Crofts & Small Farms
Crofting Commission Online Applications
The Crofting Commission has recently started accepting online applications through their website for some of their crofting regulatory applications. In this episode, Siobhan Macdonald and Graham Fraser discuss which applications…
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Crofting Matters – Obtaining a Croft
Getting a croft isn’t easy, whether you are new to agriculture or have been working in crofting all your days. In this episode, Siobhan Macdonald and Graham Fraser discuss how…
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The Croft House Grant Scheme
Help for housing for crofters is available through the Croft House Grant Scheme, with up to £38000 available for new builds or improvements to older housing. With many rural crofting…
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FWN39 Spring 2023 – Forestry Grant Scheme Update
Increased Forestry Grant Scheme rates in the crofting counties to support the planting of new native woodlands Small native woodlands deliver many benefits for biodiversity, the landscape, and provide shelter…
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Rural Roundup Bonus Content: Cara Cameron Loch View Rural Training
Cara Cameron is a Welsh girl living in the Scottish highlands with a love of the outdoors and agriculture. She has a thirst for knowledge and also loves to be…
Read More >Making a Home for Bats on Your Croft
Where do bats live? A roost is the name of a bat’s home. Throughout the year bats may move between different roosts, that provide different needs, in the summer, females…
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Rural Roundup Bonus Content: Tina MacPhail & Iain MacMillan, Grinneabhat Community Space
This week the Rural Roundup is bringing you something a little different, we spoke to six diversified farm businesses across Scotland, asking them about their journeys, the conversations they had…
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Getting Started in Crofting as a New Entrant – Case Study featuring Ian Angus MacLeod
Third generation crofter Ian Angus Macleod started crofting in his own right after inheriting a 4.5 ha land locked croft from a neighbour on the Isle of Harris. Here he…
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Rural Roundup Bonus Content: Lindsay Robertson, Long Island Retreats
This week the Rural Roundup is bringing you the latest in our series of six diversified farm businesses across Scotland, asking them about their journeys, the conversations they had along…
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Smallholders Orkney – Lynbreck Croft
Lynn from Lynnbreck Croft (featured on BBC’s This Farming Life) will be joining us to chat about how she and Sandra started their farming journey and what they’re up to now on their croft!
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