"I’d like to see a wider variety of crops being grown – hopefully by valorising legumes through the alcohol and aquaculture industries they will become a more attractive crop to grow"

An enterprising plant scientist and master distiller with links to the James Hutton Institute and Abertay University has been chosen as one of Farmers Weekly’s first-ever Rising Stars.

At just 35, PhD student Kirsty Black manages Arbikie Distilling Ltd, a company she helped set up from scratch, and her beers – produced in collaboration with Barney’s Beer - have been chosen as Edinburgh Science Festival selections for the last three years running.

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This article was originally posted by The James Hutton Institute