Food & Fruit

What makes Scottish heather honey so different? Its smoky flavour, jelly-like texture and how we harvest it from our own hives each August.

Our very own Peter Arbuckle was on the The James Hutton Institute podcast, speaking with Dr Louise Gamble and Caroline Black to Elaine Maslin all about the benefits and wonders of Scotland's new super fruit, the honeyberry. It was Peter's son, Stuart, who came across honeyberries on a visit to Japan, and observed that they tolerated cold conditions very well, and wondered if they would be a suitable crop for growing on Scottish soil. After much research and trialling, Stuart's intuition has been proven right, and the burgeoning Scottish honeyberry industry has blossomed, with the Scottish Honeyberry Growers group being…