Scottish Farm Shops  Unique to Scotland is the eclectic mix of farms shops, each with marvelous locally produced goodies. From trout lochs to vegetables, free-range eggs to rare pig breeds, there is high quality produce available throughout Scotland - it's just knowing where to find it. This particular section highlights those businesses that retail on their farms. Many regularly attend farmers' markets, but why wait for a Saturday when many are open all year round?

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Enquiries		Ardardan Farm Shop				Comments
		Cardross Helensburgh,  G825HD Tel: 01389 849188				Great range of local produce including bakery, meats & fruit & vegetables. Café, farm shop & walled garden all within this exceptional family run estate.

Enquiries		Ardross Farm				Comments
		Elie Leven,  KY9 1EU Tel: 01333 330415				Traditional East Neuk beef, reared & bred on this family farm. Its slow maturing ensures well-marbled succulent results. Beautiful extended Farm Shop on site with speciality local produce, their own beef and many lovely items for home or gifts. Great supporters of Slow Food Movement.

Enquiries		Ballencrieff Rare Pedigree Pigs				Comments
		Ballencrieff Gardens Longniddry,  EH32 0PJ Tel: 01875 870551				Award Winning Ballencrieff. The good old-fashioned taste of Ballencrieff Rare Pedigree Pigs has at last been recognised and has received not one, not two but three awards for Great Taste. Peter and Elma McLaren, rear old fashioned pigs in the old fashioned way – outdoors, fed on natural feed with no growth promoters, no antibiotics and no GM produce – the result, well fed, happy pigs which produce the tastiest products. A taste, which has been recognised by The Guild of Fine Food Retailers. Regular customers of Ballencrieff have known the exquisite taste of their range of products and the queues at their monthly stalls at Haddington (last Saturday of the month) and Edinburgh (first, second and third Saturdays of the month) Farmers’ Markets are testament to this. New top awards from the Great Taste Awards yet again this year. Well done & well deserved.

Enquiries		Belhaven Fruit Farm				Comments
		South Belton Dunbar,  EH42 1RG Tel: 07960537132				Wonderful pick-your-own strawberries. Enjoy East Lothian's top class berries - and not a backache in sight as all the beds are raised. Belhaven also produce very fine non dairy strawberry sorbet, packed with their berries of course. Please call to check availability.

Enquiries		Belhaven Smokehouse Ltd				Comments
		Beltonford Dunbar,  EH42 1ST Tel: 01368 863244				East Lothian trout - grown & processed locally with consistently excellent results.

Enquiries		Cairnton Aberdeen Angus Beef				Comments
		Deeside Activity Park, Dess Aboyne,  AB34 5BD Tel: 01339 883536				Home of Aberdeen Angus. Renowned for his prize beef there is also an excellent farm shop & café at the activity centre.

Enquiries		Carmichael Venison				Comments
		Carmichael Estate Lanark,  ML12 6PG Tel: 01899 308336				Winner of Scotland Food and Drink Excellence Awards 2009 for Product Innovation of the Year with their Venison Rashers, offering a healthy, tasty alternative to bacon that also utilizes economic cuts in an innovative way. Clan Carmichael's estate venison is delicious. Look out for it at many farmers' markets. Also lovely cottages to rent - click on their website for further details.

Enquiries		Craigadam Country Larder				Comments
		Craigadam Estate Castle Douglas,  DG7 3HH Tel: 01556 650233				Finest quality game & lamb from this beautiful sporting estate & organic sheep farm - also a great place to stay.

Enquiries		Gloagburn Farm & Coffee Shop				Comments
		Tibbermore Perth,  PH1 1QL Tel: 01738 840864				With fresh farm eggs, home baking & chutneys there is lots to buy once you're refreshed at this delightful spot.

Enquiries		Gosford Farm Shop				Comments
		Gosford Estate Longniddry,  EH32 0PX Tel: 01875 870502				Naturally reared in family groups in wooded East Lothian estate. Now complete with a new butchery Farm Shop and Café supplying wild boar, heather lamb, beef, eggs and organic vegetables, all from the Gosford Estate.

Enquiries		Knowes Farm Shop				Comments
		Knowes East Linton Dunbar,  EH42 1XJ Tel: 01620 860010				Scottish Countryside Alliance’s Best Local Food Retailer: Knowes Farm Shop A real treasure trove of soups, jams, jellies, vegetables, eggs & much more including marvellous range of potatoes. Strong advocates of the Slow Food Movement, the Cochran's farm shop is truly mouth-watering!

Enquiries		Loch Arthur Creamery Shop				Comments
		Camphill Village Trust Beeswing Dumfries,  DG2 8JQ Tel: 01387 760296				Fine selection of handmade organic cheese made on site but also wide variety of local produce available in the lovely shop - breads, vegetables, gorceries and even local pottery. See CheeseTrail and Farm Shops entries.

Enquiries		Rothiemurchus Farm Shop & Deli				Comments
		Rothiemurchus Centre by Aviemore Inverness-shire,  PH22 1QH Tel: 01479 812345				Rothiemurchus is a superb family run Highland Estate set at the heart of the stunning Cairngorms National Park. Passionate about delicious food, Rothiemurchus not only produces its very own succulent Highland Beef, Velvety Forest Venison and fresh Rainbow Trout all home reared on the estate, it has a plethora of other delicacies and tempting treats. They also offer more than 30 different outdoor activities for everyone to enjoy.

Enquiries		Salar Flaky Smoked Salmon				Comments
		Lochcarnan Western Isles - South Uist,  HS8 5PD Tel: 01870 610324				Congratulations Salar as Winner of Scotland Food and Drink Excellence Awards 2009 for their unmistakable hot smoked flaky salmon and winner of many other awards besides. Lochside shop plus excellent mail order service. Look out for them on the Outer Hebrides Food Trail.

Enquiries		St Andrews Farmhouse Cheese Co				Comments
		Falside Farm Pittenweem,  KY10 2RT Tel: 01333 312580				See Fife's only farmhouse cheesemakers in action. Buy some excellent hand crafted cheese and tarry a while at their beautiful coffee shop. Among the range of home baked goodies they have meringues to make you swoon!

Enquiries		The Store, Foveran				Comments
		Newburgh Ellon,  AB41 6AY Tel: 01358 788083				An incredible cornucopia of local produce - meats, vegetables, home cooking & more. Original Store at Foveran in Aberdeenshire as popular as ever with a superb new addition now opened in Stockbridge Edinburgh too @ 13 Comely Bank Road, tel 0131 315 0030. The farm shop in the city (photo) has a great range of their home grown meats, sausages and even meals. There are speciality cheeses, cured meats, a colourful array of seasonal Aberdeenshire vegetables, excellent breads and much more. Click on their website for further information. As they say 'our farm; our passion; your lifestyle.'

Enquiries		West Craigie Farm Shop				Comments
		West Craigie South Queensferry,  EH30 9TR Tel: 0131 319 1048				Lovely jams & chutneys from the West Craigie jam kitchen. Also has a farm shop & newly opened café. Fine local produce, great food & superb views - a great combination