Upcoming local meetings

by SCF | Jan 9, 2013 | News Archive

Monday 14th January, Ben Nevis Auction Mart , 7.30 pm The Crofting Register & Community Mapping with SCF’s Patrick Krause & Russell Smith and an update on CAP Reform with Alan Boulton Ben Nevis Auction Mart.pdfTuesday 15th January, Kilchoan Learning...

Public E-consultation on farming red tape

by SCF | Dec 19, 2012 | News Archive

Log on to have a say on farm red tape12/12/2012 The next phase of the Scottish Government’s review of farming red tape gets underway today. The public e-consultation – a key part of Brian Pack’s wider review of farming bureaucracy – will allow...

SCF Call on Ministers to Make Land Available for Crofts

by SCF | Nov 26, 2012 | News Archive

At their Woodland Crofts workshop held in Gairloch last Thursday, The Scottish Crofting Federation met support for their call to the Scottish Government to make land available for woodland crofts. Patrick Krause, the SCF’s chief executive who introduced the...

A United Front is needed on EID

by SCF | Oct 11, 2012 | News Archive

The Scottish Crofting Federation (SCF) has renewed its call to sort out the impracticability and injustice of individual electronic identification of sheep (EID). Returning from Brussels where he was taking part in a series of meetings discussing EID, Norman Leask,...

New Partnership to Drive Woodland Crofts Forward

by SCF | Sep 28, 2012 | News Archive

Three community-based organisations are joining forces in a new push to promote and develop woodland crofts. The Scottish Crofting Federation, the Community Woodlands Association and the Highlands Small Communities Housing Trust plan a number of measures over the...