Blether Together with Farmstrong Scotland
Bringing you 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 to 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 led programme, driven by scientific information and real-life stories, so together we can share, learn and support our wellbeing.
You can visit the website to find out more information.
- Update frequency
- every 26 days
- Average duration
- 31 minutes
- Episodes
- 20
- Years Active
- 2024 - 2025
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:
- navigating the challenges of farm succession
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Catch 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 rising with Gerard and setting with Sar…
Come 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 Glen McLellan to find out more about the an…
Every 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 all about.
In this powerful episode, hos…
Mindset 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 thinking, how our mindsets are influenced, a…
Stress 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 Psychologist at First Psychology and Wellbeing Advi…
Mind 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 island life in a new community. Five mon…
Sleep 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, Head of Sleep Action to discuss tips on get…
Finding 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 also works as an agent for NFU Mutual and …
Bonus 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 McDowall.
Stafford had his name down to study a…
Wellbeing 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 cycle from Dublin to Edinburgh to raise …
I'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, answering the questions instead of asking …
Keep 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 tells Sarah about his farming background,…
A 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 husband and three young children, Cora discuss…
Bonus 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 welcomes Sam Whitelock, farmer and New Zealand r…
Tackling 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 the succession planning that's underway …
Taking 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 Hamilton and George Russell drive at Gra…
Time - 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 becoming a first-generation farmer, and…
A 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 Scotland. Rory, founder of the co-operative…
The 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 family’s mixed enterprise includes 3,500 breed…