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Crofting

Crofting and buyouts in the Sunday papers

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Details: Tuesday, 27 April 2010 11:48 Tamsin Morris Hits: 651

An article in this week's (25th April) Sunday Times focuses on crofting and community buy-outs, but makes rather depressing reading.

Focusing mainly on the Assynt Crofters' Trust, it includes comments on the long-term viability of crofting and the potential difficulties of running community owned land projects. There's also a brief look at the Crofting Reform Bill and what it might, and might not, do for crofters. As always with these articles, it's interesting to look at the online version and see the subsequent comments that have been posted - I'd be interested to know whether SCLN readers agree with the article's rather negative slant, so please feel free to add your comments to our forum.