Hutton Highlights:

Climate change has wide-ranging impacts, including how to manage major and important areas of land such as national parks. We talk with the Cairngorms National Park Authority’s director of nature and climate change about what climate projections mean for the park and the practical measures they’re already taking on the ground, from peatland restoration to beaver reintroduction. Host: Elaine Maslin, Media Officer at the Hutton (Aberdeen) Guests: Andy Ford, Director of Nature and Climate Change, at the Cairngorms National Park Authority. Dr Mike Rivington, senior scientist at the Hutton For more information about what you’ve heard in this podcast, visit: Climate Change Impacts on Natural Capital - James Hutton Institute [https://www.hutton.ac.uk/project/climate-change-impacts-on-natural-capital/] The Climate Emergency - Cairngorms National Park Authority [https://cairngorms.co.uk/working-together/the-climate-emergency/] Climate change in the UK - Met Office [https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/climate-change/climate-change-in-the-uk] UK Climate Projections (UKCP) - Met Office [https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/research/approach/collaboration/ukcp] Homepage | Copernicus [https://www.copernicus.eu/en] Remember to subscribe and follow us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and LinkedIn. Thanks for listening, we hope you enjoyed this glimpse into our world. We look forward to bringing you more insight the world across food, energy and environmental security in future episodes of the Hutton Highlights podcast. Remember to subscribe and follow us on Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/JamesHuttonInstitute], Twitter [https://twitter.com/JamesHuttonInst], Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/jameshuttoninst/] and LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/company/james-hutton-institute].

This year’s Arable Scotland is all about farming in a new era. It’s about how the future is already here and the challenges that brings, from climate and weather chaos to biodiversity loss and the impact of global events on key supply chains. To unpick what some of this means, as an appetiser for Arable Scotland, we have special guests from Linking Environment and Farming (LEAF) and the Agriculture and Horticulture Development board (AHDB), alongside our very own Hutton agroecologist Ali Karley to discuss the challenges.  Host: Elaine Maslin, Media Officer (Aberdeen) at the Hutton Guests: David Webster, chief executive of LEAF. David joined LEAF from the UK Grocery Division of Associated British Foods where he was Director of Sustainability and External Affairs. He cut his teeth with Jordans (Cereals), working closely with founders Bill and David Jordan on their breakfast cereal brand and a commitment to wildlife friendly farming. Adrian James, knowledge exchange manager for cereals and oilseeds in Scotland for the AHDB. sAdrian comes from a mixed farm background in Herefordshire before moving into farm management in Sussex and Kent. He moved to Scotland in 2017 and took up his current role with AHDB in 2022, and he is deputy chair of the Arable Scotland committee. Dr Alison Karley [https://www.hutton.ac.uk/people/alison-karley/], an agroecologist here at the Hutton with more than 25 years’ experience in plant production and ecology. Ali leads the integrated cropping systems group at the Hutton and her work contributes towards crop diversification and integrated pest and disease management (IPM) research at the institute. Ali is chair of the Arable Scotland committee. For more information about what you’ve heard in this podcast, including how to attend Arable Scotland, visit: Arable Scotland [https://www.arablescotland.org.uk/] LEAF (Linking Environment and Farming) [https://leaf.eco/] AHDB [https://ahdb.org.uk/] Thank you for listening, we hope you enjoyed this glimpse into some of the discussion you can get involved in at this year’s Arable Scotland. Thanks for listening, we hope you enjoyed this glimpse into our world. We look forward to bringing you more insight the world across food, energy and environmental security in future episodes of the Hutton Highlights podcast. Remember to subscribe and follow us on Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/JamesHuttonInstitute], Twitter [https://twitter.com/JamesHuttonInst], Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/jameshuttoninst/] and LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/company/james-hutton-institute].

We’re joined by guests from North East Climate Action Network and the North East Biodiversity Partnership alongside insect and agroecology experts at the Hutton to talk about pollinators. There’s more to them than you think, including moths being a surprise night time super pollinator. We talk through some pollinator bugbears, no mow May and all the different ways you can support our pollinator populations. Host: Elaine Maslin, Media Officer (Aberdeen) at the Hutton Guests: Rose Toney, an ecologist and community development officer at the North East Scotland Climate Action Network (NESCAN). Abbi Ferrar, coordinator of the North East Scotland Biodiversity Partnership (or NESBiP). Dr Jenni Stockan, an expert in insect ecology and conservation at the Hutton. Dr Ali Karley, agroecologist at the Hutton. For more information about what you’ve heard in this podcast, visit: NESCAN Hub [https://www.nescan.org/] North East Scotland Biodiversity Partnership (nesbiodiversity.org.uk) [https://www.nesbiodiversity.org.uk/] Managing-grassland-road-verges_ [https://www.plantlife.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Managing-grassland-road-verges_2020.pdf] Helping Scotland's Pollinators [https://www.nature.scot/scotlands-biodiversity/helping-scotlands-pollinators] We hope this episode leaves you buzzing to help our pollinators! Thanks for listening, we hope you enjoyed this glimpse into our world. We look forward to bringing you more insight the world across food, energy and environmental security in future episodes of the Hutton Highlights podcast. Remember to subscribe and follow us on Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/JamesHuttonInstitute], Twitter [https://twitter.com/JamesHuttonInst], Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/jameshuttoninst/] and LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/company/james-hutton-institute].

Today we’re talking truffles and a super rare truffle discovery that’s been made recently in Scotland by one of our scientists. It’s discovery in an ancient Scottish rainforest restoration site – where the spruce tree the truffle lives in symbiosis with is being removed – does raise some interesting conservation questions. Host: Elaine Maslin, Media Officer (Aberdeen) at the Hutton Guests: Richard Thompson, native woodland ecologist from Scottish Forestry and Land. Dr Andy Taylor, molecular fungal ecologist at the Hutton. For more information about what you’ve heard in this podcast, visit:   Globally rare truffle found in Scottish Atlantic rainforest | The James Hutton Institute [https://www.hutton.ac.uk/news/globally-rare-truffle-found-scottish-atlantic-rainforest]Glen Creran - Forestry and Land Scotland [https://forestryandland.gov.scot/visit/glen-creran]Home - Forestry and Land Scotland [https://forestryandland.gov.scot/] Thanks for listening, we hope you enjoyed this glimpse into our world. We look forward to bringing you more insight the world across food, energy and environmental security in future episodes of the Hutton Highlights podcast. Remember to subscribe and follow us on Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/JamesHuttonInstitute], Twitter [https://twitter.com/JamesHuttonInst], Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/jameshuttoninst/] and LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/company/james-hutton-institute].

In our latest Hutton Highlights, we speak with experts and growers about what could be Scotland’s fifth soft fruit – the honeyberry. We hear how it’s not only a superfood, but one that’s also well suited to Scotland’s climate. It could help farms diversify as well as bring benefits to their land, from an environmental perspective. We found out how this new fruit found its way to Scotland and the Scottish Honeyberry Growers cooperative’s plans to get more of them into our diets.  Host: Elaine Maslin, Media Officer (Aberdeen) at the Hutton Guests: Dr Louise Gamble, soft fruit high health facility manager, at the Hutton Peter Arbuckle, from Arbuckles, who grow and sell soft fruit. And Caroline Black, who works with her husband on their family-owned farm, while also working for the Scottish Honey Berry Growers Association. For more information about what you’ve heard in this podcast, visit:  * Scottish Honeyberry Growers | The Honeyberry Experts [https://scottishhoneyberrygrowers.co.uk/] * Comparative analysis of quality and nutritional traits from Lonicera caerulea (Honeyberry) cultivars and other berries grown in Scotland - Gamble - 2023 - Annals of Applied Biology - Wiley Online Library [https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/aab.12805] * Watch: Fruit for the Future - Honeyberry [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQGwDWuQ8gs&embeds_referring_euri=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.huttonltd.com%2Fsfsummer21&embeds_referring_origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.huttonltd.com&source_ve_path=MjM4NTE&feature=emb_title] * Arbuckle's Farm Shop (arbuckles.co.uk) [https://www.arbuckles.co.uk/] Thanks for listening, we hope you enjoyed this glimpse into our world. We look forward to bringing you more insight the world across food, energy and environmental security in future episodes of the Hutton Highlights podcast. Remember to subscribe and follow us on Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/JamesHuttonInstitute], Twitter [https://twitter.com/JamesHuttonInst], Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/jameshuttoninst/] and LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/company/james-hutton-institute].