United Kingdom
Scottish Farm Land Trust

The Scottish Farm Land Trust aims to increase access to land for small-scale, ecological agriculture by purchasing land to be held in trust and rented fairly to new entrants and young people.

We are a new organisation and are registering as a Community benefit society (BenCom) - i.e. an incorporated industrial and provident society (IPS) that conducts business for the benefit of its community - in 2018. We hope to build up our organisation to make our first purchase of land in 2020.

In 2017, we published our first report: Wanted: Land for New Farmers, based on a broad survey of prospective farmers and landowners.

Main activities: Land stewardship ; Support for farmers ; Policy/ advocacy ; Ethical finance ; Land acquisition/ ownership ; Public education ; Farming ; Awareness raising ; New entrants

Geographical scope: National

Types of agriculture: CSA, AMAP, consumers co-operative ; Local supply chains ; Organic ; Peasant ; Biodynamic

Place: Blackhaugh Farm, Spittalfield
Creation Date: 2015
Web site: http://www.scottishfarmlandtrust.org/
Contact person: Roz Corbett
Organisation's contact email address: rosalind.corbett@gmail.com