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FAS TV S6 Episode 5
Scotland’s dairy farms are increasingly looking beyond traditional production to build resilience, add value, and create new income streams.
In this episode of FAS TV, we visit two innovative farms showing how diversification can unlock new opportunities for the dairy sector. At Balnab Farm, premium flavoured butters have been created in collaboration with local partners and support from Digital Dairy Chain. Meanwhile, at Nether Lethame Farm, alongside producing butter and ice cream, the farm has explored new ways to turn dairy by-products into added-value food products. From artisan flavoured butters to innovative uses for dairy by-products, these farms show how thinking beyond the milk tank can create exciting new opportunities for Scotland’s dairy sector.
FAS TV covers a wide range of topics across sectors, as well as regular updates on regulatory and policy changes.
In this episide, as part of our Shetland series, we are joined by two fascinating guests. Eve Eunson who was born and raised on her family’s Croft in Fair Isle and who is now a designer and maker of Fair Isle Straw-backed chairs. We’re also joined by Ewen Balfour who is a crofter, quantity surveyor and also a master craftsman in Shetland basket making. We hear all about their work to preserve Shetland’s endangered straw crafts and one of our ancient landraces – Shetland black oats – referred to locally as ‘aets’.
FAS TV S6 Episode 5
Scotland’s dairy farms are increasingly looking beyond traditional production to build resilience, add value, and create new income streams.
In this episode of FAS TV, we visit two innovative farms showing how diversification can unlock new opportunities for the dairy sector. At Balnab Farm, premium flavoured butters have been created in collaboration with local partners and support from Digital Dairy Chain. Meanwhile, at Nether Lethame Farm, alongside producing butter and ice cream, the farm has explored new ways to turn dairy by-products into added-value food products. From artisan flavoured butters to innovative uses for dairy by-products, these farms show how thinking beyond the milk tank can create exciting new opportunities for Scotland’s dairy sector.
FAS TV is a weekly agricultural show which recreates traditional on-farm visits.
Designed for farmers and crofters, each episode delivers technical messages in a digestible format, with real farmers demonstrating advice in practice.
Events
- 8 Jul Quality Meat Scotland: Decision Making (Part 1) at the Deeside Monitor Farm
- 12 Jul Summer Study Tour – For Crofters
- 13 Jul Aberdeenshire WIA – Farm Walk and Funding Opportunities
- 14 Jul Farm Wildlife Walk – Scottish Borders
- 14 Jul Forage Focus Field Day – Castle Douglas
- 15 Jul Planning and Preparing for Water Scarcity within Grazing Systems
- 16 Jul Beef Calving Efficiency Roadshow – Inverness
- 17 Jul Farm Wildlife Walk – Bute
- 22 Jul Make every dose count: Sustainable Parasite Control
- 22 Jul Skye Wildlife Walk – The Value of Wildflowers on Your Croft
Events
- 8 Jul Quality Meat Scotland: Decision Making (Part 1) at the Deeside Monitor Farm
- 12 Jul Summer Study Tour – For Crofters
- 13 Jul Aberdeenshire WIA – Farm Walk and Funding Opportunities
- 14 Jul Farm Wildlife Walk – Scottish Borders
- 14 Jul Forage Focus Field Day – Castle Douglas
- 15 Jul Planning and Preparing for Water Scarcity within Grazing Systems
- 16 Jul Beef Calving Efficiency Roadshow – Inverness
- 17 Jul Farm Wildlife Walk – Bute
- 22 Jul Make every dose count: Sustainable Parasite Control
- 22 Jul Skye Wildlife Walk – The Value of Wildflowers on Your Croft
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