Katharine Hay 🌱
@katharine_hay
Walking around Scotland and writing for @thescotsman. Better with updates on instagram.com/rural_kat/
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31-10-2017 13:05:13
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Tonight, Stephen Jardine will be joined by Emma Harper, Rachael Hamilton MSP Scottish Borders, Colin Smyth MSP, Katharine Hay 🌱, and andrew mcc Join #bbcdn on Weds 21st May from Dumfries 9pm on BBC Scotland and 10:40pm on BBC One Scotland Apply to be in the audience: bbc.co.uk/send/u39873202
“Somewhere like Italy… the food is quite reasonable to buy, but they don’t talk about it being cheap, they talk about it being amazing” Katharine Hay 🌱 says the PM's language on UK food is "hardly uplifting" and politicians must “up their game” in promoting UK produce #bbcdn
“It’s just a bit of a clunky system to get an appointment” “It doesn’t seem to wash with me… are you going to take them to court if they don’t pay their £10?” Katharine Hay 🌱 and andrew mcc discuss fining patients for missed doctor appointments #bbcdn
Well done Katharine Hay 🌱 making the point about the current political narrative around ‘cheaper food’ 👏
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Rare bluefin tuna fishing licence given to Scottish boat with eyes on Tokyo market There are just a handful of licences given out due to the need to protect and conserve bluefin, which has previously been in decline due to overfishing. The Scotsman scotsman.com/hays-way/rare-…
Katharine Hay 🌱 provides an overview of Hay’s Way (The Scotsman) at #SLEConf25 where landscape scale change across rural Scotland has been a key theme. ‘Rural Scotland is experiencing one of the biggest industrial changes’ Scottish Land & Estates #SLEConf25
Fantastic to hear more about Katharine Hay 🌱 and her journey around Scotland, really enjoyed following her reporting of Hays Way in the The Scotsman
An excellent question put to Katharine Hay 🌱 regarding how often the issue of Land Reform comes up in the conversations she has with the communities she passed through. It seems clear that it is not exactly top of the agenda, and perhaps we need to move the conversation on…
70% of UK land is farmed. If we want nature to recover, this is where it happens. Farmers like James Rebanks are already doing it – farming with wildlife, not against it. But without proper funding, we risk losing it all. Rachel Reeves: increase funding, grow our future.
Was intrigued to learn Easter Aquhorthies Stone Circle is one of three up for sale in the North East. Spent a lovely afternoon there a few years back and chatted to a bloke who introduced himself as Mel. ‘That’s Mel triple L’ The Scotsman scotsman.com/heritage-and-r…
The Scottish Beacon are doing a survey investigating the impact of the renewables industry on communities across Scotland. We're interested in how communities are being effected – good and bad. And we want to hear from you: members.scottishbeacon.com/callouts/the-p…
I'll be speaking on a panel about land management at this year's #royalhighlandshow with these hommes. I'll bring in examples from Hay's Way - a walk round Scotland that I am doing - to the discussion. If you're going to the show, this event is from 9-11am on Friday. The Scotsman
Scotland rejects advice from climate change committee on reducing livestock numbers as a way of meeting Net Zero targets. The announcement was made at the start of the #RoyalHighlandShow Royal Highland Show The Scotsman scotsman.com/hays-way/scotl…