Scotland’s only Smallholder Festival is here — and it’s packed with workshops, expert advice and Scotland’s only pig show! Don’t miss the Scottish Government-led workshop on the Small Producers Pilot Fund. Find out more and secure your ticket here: https://t.co/Uikm0CeUIv

Just arrived: The Lost Flock Collection, celebrating Scotland’s rarest native sheep, the Boreray. 📖 Signed copies of The Lost Flock by Jane Cooper 🧶 Rare Orkney Boreray handspun yarn & carded fibre @orkneyboreray https://t.co/AFsk3roFo7

It's salami time! The 2025 OB salami is now available from Kirkness & Gorie in Kirkwall Made by Highland Charcuterie & Smoke House Ltd the Orkney Boreray mutton is subtly flavoured with Gorse Flowers & Bog Myrtle Best before 5/1/26 so buy now for Christmas & Hogmanay celebrations

Here’s a sneak peek of our latest arrival at our Goat to Garment farm shop. Full details will be revealed tomorrow night… 👀 #watchthisspace #fromfarmtofibre #yarn #rarebreeds @OrkneyBoreray

A blurry view through a wet window and horizontal rain! Getting a bit breezy in Orkney. I opened up 1 side of the electric fence so the sheep could fully access the part of the field most sheltered from current SE wind, but over weekend will be able to shelter best from W wind

Glasgow, Ulster, Stoke-on-Trent, Bradford, Leeds, Tamworth, Ely (Wales), Edinburgh and York, all places we’ve seen are blighted by misuse of #fireworks. As antisocial behaviour gets worse, so is firework misuse, especially weaponising them. People have been killed in recent

On a damp & breezy morning I see the sun, in its annual movement from north to south across the horizon, is now rising directly in the east. By mid winter it will be hidden from sight behind the hill to the south of the farm, never rising high enough to peek above the hill.

This type of biased research is irresponsible! Always when comparing a plant-based diet to a diet including red meat this is actually what they are counting as red meat. See @lowcarbGP for truth red meat alone can't cause diabetes & low carb can cure it https://t.co/8LqH6icJP2?

You may see the only 2 Lost Flock sheep outside Orkney. They were a gift to King Charles from @RBSTrarebreeds to celebrate his 70th birthday in 2018 We drove them down & saw the wonderful facilities & healthy thriving livestock incl many rare breeds at Home Farm Exciting course!

Well now... Today's entry for the "Isn't that Awkward" folder...

Another glorious day in Orkney with the sheep enjoying some visitors to the farm who came to meet the sheep and learn about their lives and history.

🌱 ORFC 2026 Solidarity Tickets are now on sale! 🌱 When you purchase a solidarity ticket, you're supporting our bursaries that help individuals from underrepresented communities to attend the conference, whilst securing your own place at the same time. https://t.co/QlPLpLkUfR

95 years ago today, on 29th August 1930, St Kilda was evacuated. HMS Harebell ship’s log of that day, “Embarked the inhabitants of St Kilda, 14 women, 13 men, 15 children.” Later, “Everyone on board. Hoisted boat. 08.02 hrs Weighed. Proceeded 11.5 knots”.

That's the sheep safely delivered. They unloaded very nicely. Munr's staff always give them the time to come off when they feel ready

⏰ Deadline Reminder ⏰ Applications for exhibition spaces at ORFC 2026 must be in by next Thursday, 4 September, at midday. An ORFC exhibition space offers an opportunity to reach the heart of the real food and farming movement. Apply today: https://t.co/e7tnUJkvi8

Waiting for the ferry to Scrabster taking sheep to abattoir. Hopefully last time we do this. Working hard on getting on-farm slaughter with Tiny Trailer Abattoir in 2026 for Orkney Boreray, North Ronaldsay & other sheep farms

Possibly our most popular release of the year? - Very special Orkney Boreray Mutton https://t.co/DTxbA2Og5c

Possibly our most popular release of the year? - https://t.co/DTxbA2Og5c

OB mutton sheep enjoying the sun Look out for news about the Orkney Boreray mutton from Taste Tradition & the butchers and restaurants they'll be supplying. The sheep look in fantastic condition having enjoyed a wonderful life for over 2 years or more at Airy Farm in Stronsay

From today's #DailyNewsDigest📰: "“It remains more profitable to extract natural and social capital from the planet and not pay the ‘true costs’ of the damage done ... than it does to farm regeneratively,” said Patrick Holden." – @footprintmedia https://t.co/42FKGgAE2e