BEGINS the event blurb: “Women own around 20 per cent of land, globally, but, in Scotland, the situation is even more skewed. For example, only seven per cent of farms in Scotland are owned by women or have women as the principal farmer.
“By its very nature, community ownership is gender-balanced. What can Scotland learn from this and what can we do to support women in the sector who continue to report that they are taken less seriously than their male counterparts?”