The Scottish Smallholder Festival is Scotland’s national smallholding show, and is the leading place where smallholders, small farmers / producers, growers and everyone interested in a sustainable way of life come to share, learn, show, buy and be inspired. Now in its 14th year, the festival is a celebration of the smallholder – it provides an opportunity for smallholders and growers at the end of the season to celebrate a successful year of production, to gather ideas for next year, and is a chance for all to to display their products and benchmark their success against other small producers. It also allows those who are interested in rural life and farming to get a close up view of small scale farming, introducing them to skills and livestock they would not normally encounter, to see what can be achieved in a small scale farming environment.