Agri Culture - Atholl Estates: Regenerative Farming at the Heart of Community

You are listening to Agri Culture, a podcast that aims to explore the stories of the people that make up our agricultural industry and culture of farming, in Scotland and beyond. On today’s episode Mary-Jane Lawrie is joined by Bertie Troughton, Hugh Chamerlain and Laura McDonald of Atholl Estates. They join us to talk about how in recent years they have started to move towards regenerative farming practices, a big shift in focus for the farms and the staff who work there. They share what has worked well for them, balancing agricultural productivity, with biodiversity and sustainability goals. It’s clear that community resilience is important to them as they refer to the longer-term initiatives such as peatland restoration and woodland planting, in hand with shorter term wins such as sward diversity and enjoying the flora and fauna now found on Atholl Estates. Thanks for joining us for this episode of Agri Culture. If you’d like to find out more about Atholl Estates, you can find links in the show notes. If you are interested in regenerative farming practices, you may also want to listen to the Farm Advisory Service natural capital podcast. This episode was presented by Mary-Jane Lawrie, produced by Kerry Hammond and edited by Cameron Waugh, in association with the Scottish Government. Resources: Atholl Estates in Pitlochry | Scottish Highland Estate in Perthshire Natural Capital | Helping farmers in Scotland For more information, visit Twitter: @FASScot Facebook: @FASScot National Advice Hub Phone: 0300 323 0161 Email: advice@fas.scot

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Agri Culture - Atholl Estates: Regenerative Farming at the Heart of Community is an episode from Scotland's Farm Advisory Service Podcast by Scotland's Farm Advisory Service Podcast.

This episode is 59:02 long.

This episode was published on Feb 11, 2026.

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