Description
The Royal Highland Education Trust (RHET) is a charitable organisation that looks to bring farming, the working countryside, and Scotland’s Natural Capital to life for young people. The trust aims to connect Scotland’s youth to the countryside, and give insight into food, farming and countryside management in Scotland. The trust achieves this through a number of key activities, such as farm visits and providing educational resource materials for schools, along with much more.
Ensuring younger generations from both rural and urban communities are aware and understand where and how food is produced, and the countryside is managed, is vitally important in ensuring a thriving rural sector, and appreciation for Scotland’s Natural Capital and its conservation.
Today we are joined by Katrina Barclay from RHET to hear about what their organisation does and why.
Host Harry Fisher, Producer Iain Boyd, Executive Producer Kerry Hammond, Editor Ross Mackenzie.
Timestamps:
1:30 – 5:30 What is RHET and the type work they do
5:34 –7:05 The role that Natural Capital has
7:05 – 33:29 Farming and learning outcomes, benefits for children and the sector.
33:30 – 40:49 Incorporating land use change and sustainability issues.
40:50 - 50:15 How can teachers and farmers get involved
Related FAS Material:
Environment resources for farmers from Farm Advisory Service (fas.scot)
FAS Sounds | Helping farmers in Scotland | Farm Advisory Service
Other Related Materials:
The Royal Highland Education Trust | Royal Highland Education Trust (rhet.org.uk)
Food: The Facts | Royal Highland Education Trust (rhet.org.uk)
THE 17 GOALS | Sustainable Development (un.org)
Good Food Nation - Food and drink - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)
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