Agriculture
Farmer to Farmer – Transitions to Regenerative Farming in South West Scotland
Author / Creator: Diana Garduño Jiménez
Media type: Article
Date published: 2022
A “quiet farming revolution” starting in South West Scotland in which farmers across the region have formed a network to exchange knowledge, experience, and practice in the journey to a “regenerative farming”.
REMEMBERING THE TUATH
Author / Creator: Col Gordon
Media type: Article
Date published: 2023
Ways that a "renewed application of [traditional ecological knowledge] and methods can help transition to sustainable, locally-appropriate forms of agriculture in the post fossil-fuel era."
Women in agriculture - implementing equality commitments: research report
Author / Creator: Patricia Findlay
Media type: Report
Date published: 2022
Effective ways of bringing about greater gender equality within Scottish agricultural businesses.
Will Scotland be better off independent from the UK?
Author / Creator: Richard Murphy
Media type: Video
Date published: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yoPzR8-xmgo
Yes, Scotland can be better off outside the UK.
Climate change and farming
Author / Creator: Emma Congreve
Media type: Article
Date published:
“The prizes ... of turning farming into a low emissions sector are significant... They are needed to meet Scotland’s climate change targets. The challenge is to ensure food production can...make the sector financially, as well as environmentally, sustainable.”
The Transformation of Scotland; the Economy since 1700
Author / Creator: T M Devine
Media type: Book
Date published: 2011
There are issues, such as the distribution of income, which merit particular attention in Scotland's case. There are also contradictions in explanations of Scotland's economic performance that have to be addressed.
Food In A Common Weal Scotland
Author / Creator: Pete Richie
Media type: Policy Paper
Date published: August 2014
The food and drink industry is growing, and new businesses are emerging. There’s a bustle of activities in communities, with new growing projects and food networks. The dietary gap between rich and poor is widening, with the rise in food banks; and the public health impact of the Scottish diet is set to grow.