Meet the farmers

Ian, John, Michael and Peter McLaren

We have been supplying Bartlett's with potatoes for 20 years from our Perthshire farm. We provide the company with 5 different varieties which include Maris Piper Osprey, Saxon, King Edward and Rooster. In addition to potatoes we grow broccoli, spring barley for malting, winter wheat for livestock feeding, as well as rearing sheep and cattle. Our environmental management scheme has allowed us to construct beetle banks, conservation areas and walk ways around rivers near our farms.

Father Ian is the Director for the Scottish Crop Research Institute (SCRI) and we are also keen supporters of local schools providing funding for needed resources. Finally we were recently given the opportunity to be involved with a BBC video, which was aimed at teaching school children more about the activities on farms, it did not lead to a career in Television and therefore we will continue farming!! Back to Farmers