I attended a Scottish Crofting Federation course on Diversification over the last two days. Great course, with some immediate application for the woodland (and some of the other micro-businesses we are getting off the ground).
Although our woodland is not a registered croft, we decided to join the SCF a few months ago, for a couple of reasons:
1. We subscribe to the crofting ethos of small-scale, local, sustainable production and land management.
2. The SCF offers some fantastic resources, including their training, and membership provides some useful benefits (for example, one year's membership of WWOOFing - the website promoting and connecting volunteers with work opportunities).
Some of the subjects on offer over the two days included:
- Marketing and distributing food products locally (useful for us with the eggs, and also thinking ahead to mushroom harvesting and cultivation)
- Use of social media to promote products and services
- Earning additional income from internet-based businesses on the croft
- Tapping into the tourism market
..and many others.
The course participants included a wide range of people with different levels of experience and backgrounds, resulting in some good debate.
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