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"How we enjoyed ourselves in those far away days! Those were the happy days and there was neither sin nor sorrow in the world for us. But the clearances came upon us, destroying all... turning our joy to misery, our gladness into bitterness, our blessing into blasphemy... Oh, dear man, the tears come on my eyes when I think of all we suffered, and the sorrows, hardships and oppressions we came through." -Peigidh nic Cormaig Through the early years of the nineteenth century, in the Highland county of Sutherland, a large percentage of the population were removed from their homes by government agents to make way for a new population of sheep. A grand scheme of large scale food production took precedence over basic human rights as people were literally burned out of their houses and forced to leave a way of life that had sustained them over generations. Many were transported overseas to Canada and North America enduring the hardships of a treacherous transatlantic voyage. Even those who chose to stay behind were forced to rebuild their homes and lives with few resources and no meaningful compensation for their loss. Two hundred years later echos of the Sutherland clearances are still heard in the displacement of communities where mass production is favored over sustainability.