Wednesday, April 17, 2019
Lynbreck Croft, a 150-acre mixed habitat croft enterprise located in the Cairngorms National Park, has been declared the winner of the NEWBIE UK award for New Entrant Farm Business of the Year and will be presented with their award at the Royal Highland Show 2019.
Monday, April 15, 2019
A £1.25m study led by the James Hutton Institute has produced the most comprehensive list yet of all species known to use native oak trees, highlighting that oak decline could put a total of 2,300 species at risk.
Thursday, April 11, 2019
The Granite City has been awarded the title of European Forest City for 2019 by the European Forest Institute and is set to celebrate the versatility, significance and social impact of its forests throughout the year.
Wednesday, April 10, 2019
A detailed study of the impact of fish farm medicines on Scotland’s seabed, produced by SEPA and Biomathematics and Statistics Scotland (BioSS) - formally part of the James Hutton Group - has been validated by environmental experts and accepted for publication in Science of the Total Environment.
Tuesday, April 02, 2019
Mr Richard Lochhead MSP, the Scottish Government’s Minister for Further Education, Higher Education and Science, today visited the James Hutton Institute in Invergowrie to hear about world leading research in land, crop, waters and the environment.
Friday, March 29, 2019
The complex landscape of plants and microbe interaction means that food safety specialists should consider fine detail and cannot generalise when carrying out risk assessments, new research by James Hutton Institute scientists has shown.
Tuesday, March 26, 2019
The Scottish Forum on Natural Capital (SFNC), of which the James Hutton Institute is a member, has joined forces with SNH and business, education and arts organisations to offer young people the opportunity to share work inspired by Scotland’s nature.
Monday, March 25, 2019
An eight-year-old campaigner, a social media whizz kid, a budding nature detective and several keen camera trappers have all been recognised as 2019 Young Wildlife Champions by the James Hutton Institute-supported North East Scotland Biodiversity Partnership, to celebrate the contribution of youngsters to the protection of biodiversity.
Monday, March 25, 2019
The Scottish Affairs Select Committee of the House of Commons visited the James Hutton Institute in Dundee - home of Scotland’s first ‘vertical farm’, developed by agritech business Intelligent Growth Solutions - to meet agricultural innovation experts seeking to push forward new land management technologies in Scottish farming and crofting.
Friday, March 22, 2019
As part of Scotland’s continued efforts to become the world’s first Hydro Nation, the James Hutton Institute has announced, on World Water Day 2019, the establishment of the Hydro Nation International Centre at its Aberdeen site with ongoing support from the Macaulay Development Trust.
