COP 26: Agriculture is an easy scapegoat, but us crofters will have to do our bit

by SCF | Nov 2, 2021 | News Archive

Pic: Willie Urquhart By DONALD MACKINNON, chairman of the Scottish Crofting Federation. With world leaders gathering in Glasgow for the COP26 summit, it is impossible to ignore the climate emergency and the grave situation we face. We are told that this is one of the...

Mairi Gougeon gives assurances at Crofting Federation AGM

by SCF | Oct 7, 2021 | News Archive

The Scottish Crofting Federation (SCF) has welcomed the assurances given by the Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs and Islands, Mairi Gougeon, regarding recognition of crofting’s value, continued government support and commitments to reforms to strengthen the future...

Open letter to Crofting Commissioners

by SCF | Sep 14, 2021 | News Archive

Dear Commissioners As you approach the end of your term of office governing crofting’s regulatory body, could we ask you to reflect on the work of the Crofting Commission. SCF is a key stakeholder in this unique regulated system of land tenure, and we offer some...

Crofting Federation endorses the formation of an expanded Scottish Land Court

by SCF | Sep 9, 2021 | News Archive

The Scottish Crofting Federation (SCF) has welcomed the unification of the Scottish Land Court and the Lands Tribunal for Scotland to form an expanded body dealing with land related litigation. “It makes sense to amalgamate the Scottish Land Court and the Lands...

Promised actions for crofting missing from Programme for Government says Crofting Federation

by SCF | Sep 8, 2021 | News Archive

The Scottish Crofting Federation (SCF) has expressed bitter disappointment that the long awaited crofting reform bill has not been included in the Programme for Government (PFG) published yesterday. “Given that the Government stopped the progress of the crofting law...

Crofting Federation lay out the fundamentals of agricultural support

by SCF | Aug 19, 2021 | News Archive

The Scottish Crofting Federation (SCF) has written to Mairi Gougeon, Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs and Islands, outlining the fundamental principles needed for agricultural support to be croft-friendly. SCF’s chair, Donald MacKinnon, said, “Having considered the...