Scotland: ‘Poo bags are big part of our lives’ Urban farms thrive despite ‘disruption’
Dog poo and unruly pets – perhaps less of a problem for a rural farmer – are just part of a string of incidents that has highlighted the gulf between farms, nature and the harsh realities of food production and urban life.
By Sandra Dick, The Herald
Press Reader
14 Jun 2026
Excerpt:
ON Edinburgh’s urban farm, where the fields stretch from the edges of a “Trainspotting” housing estate to the shores of the Firth of Forth, it’s not only the rare variety of wheat and allotment veg that are thriving.
For alongside the polytunnels and raised beds of gourd and kale, pak choi and aubergines, and near to nesting curlews, grey partridge and skylark, another less than welcome species is making its presence felt.
Sprouting at the side of paths or stuffed into frames carefully placed around sapling trees to support their growth are the unwelcome contributions, courtesy of dogwalkers, in the form of distinctive little plastic pouches containing packages of poo.
The bags of discarded dog dirt highlight the challenges of trying to bring a flavour of rural farm life to the fringes of the capital city’s Muirhouse estate.
“Dog poo bags are big part of our lives,” says Kate Macdougall of Edinburgh Agroecology Co-op, the organisation which took over the 100-acre Lauriston Farm five years ago, with an ambitious vision to return it to proper food production while supporting nature and boosting biodiversity.
Among its several targets was a hope that by bringing farm life to the boundaries of estates blighted by difficult social conditions, they could rebuild fractured relationships between people, food and nature.
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Source: https://cityfarmer.info/scotland-poo-bags-are-big-part-of-our-lives-urban-farms-thrive-despite-disruption/
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