Actualizations of agroecology among Scottish farmers

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Table 1. Participant details. All participants were based in Scotland and identified their approaches with agroecology.

Participant(s)	Farm Type	Additional Farming Identifiers	Location	Farm Size	Tenure	No. Participants	Gender	Age	New Entrant
A	Beef	Agroecological beef producers	Highland area	~40 hectares	Tenant	2	M, F	30–39	Y
B	Mixed (arable and beef)	Regenerative	Fife	~1300 hectares	Owned	1	M	40–49	N
C	Mixed (arable and beef)	Organic (partial)	Fife	~530 hectares	Owned	1	M	50–59	N
D	Dairy	Cow with calf, regenerative	Ayrshire	~90 hectares	Tenant	1	M	30–39	N
E	Mixed (arable, beef, and sheep)	Regenerative	Fife	~570 hectares	Tenant and contract	1	F	30–39	N
F	Mixed livestock	Regenerative	Argyll and Bute	~30 hectares	Owned	1	M	60+	N
G	Mixed (arable and pigs)	Regenerative	Fife	~200 hectares	Owned	1	M	30–39	N
H	Beef	Regenerative	Ayrshire	~120 hectares	Owned	2	M, F	40–49, 60+	Y
I	Market garden	Agroecological market gardeners	Fife	>1 hectare	Contract	2	M, F	30–39	Y
J	Mixed (arable and poultry)	Regenerative	Fife	~650 hectares	Owned and contract	2	M, M	30–39, 40–49	N
K	Co-operative (mainly CSA)	Agroecological CSA	Fife	~16 hectares (2 hectare market garden)	Owned	1	M	30–39	Y
L	Market garden	Permaculture	Glasgow	>1 hectare	Council owned (free use)	1	M	30–39	Y
M	Dairy	Organic, cow with calf	Dumfries and Galloway	~340 hectares	Tenant	1	M	60+	Y
N	Market garden	CSA, permaculture	Aberdeenshire	~3 hectares	Owned	2	M, F	30–39, 40–49	Y
O	Beef	Organic, regenerative	Scottish Borders	~240 hectares	Owned	1	F	60+	N

Figure 1. Thematic map developed from interview transcripts. The study ‘essence’ is contained within the rectangular box at the top of the map and is connected to the Ri-PTs in the ovals below, into which feed the PTs. The themes are universal among participants.