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Buzzworks Holdings joins Scotch Beef Club

Buzzworks Holdings joins Scotch Beef Club

Acclaimed Scottish bar and restaurant group Buzzworks Holdings has become the first group member of Quality Meat Scotland’s (QMS) revitalised Scotch Beef Club. Buzzworks venues across the Central Belt and West of Scotland, including its Scotts and Lido restaurants,...

Key principles of spring barley management this season

Key principles of spring barley management this season

This year the growing season for spring barley has been greatly reduced, with many crops only recently drilled and so when established these crops will rattle through their growth stages. A recent BASF event with experts from both the UK and Ireland gave growers...

Tuning in to rural wellbeing

Tuning in to rural wellbeing

Favourite television presenter announced as host of a new podcast series for Farmstrong Scotland Most people know Sarah Stephen from her work as a television presenter. Not everyone will be aware that Sarah - who many still refer to by her maiden name Sarah Mack –...

A good measure of assurance is linchpin of whisky supply chain

A good measure of assurance is linchpin of whisky supply chain

Scotland is arguably one of the best places in the world to grow barley, but that’s not the only reason whisky distillers – and brewers - choose it for production, says Peter Nelson, Operations Director at The Glenmorangie Company. “Malting barley grown in Scotland is...

A good measure of assurance is linchpin of whisky supply chain 

A good measure of assurance is linchpin of whisky supply chain 

Scotland is arguably one of the best places in the world to grow barley, but that’s not the only reason whisky distillers – and brewers - choose it for production, says Peter Nelson, Operations Director at The Glenmorangie Company. “Malting barley grown in Scotland is...

Quality Meat Scotland drives innovation within the butchery sector

Quality Meat Scotland drives innovation within the butchery sector

Scotland’s apprentice butchers are benefiting from a focus on innovation provided through the Scotch Butchers Club, run by Quality Meat Scotland (QMS). It recently partnered with industry leaders to provide learning and development opportunities for 24 apprentice...

Muddling through the wet weather with meat, not mud, pies

Muddling through the wet weather with meat, not mud, pies

With relentless rain, endless mud and peak lambing and calving season testing physical and mental resilience, Quality Meat Scotland and farming charity, RSABI, are reminding farmers of the role of good food in maintaining both physical and mental well-being....