Scotland, with some interesting results to date. 
We discuss the concept of ecological grief and solastalgia, including Lucy’s experiences working with young people through the 2050 Climate Group, her brief foray into the start-up world selling energy bars in reusable wrapping, the importance of empathy in conversations around land use, and how you need to be your own example when it comes to role models. 
This episode is sponsored by the Rural Scotland team at Savills.
Connect with Lucy Jenner on social media - LinkedIn : Lucy Jenner \\ Instagram : @savillsrural 
Episode Recorded on 6th February 2024.
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Polly Pullar is a writer, a photographer, a naturalist, a conservationist, a wildlife rehabilitator, and so much more besides, which she shares in this podcast episode. 
Join us as Polly takes us from her childhood in Ardnamurchan with wellies filled with frogspawn to rural Perthshire which is now home. Polly shares how her parents, teachers and those around her inspired her with nature from childhood, encouraging her to be inquisitive, to get stuck in and to explore. Polly’s love affair with nature has endured ever since and shaped her life and career. 
She shares the challenges she has faced with depression and anxiety including how nature has provided her with the emotional ballast to overcome these times. Polly shares some of her favourite wildlife rehabilitation stories including her travels with squirrel kits and tawny owlets, and returning red squirrels to the wild. 
Polly is passionate about inspiring the next generation of children to get stuck into nature, but this episode will inspire young and old to get outdoors and embrace the natural environment.  
Order Polly’s Books - A Scurry of Squirrels,  The Horizontal Oak and plenty more besides here : https://www.pollypullar.com/books/
This episode is sponsored by the Landed Estates and Rural Business Team at Henderson Loggie Chartered Accountants.
Connect with Polly on social media - LinkedIn : Polly Pullar \\ Instagram : @pollypullar \\ Website : https://www.pollypullar.com/
Episode Recorded on Monday 26th February 2024
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