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Buffalo, Spaceport and Wanderings

Join Mark Stephen and Euan McIlwraith for the latest outdoor activities from Shetland to the Borders, plus the key stories for those who live and work in the countryside.

Euan meets an Aberdeenshire dairy farmer who’s facing the future after losing his contract with dairy giant muller.

Mark gets the latest on Cairngorm mountain and the funicular from Highlands and Islands Enterprise.

Earlier this week the Scottish Government’s Women in Agriculture Taskforce released its final report into the role of women in the sector. Euan finds out what it has recommended.

Steve Mitchell has been farming buffalo for meat in Fife since 2005. He’s just reached a crowdfunding total to allow him to move into buffalo mozzarella production too. Mark visits his farm.

Earlier this year the Machrihanish airbase was awarded a grant of almost £500,000 to explore the potential of developing the site as a spaceport. Euan learns about its history and what the future might hold.

Mark visits Re:Store Moray in Lossiemouth, a shop with the idea of cutting single use plastic and food waste in the home. And Laura finds out about an online food shopping service helping the local community in Blairgowrie.

Lapwings or peewits as they are affectionately known are a common sight in our winter skies. Especially at RSPB Loch of Strathbeg as Euan discovers.

Mark takes a stroll along one of the Inner Forth Futures partnership wanderings and windings routes near Alloa designed to discover hidden parts of the Forth estuary.

And Helen Needham has been out in the ±«Óãtv Aberdeen garden with the North East Scotland Biodiversity Partnership finding out how we can create a wildflower garden.

1 hour, 30 minutes

Last on

Sat 30 Nov 2019 06:30

Broadcast

  • Sat 30 Nov 2019 06:30

Landward

Landward

Scotland's farming and countryside programme