For most of its history the people of Raasay have been sustained by produce obtained from the land and the sea. But the Hebridean landscape is challenging.
The geography of the island offers a few small pockets of sheltered land where grain can be grown, vegetable crops nurtured and woodland harvested.
The majority of the island is rough, open hills which are at the mercy of battering winds all year round. Therefore the primary agricultural activity on Raasay for centuries has been the annual cycle of lambing and calving, nurturing and fattening before delivering to market.
