crofting

He was born to a crofting family and looked after cattle as a boy.

There has always been a special - an intense - interest in crofting.

But few would suggest that crofting is a model for farming's future.

The land in the area is dominated by bog and crofting.

Often, as in the case of crofting, these are related to land tenure systems and their legal basis.

The old crofting houses here have long been abandoned.

The modern economy of the island is based on crofting, fishing, transport and tourism.

Most of the main recent agricultural development initiatives have already been discussed in connection with crofting.

Crofting is a social system in which small-scale food production plays a defining role.

Crofting is characterised by its common working communities, or "townships".

This location is so called due to the presence of the old crofting boundary walls, which can no longer be seen.

We must look even further from the croft than fishing, however, to find the root cause of the crofting problem.

He showed some skills playing music and singing, loved horses, but otherwise appeared to be a normal child of a poor crofting family.

Despite its challenges, crofting is important to the Highlands and Islands.

"You can't live off of crofting alone," he explained.

Today the economy of the islands is dependent on crofting, fishing, tourism, the oil industry and renewable energy.

Currently the areas biggest employment sectors include tourism, crofting, and fish farming.

The main commercial activities are tourism, crofting, fishing, and whisky distilling.

They did not think of crofting as idyllic.

The fertile machair lands of the island provide for good quality farming and crofting.

An information centre explains the importance of traditional crofting agriculture for corncrakes and other wildlife.

Fishing, crofting and to a lesser extent, large-scale farming also contribute.

Subsistence, Crofting, lifestyles are likely to have been dominant throughout much of the peninsula's history.

He sat me down by the fire, gave me a cigarette, went on to talk about crofting, the subsidies, land disputes.

Great Bernera's population is mainly dependent on lobster fishing, crofting and tourism.