Tiny Trailer Abattoir

by SCF | Jun 16, 2026

Scotland’s rural communities are facing a growing challenge: the steady decline of local abattoirs. Over recent decades, the number of slaughter facilities across the UK has fallen dramatically, leaving many farmers and crofters travelling long distances simply to...

Crofting in the Kyle of Sutherland

by SCF | Jun 3, 2021

SCF Director, Russell Smith, has compiled this short publication about crofting in the Kyle of Sutherland, reflecting on the landscape, history, agriculture and the future of crofting in the area. You can download it here.

SCF Charter for Crofting

by Vanessa Lopez | May 6, 2020

“It’s about the people – making sure they can live here.” Crofting households account for around 30,000 people in the Highland and Islands around 30% of households on the mainland and 65% of those on the islands. Over three quarters of a million hectares of land...

Indigenous People

by Vanessa Lopez | May 6, 2020

Parallels between highland Crofters and Norwegian Sami indigenous people and some political implications of indigenous status. Indigenous People of the Highlands & Islands – PDF file

Article comparing photographs of crofts in Skye and Lochalsh

by Vanessa Lopez | May 6, 2020

Extract from Rohde, R.F. (2010 in press) Written on the surface of the soil: west Highland crofting landscapes during the 20th century. In R.H. Webb, D.E. Boyer, and R.M. Turner (eds.) Repeat photography: methods and applications in the geological and ecological...