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 Julie McLaren. Julie is a Bank Relationship Director – Agriculture & Landed Estates, and Vice Chair of Women in Agriculture Scotland. Julie tells us about her career in banking and how her role evolved, despite not coming from a farming background. Julie joined the Women in Agriculture Scotland committee in 2024, with the aim of setting up a mentoring scheme for the organisation. Now Vice Chair she tells us what she hopes the mentoring scheme will achieve, who it is for, and how both mentors and mentees can get involved.

Thanks for joining us for this episode of Agri Culture. If you’d like to find out more about Women in Agriculture Scotland and their mentoring scheme you can find the link and direct email address in the show notes. This episode was presented by Mary-Jane Lawrie, produced by Kerry Hammond and edited by Robbie Campbell, in association with the Scottish Government.

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