THE Scottish Government has launched a new support service to help farming and forestry businesses ‘to better innovate through collaboration’.
The Rural Innovation Support Service will stimulate collaborative innovation with the aim of strengthening links between farmers and the rest of the food and drink supply chain.
The service will be led by the Soil Association, which will work alongside SAOS, Scotland Food and Drink, SAC Consulting and Mint Sauce Consulting ‘to ensure that all those involved in the food and drink and forestry supply chains are connected in a way which is accessible and useful to rural businesses’, the Scottish Government explained.