Connecting Coastal Communities

by SCF | Aug 14, 2012 | News Archive

This exploratory work asks questions about the deeper nature of conflict that two separate Gaelic-speaking island communities – one in Ireland and one in Scotland – have become embroiled in during recent years. In 2012, both these communities find...

Direct Payments on Common Grazings

by SCF | Aug 9, 2012 | News Archive

1. Executive summaryCommon grazings are important for the delivery of public goods in Scotland and for 20% of IACS businesses, concentrated especially in socio-economically Fragile Areas. Under the current implementation of direct payments, graziers on sole use and...

UK Food Sovereignty Declaration

by SCF | Aug 9, 2012 | News Archive

Transforming our food System.We have come together to form a movement for Food Sovereignty in the UK Food Sovereignty is an alternative food system that creates practical, sustainable and democratic solutions to the failed industrial food model.

SCF Launches Horticulture Handbook

by SCF | Jul 30, 2012 | News Archive

The Scottish Crofting Federation (SCF) will this week launch its latest publication. Horticulture: a Handbook for Crofters is a 175-page guide for growers in the challenging conditions of the crofting areas written by experienced crofters and horticultural experts...

Study to look at options Skye and Lochalsh abattoir

by SCF | Jul 16, 2012 | News Archive

Last year Scottish Crofting Federation (SCF) formed a working group to look at ways of providing an abattoir service for Skye and Lochalsh after a gap of over twenty years. Currently crofters and farmers in the region have to transport animals for slaughter to...

Horticulture: A handbook for Crofters

by SCF | Jul 11, 2012 | News Archive

Available soon! Horticulture: a Handbook for Crofters and other small producers in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland. A guide for growers in the challenging conditions of the crofting areas, written by experience practising crofters and horticulture experts with...