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The value of well-managed grazing on Scotland’s grasslands

Sustainable Food Trust

It’s a benefit I see clearly at home, with half of our family farm designated as an SSSI because of the mix of species-rich upland habitats that cover our hill ground. Species-rich grasslands today cover just a fraction of their former area, with most converted to improved pasture or arable land over the past century.