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Custodians of the Land
The crofting communities native to the Scottish Highlands and islands have suffered rapid population decline over the last century. The network of small-scale communal agricultural systems has succumbed to the modernization of farming techniques and the brain-drain phenomenon plaguing the area. "The average age of [a crofter] is 65," said Fiona Mandeville, chair of the Scottish Crofting Federation
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