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Community groups across the north have come together as part of a new climate initiative to help tackle throwaway culture.

Community groups in Caithness and Sutherland have joined forces with others in the Highlands in a new climate movement aimed at reducing waste.

Growing up as a farmers daughter and a passion for livestock, Lucy Beattie is flying the flag for women and proving they can take charge in the world of agriculture. She runs the Leckmelm Estate, near Ullapool, in Wester Ross, which is a diversified business that has turned into a community in itself. Here, she spoke with The Scottish Farmer about her caeer: What is your background in agriculture? I grew up with a strong interest in the family farm and it was hard to get me out of the...