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Radio 4,22 Apr 2018,22 mins

21st-Century Croft

On Your Farm

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Viewed on a long summer's day life on a Highland croft might seem like a bucolic fantasy. In the depths of a Cairngorms winter things are a little different. In March 2016 Lynn and Sandra pooled their life savings to buy a derelict croft near Grantown-on-Spey. Two tough years of hard work planning a new farm business for the future based on woodland planting and grazing Highland cattle has brought not just fertility, but also an income stream, back to the farm Moira Hickey joins the owners of Lynbreck Croft as they battle their way through their toughest winter yet.

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