Robby Gass

MSc Organic Farming

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Class of 2017

“The camaraderie between my fellow students and the staff at SRUC was very special over the three years of study and it lives on regardless of the distances. The MSc Organic Farming is a game changer. It changed my life!”

Robby Gass graduated in 2017 from the SRUC MSc Organic Farming programme and went on to start a successful consultancy business. Robby explains how how instrumental the SRUC distance learning course was to his achievements.

“With more than 25 years of South African conventional and mixed organic farming experience I returned to Scotland in 2013,” said Robbie. “As the newly appointed manager of a horticultural training nursery I also successfully completed the MSc Organic Farming degree in 2017 and the opportunities grew from there. My income grew to a new level, I was given more responsibility with autonomy and opinion was treated with higher regard.”

Robby then went on to create his own business Alba Organics, an independent organic consultancy business. As a consultant he improves the operations of experienced and prospective organic famers with farms of various sizes and types in Britain and in Europe.

“The camaraderie between my fellow students and the staff at the SRUC was very special over the three years of study and it lives on regardless of the distances. The MSc Organic Farming is a game changer. It changed my life!”

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