Scottish Sustainable Farm of the Year
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Cooper Farms
Solsgirth Home Farm
2025 Winner
Upper Locharwoods Farm
Firth Farming, Upper Locharwoods, is recognised as Sustainable Farm of the Year for its outstanding commitment to environmental, financial, and community sustainability. The Jamieson family lead with innovation—using renewable energy, water management, and genetics to improve efficiency and reduce emissions. Their approach to biodiversity includes peatland restoration and extensive tree and hedge planting, while collaboration with neighbours delivers landscape-scale solutions. With a focus on detail in milk production, tourism income from farm buildings, and community support through allotments, Firth Farming sets a powerful example of farming with nature and purpose.
2025 Runners up
Island at the Edge
Past Winners
2024 Sustainable Farm of the Year: Lower Mill of Tynet Farm
Lower Mill of Tynet Farm, Aberdeenshire, Gordon Whiteford
“We’re an organic farm near Buckie, Aberdeenshire mainly producing eggs and milk but also lamb and beef. We have a 24-hour vending shop through which we retail our farm produce including flavoured milks and homemade ice cream as well as a variety of locally sourced seasonal produce. It’s a great honour to be shortlisted in the Sustainability category as sustainability was the very first building block on which our business was built and hopefully continues to grow.”
2024 Finalists
Rotmell Farm
Sgriob Ruadh Farm, Isle of Mull Cheese
2023 Sustainable Farm of the Year: R Mitchell & Sons, Whitriggs Farm
R Mitchell & Sons is a family business run by Stuart Mitchell, his wife Kate, and parents Robert and Lesley. They run Whitriggs Farm, a 442-ha mixed organic farm near Hawick in the Scottish Borders. The farm has a 140 suckler cow herd, 300 red deer, and 50ha of cereals. Over the last four years, they have moved to a low-input regenerative system with very low reliance on cost fluctuations. The livestock are pasture-fed only, require very little intervention, and are almost entirely wintered outside. Management changes such as mob grazing are helping improve the soil quality across the farm. The Mitchells are keen ambassadors for knowledge exchange between farmers and regularly host farm meetings. They have developed the farm into a resilient profitable business that is working with nature instead of against it.
2023 Finalists
Edinvale Farms
J Rennie & Sons (Farmers) Ltd, Gask Farm
2024 Sustainable Farm of the Year: Lower Mill of Tynet Farm
Lower Mill of Tynet Farm, Aberdeenshire, Gordon Whiteford
“We’re an organic farm near Buckie, Aberdeenshire mainly producing eggs and milk but also lamb and beef. We have a 24-hour vending shop through which we retail our farm produce including flavoured milks and homemade ice cream as well as a variety of locally sourced seasonal produce. It’s a great honour to be shortlisted in the Sustainability category as sustainability was the very first building block on which our business was built and hopefully continues to grow.”
2024 Finalists
Rotmell Farm
Sgriob Ruadh Farm, Isle of Mull Cheese
2023 Sustainable Farm of the Year: R Mitchell & Sons, Whitriggs Farm
R Mitchell & Sons is a family business run by Stuart Mitchell, his wife Kate, and parents Robert and Lesley. They run Whitriggs Farm, a 442-ha mixed organic farm near Hawick in the Scottish Borders. The farm has a 140 suckler cow herd, 300 red deer, and 50ha of cereals. Over the last four years, they have moved to a low-input regenerative system with very low reliance on cost fluctuations. The livestock are pasture-fed only, require very little intervention, and are almost entirely wintered outside. Management changes such as mob grazing are helping improve the soil quality across the farm. The Mitchells are keen ambassadors for knowledge exchange between farmers and regularly host farm meetings. They have developed the farm into a resilient profitable business that is working with nature instead of against it.
2023 Finalists
Edinvale Farms
J Rennie & Sons (Farmers) Ltd, Gask Farm
