Stories From A Scottish Island

Stories From A Scottish Island

Stories From A Scottish Island is a podcast series by Joni Keen promoting the people, arts, community and business's found on the beautiful and spiritual Isle of Arran - an island just of the mainland of Scotland.

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Saturday, 14 October 2017 / Published in Business, Causes, Island Food Produce, Podcast

Episode 3 – A Taste of Arran With Alastair Dobson

Alastair Dobson A Taste of Arran

Podcast Stories From A Scottish Island iconEntrepreneurial Spirit With Scotland’s Larder

Alastair Dobson is Arran through and through having actually been born on the island he left at aged sixteen only to return and continue the work of his parents building up their milk and dairy business. Alastair was one of the driving forces being the formation of “Taste of Arran”, a brand that he discusses in the following podcast with Joni. Alastair also talks about an area of concern on Arran, that of affordable housing. Alastair is working with various agencies to see how this problem for the island can be addressed.

 

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Podcast Ep 3 – Table Of Contents

4.00 Childhood & Family History
5.48 Farming
8.04 Arran Dairies
15.00 Trade Show
20.00 Zero Packaging
22.00 Met His Wife Susan
23.00 Arran Milk
24.30 Ice Cream
28.00 Taste Of Arran
32.40 Distribution
33.00 Best Sellers
36.00 Housing
39.35 Arran Economic Group
47.00 Island in Denmark

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Click Taste of Arran Portfolio to see images of the company.

The Stories From A Scottish Island online shop includes a range of produce from “Taste of Arran”.

Taste of Arran is well worth a visit.

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