SCOTTISH EDUCATION SECRETARY HAILS CROFT TRAINING PROGRAMME

by SCF | Mar 30, 2012 | News Archive

The Scottish Government's Education Secretary has hailed the success of a training programme for crofting which has been attended by more than 300 people in the last year. The Scottish Crofting Federation's introductory course is offering students the chance...

SCF criticises “lamentable” Government ferry review

by SCF | Mar 20, 2012 | News Archive

The Scottish Crofting Federation has said that the Scottish Government’s ferry review displays a “lamentable lack of understanding of the geography” of the west Highlands and Islands and promises to deliver blow after economic blow to the future...

GMOs won’t feed us – diverse seeds will: UK conference makes clear call against GMOs

by SCF | Mar 20, 2012 | News Archive

Farmers, crofters, activists and NGOs who gathered at the 7th European conference of Let’s Liberate Diversity have restated their commitment to keeping seed diversity alive on their farms and in their gardens so that the world can have good food in the future....

CHALLENGING EUROPE’S SEED CARTELS AND GMOS

by SCF | Mar 2, 2012 | News Archive

GMOs, patenting and legal restrictions on farm-saved seed have made the seeds of our food crops a hotly contested and controversial topic – an issue that the 7th international agricultural biodiversity forum ‘Lets Liberate Diversity’ will tackle in...

Excellent job opportunity with the Natural Vegetable Company

by SCF | Mar 2, 2012 | News Archive

The Natural Vegetable Company (http://www.natvegco.com) was established ten years ago to grow and trade in organically grown produce in the Inverness area. A complete range of seasonal vegetables are grown in commercial polytunnels and on a field scale on the ten...