CROFTING - work with us and see Eigg's crofting tradition contribute to the economic, environmental and cultural future of our community-owned island.
One week to the deadline, 26 April.
bit.ly/EiggCroftDev

This is tomorrow 👇 so do come along. Also the glen is full of waders at the moment so a good opportunity to see your first curlew (as well as lapwings, oystercatchers and lots of raptors soaring in the sky) on the way up the glen too !!

Our NI Director John Woods spoke at today's agendaNi magazine's #NIEnvironment event, exploring the benefits of multifunctional land use & better land use decision-making in Northern Ireland.

More on our work in NI👇
ffcc.co.uk/northern-irela…

Almost 10% of Scotland's land is common grazings. Huge opportunities to sequester more carbon through responsible peatland restoration and woodland creation. Crofting Commission working on it. Every little helps.
bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-sco…

Whilst pasture-fed systems in Great Britain are highly variable according to practitioner, location and practice, they are economically viable and deliver wide ranging public goods. Findings from the SEEGSLIP project Pasture For Life Organic Research Centre agricology.co.uk/resource/pastu…

⁦James Hutton Institute⁩ have calculated more water is held in 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 #soil s when fully wet than in all our freshwater lochs.

Protecting & retaining #soil on farm can be a key component to mitigating against flooding & protecting farms in a changing climate. audioboom.com/posts/8492778-…

🌿 Join us in championing sustainable farming 🌱

We're fundraising to develop online tools empowering farmers moving towards sustainable pasture-based systems.

The campaign is live to April 25th - donate via
Big Give to have your donation doubled! ⏰👇

donate.biggive.org/campaign/a0569…

Are you interested in learning how public sector investment procurement holds the keys to enable access to organic for all? We thought you might be 🥦🥕🍅

Book tickets today for this FREE webinar with Sustain and learn from experts around the UK 👏

sustainweb.org/events/mar24-b…

April 2024
Tree foliage is an integral part of the foodweb, notice how the abundant soil life has processed all the spent leaves from autumn.
The Wee Mob play their roles perfectly and before too long they'll be browsing the growing leaves too, supporting the entire foodweb.

Tir Natur It's about time we had some groups of horses or livestock migrating from woodland to woodland to deliver their magical effects and then move on to the next place.
We have all the people, animals and methods needed to acheive this, the next step is just to do it -now in 2024

1st Corncrakes are back in Scotland!

You can do your bit to help by letting us know when you see a Corncrake, or hear their crex crex call.

Report a Corncrake here: tinyurl.com/mubexnh6

#corncrakes
RSPB Scotland
@heritagefunduk
#corncrakecalling

📸 Graham Goodall

Thanks Jim Fairlie MSP SNP for making the time to discuss wwfscotland 🌍's Vision for Agriculture and how, by collaborating with farmers & supporting the adoption of nature-friendly practices, Scotland's farms can become more resilient and profitable as our climate continues to change

Tomorrow’s Centre for Food Policy’s #CityFoodSym 2024 explores how we can build diverse and resilient local food systems.

With flooding on farms dominating headlines in recent weeks, we’ll be there with Landworkers' Alliance to host a workshop on on-farm resilience...

Land Reform for a Wellbeing Economy. Our co-director Laurie Macfarlane is speaking at Scottish Parliament from 6-8pm on Tues 23 April.

The other panelists are Hamish Trench Sarah Madden Linsay Chalmers, with Emma Harper MSP in the chair. Tickets are free tickettailor.com/events/wellbei…

When the yellow’s on the broom, when the yellow’s on the broom,
Oh, I’ll tak’ ye on the road again when the yellow’s on the broom…

—Adam McNaughtan, “Yellow on the Broom”
Inspired by Betsy Whyte’s 1979 autobiography THE YELLOW ON THE BROOM: The Early Days of a Traveller Woman

★ Just published a new episode of Accidental Gods : What do we really think about Food? Revolutionising what we eat with Sue Pritchard of the Food, Farming and Countryside Commission . Listen: share.transistor.fm/s/67360b82

Great meeting today new & known colleagues led by @HarperAdams @SustainableFoodandFarming Network great talks & interesting chat! with Morrisons & @McDonald developing -New Talent-Upskilling the workforce-Collaborate in research SAOS - #workingtogether, what can we do for you? SEFARI Gateway Food, Farming and Countryside Commission

Shieling sites* (black), farmsteads (blue), and townships (red) within Wild Land Area 30 and Wild Land Area 31.

Showing the scale of seasonal habitation of these areas, as well as permanent habitation in key areas around the edges.

#TheFoodConversation shows people are cutting back on food quality due to money. At the same time, nearly 2/3 want more intervention so farmers are treated fairly.

Citizens want govt to join the dots between food, farming, health & environment.

More👇
ffcc.co.uk/so-what-do-we-…

The delineation of the proposed 187,000 ha Flow Country World Heritage Site gives an opportunity to map fairly definitive landownership (99%) of the Flow Country for the first time:

52% owned by 7 landowners
63% owned by 10 landowners
87% owned by 20 landowners