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ELC Request Land Donations
/ | Leave a CommentThe Ecological Land Cooperative has launched a campaign to ask landowners for donations of small parcels of land to create clusters of affordable smallholdings for new entrants to ecological agriculture.
Read more »Farmers Guardian Farming Hero
/ | Leave a CommentThis award recognises an individual or group of people who pull together in the hardest of times, strive to make a positive difference to the lives of other people and campaigns to raise awareness to the wider industry and beyond.
Read more »Valuing Your Soils: New Guidance for Scottish Farmers & Crofters
| Leave a CommentIt can take 500 years to replace 25 mm (1 inch) of top soil, yet in the UK it is estimated that 2.9 million tonnes of soil are eroded each year, and soil quality is diminished by poor practices. “Valuing Your Soils”, is newly published guidance, which will help Scottish farmers, crofters and land managers […]
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