Meet the farmers

Ian and David Fairlie

We have been growing potatoes on the East Coast of Angus for Bartlett's for the last 15 years. We supply the company with varieties such as Osprey, Desiree, Saxon, Nicola for salads, Rooster and Vivaldi which was new for us in 2007. Aside from potatoes we also grow wheat for bread making, spring barley for malting and oil seed rape for a vegetable oil manufacturer. We also rear sheep and cattle on our farm in the Angus Glens.

As farmers it is important to us to attract different forms of wildlife to our area, as this can often help our crops. For this reason we built a pond on the farm to encourage ducks and other bird species. Additionally in 2007 we became part of 'Operation Bumblebee', a scheme set up to try and increase Britain's bee population. Away from farming completely Ian enjoys a good game of golf or curling. Finally we received the Silver Award from the RHAS for innovation for being co-inventor of the bio-degradable potato handling system. Back to Farmers