please sign my petition

[hedgehog]

I cant do a link, ITS ON 38 DEGREES
STOP THE EVICTION OF EAST LOTHIAN FAMILIES

I need your help please!!

[hobbyfrmr]

Ok, I will bite, what are EAST LOTHIAN FAMILIES?

[pourfarmer]

https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/please-stop-the-eviction-of-east-lothian-families

this one?

[pourfarmer]

[URL=https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/please-stop-the-eviction-of-east-lothian-families]click here[/URL]

[tweety]

Why did they build a bunch of buildings on land they didn't own?

Hard to know what's exactly going on.

[blackpowder]

Im not a Scottish citizen.

[grassfarmer]

It is hard to understand tweety when it's in another country with different land ownership and security of tenure rules. I understand it a little better coming from there and coming from tenant farmer stock a couple of generations back. I don't think it's right what is happening in Scotland with this issue but I don't understand the ins and outs completely either.

[hedgehog]

Sorry, i shouldnt have posted that, please ignore it or delete.

[Guest]

do you think this won't happen here ?, canada is a young country , thats why we need canadian or saskatchewan citizen ownership laws to stop this , whether it hurts our bottom line or not . do you think any young person starting out farming can pay 4-500k for a quarter ?? but the billionaires can

[farmaholic]

...the billionaires don't need to try and make an actual living off it. Just an asset in their portfolio.

[Braveheart]

I didn't think The Clearances would ever return. Talk about short memories.

[blackpowder]

Dont ever apologize hedgehog.

More thought provoking than any crop report.
How could improvements be done on leased land by a tenant in the first place? not to mention compensation mechanism.

Recreational value always higher than ag here because of house sales around it.

It is the job of policy to ensure the right combo of subsidy and tax system in place so that this never happens here.

[hobbyfrmr]

I followed the link and I am the one who should apologize. I thank you for bringing awareness to this situation. It seems very unfair I hope that both sides can reach a reasonable agreement.

[Guest]

yes thanks hedgehog , a little sneak peak into where Canada is heading , a real eye opener , very good post !

[farmaholic]

Land ownership. A slippery slope. Let's say this family farm that has been homesteaded and added to is no longer farmed by family members. Does the family have to divest of the land if no one from the family wants to farm it? What if the family wants to keep it as an investment/income source or for emotional reasons? We have a very short history in comparison to Europe.

There has already been huge consolidation. Most only started with one quarter decades or a century ago and look where it is today, we ourselves have gobbled up other homesteads over the years. Equilibrium keeps changing for economic reasons. It's not over yet... where will it end up?