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Blether Together with Farmstrong Scotland
Stories from farmers and crofters across Scotland, to support your wellbeing and share their top tips. A small change can make a big difference, so you can live well, and farm and croft well. Farmstrong Scotland is an initiative to help farmers, crofters and their families to cope with the ups and downs of farming and crofting by sharing things they can do to look after themselves and the people in their business. It is a peer-to-peer programme, driven by science and real-life stories…
Episodes
- Blether Together with Farmstrong Scotland
We ran 857 miles in 26 days: Katie and Hannah Francis
Running from John O'Groats to Lands End in 26 days is an average of 33 miles a day. Mum and daughter Katie and Hannah Francis, whose farm is near Selkirk…
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Fair Feast's Helen Stewart: venison for community food banks
Helen Stewart took over her family's farm in Pitlochry quite suddenly - when her older brother decided he wanted a different life. The farm has a high wild…
- Blether Together with Farmstrong Scotland
The Bute Shepherdesses: teamwork in action
It's a crowded one this time, as Sarah chats with all four 'Bute Shepherdesses'; namely Emma Gray, Cathinka Paterson, Lisa Gast and Sarah Farrell. These…
- Blether Together with Farmstrong Scotland
Scottish Podcast Awards 2026: our winning entry
We were delighted to hear last month that Blether Together had won the 'Best Interviewer' category at the first ever Scottish Podcast Awards. In this bonus…
- Blether Together with Farmstrong Scotland
Donkey, Grassmen's Gareth Gault, on weight loss and wellbeing
Gareth Gault, CEO of global agri brand Grassmen, is better known to friends, fans and followers as 'Donkey'. But he's lost over 10 stone in weight over the…
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Joe Barker from Yorkshire: wellbeing champion
Joe Barker published a video on TikTok in the aftermath of his 21st birthday, talking about wellbeing, and how he has struggled in recent years with his mental…
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Caroline Millar MBE on prioritising wellbeing
A true Scottish agriculture powerhouse, Caroline Millar opens up about the warning signs that made her realise it was time to prioritise her wellbeing, and how…
- Blether Together with Farmstrong Scotland
Family before farming: Jenny McKerr of the Wee Farm Distillery
Have you ever met a gin farmer? That's how Jenny McKerr of the Wee Farm Distillery introduces herself. This episode is Jenny's story of how she and her husband…
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Introducing our 'Foundations of Mental Strength' programme
This episode is packed with info about Farmstrong Scotland's 'Foundations of Mental Health' programme - a direct response to findings from our recent surveys…
- Blether Together with Farmstrong Scotland
Resilience, rugby, recovery: Bobby Stevenson's story of selling his farm after mental ill health
Bobby Stevenson took the difficult decision to sell his family dairy farm after facing a mental health crisis. Bobby, from Lendalfoot in South Ayrshire, tells…
- Blether Together with Farmstrong Scotland
Dave and Sandy Hay: Curling and community at the Chuck Hay Memorial Bonspiel
Sarah finds warmth on ice - and plenty of competition! - at the annual farmer's curling competition at Perth's Dewar Centre. 160 people from all over Scotland…
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Tommy Dale: Compost, conservation and self care
Tommy Dale must have more hours in each day than the rest of us. He's run Forth Resource Management and Caledonian Horticulture since 2002, when he started…
- Blether Together with Farmstrong Scotland
A change of pace: Willie Thomson and Anna Davies
This is a groundbreaking episode of Blether Together - as Sarah Stephen meets our first ever husband and wife duo – Willie Thomson and Anna Davies. Anna and…
- Blether Together with Farmstrong Scotland
Young Farmers and wellbeing: an SAYFC special episode
Being involved in Young Farmers - SAYFC - is fun, empowering, and a vital social connection for younger people across rural Scotland. In this special Blether…
- Blether Together with Farmstrong Scotland
Life Beyond the Farm Gate: Robert Neill and John MacInnes
Firm friends Robert Neill and John MacInnes join Sarah Stephen to Blether Together about the joys and pressures of their working lives, whether running…
- Blether Together with Farmstrong Scotland
Understanding menopause: Dr Heather Currie MBE
Thankfully, menopause is far less 'taboo' as a topic than it used to be. But there is still so much to do, to make sure that women experiencing menopause, and…
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RHASS chairman James Logan - on succession, leadership and running the Show
James Logan, Chairman of the Royal Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland (RHASS) and East Lothian farmer, joins host Sarah Stephen to talk about: -…
Blether Together with Farmstrong ScotlandCatch it, check it, change it with Gerard Vaughan.
In our latest podcast, host Sarah Stephen met with Gerard Vaughan, Programme Director for Farmstrong in New Zealand, at opposite ends of the day as the sun was…
Blether Together with Farmstrong ScotlandCome Ashore, Come Ashore with Russ Mill and Glen McLellan
In a first for Blether Together, we are joined by not one but two guests for a lively, warm and open conversation. Host Sarah Stephen met with Russ Mill and…
Blether Together with Farmstrong ScotlandEvery day is a school day, with Wallace Currie
This #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek, we're excited to share a brand new podcast episode featuring someone who embodies what Farmstrong's Five Ways to Wellbeing are…
Blether Together with Farmstrong ScotlandMindset special, with Kirsty Ritchie of Mind & Mission
In this bonus episode of Blether Together, Rebecca Dawes talks to Kirsty Ritchie of Mind & Mission where she explains more on the twelve different ways of…
Blether Together with Farmstrong ScotlandStress Spotlight Special, with Dr Heather Meikle, Senior Counselling Psychologist
In this bonus episode of Blether Together, to tie in with Stress Awareness Month, host Sarah Stephen met with Dr Heather Meikle, Senior Counselling…
Blether Together with Farmstrong ScotlandMind over matter, with Callum Lindsay
When Callum and his wife Zara moved to the Isle of Arran to start farming in their own right back in 2023, they imagined the hardest bit would be adjusting to…
Blether Together with Farmstrong ScotlandSleep Special: Make Sleep Health a Priority, with Head of Sleep Action Alyson O'Brien
In this bonus episode of Blether Together, to tie in with World Sleep Day 2025 - 'Make Sleep Health a Priority' host Sarah Stephen met with Alyson O'Brien…
Blether Together with Farmstrong ScotlandFinding Resilience, with Michael Goldie
Michael Goldie is a fifth generation farmer and breeds pedigree Suffolk sheep along with his mum Helen, who started breeding the flock 60 years ago. Michael…
Blether Together with Farmstrong ScotlandBonus episode: Webinar recording - Give Wellbeing a Sporting Chance with Stafford McDowall
Listen to the recording of the last in our winter webinar series, Give Wellbeing a Sporting Chance, when we speak to Scottish rugby sensation, Stafford…
Blether Together with Farmstrong ScotlandWellbeing on Wheels, with Rob Wainwright
In this episode of Blether Together, host Sarah Stephen caught up with Rob Wainwright OBE before he sets off on Doddie's Grand Tour 2025 - an 800-mile charity…
Blether Together with Farmstrong ScotlandI'M Wellness with Iona Murray
Host Sarah Stephen caught up with Iona Murray; one half of Fed by Farmers and no stranger to podcasting, she’s on the other side of the interview this time…
Blether Together with Farmstrong ScotlandKeep talking and laughing, with Jim Smith
Our special Christmas bonus recording is with the one and only Jim Smith! You don’t have to be a teuchter to enjoy this, it’s got something for everyone. Jim…
Blether Together with Farmstrong ScotlandA new perspective on farming, with Cora Cooper
Host Sarah Stephen talks with Cora Cooper on her journey from law graduate to partner in a farming business in Muirkirk, Ayr. Working as a team with her…
Blether Together with Farmstrong ScotlandBonus episode: Webinar recording - Give Wellbeing a Sporting Chance with Sam Whitelock
Listen in to the recording of our first webinar in the new series, Give Wellbeing a Sporting Chance, with Sam Whitelock. Farmstrong Chairman John Scott…
Blether Together with Farmstrong ScotlandTackling a farming future with Stafford McDowall
Scottish rugby player Stafford McDowall has thrown his not insignificant 6ft 4 inches might behind Farmstrong Scotland, and talks with host, Sarah Stephen, on…
Blether Together with Farmstrong ScotlandTaking the fast lane in farming and Formula 1, with Isla Mackenzie
In this episode we talk to Isla Mackenzie – raised on a dairy farm on the Isle of Lewis and now working perfecting parts for the cars that Formula One’s Lewis…
Blether Together with Farmstrong ScotlandTime - the untapped resource, with Michael Blanche
In the latest episode of Blether Together, kindly supported by The NFU Mutual Charitable Trust, host Sarah Stephen talks with Michael Blanche on his journey to…
Blether Together with Farmstrong ScotlandA Stressful Situation, with Rory Christie
Rory Christie is a partner in the Dourie Farming Company Ltd., a dairy and piggery business that he runs with his brother Gregor in Wigtownshire, Southwest…
Blether Together with Farmstrong ScotlandThe Ups and Downs of Farming Life, with John Scott
In the first episode, Sarah meets up with fourth-generation farmer John Scott, who farms at Fearn Farm, with his wife Fiona and their four children. The…