LAMB FED on Scotland�s heather hills has been given a marketing boost after a new scientific study found it to have health-giving properties.

LAMB FED on Scotland's heather hills has been given a marketing boost after a new scientific study found it to have health-giving properties.

Scientists found that lamb reared in heather pastures had nearly twice as much Vitamin E - an antioxidant closely associated with cancer prevention - than meat from more intensively reared animals.

The lamb also contained levels of unsaturated omega-6 fatty acids and omega-3 - which can benefit the heart - comparable with that of oily fish. The breed most likely to benefit from the news is the Blackface, which dominates on Scotland's heather terrain.

For the full story, please see the January 31 The Scottish Farmer