Carrots
Perth & Kinross
The carrot crop is Britain’s major root vegetable, producing over 700,000 tonnes of carrots each year from 9,000 hectares. Each year 22 billion carrot seeds are sown in Britain, producing around 100 carrots per year for every member of the population.
Lazy Beds
Huisinis, Isle of Harris
Lazy beds (Gaelic feannagan) are a method of cultivation introduced by the Vikings, their traces can be seen throughout the Highlands and islands.
Straw & Manure
Ewingston, East Lothian
Key inputs and outputs for farms across the country. One feeds while the other helps grow the feed for the estimated 1.75 million cattle in Scotland.
Green Island
Loch Harmasig, Isle of Harris
Islands provide plants, shrubs and trees with protection from grazing and hint at what Scotland could look like with control on deer and sheep numbers.
Fleeces
Perth & Kinross
The total area of agricultural holdings in Scotland was 5.6 million hectares, equating to 73 per cent of Scotland’s total land area (7.8 million hectares).