Best farm shop

BUY from the growers

ARDROSS FARM SHOP, Elie, Fife, ||WEBSTART||www.ardrossfarm.co.uk ||WEBSTOP||Family-owned Ardross Farm Shop in Elie has a wide range of foods, from sauces to sweets, pies to puddings, and an enormous variety of meat cuts from their own ethically farmed herd. It also stocks a range of daily picked veg from farmers across the UK, ensuring money goes directly to producers. Customers can visit the shop, with stunning sea views, or browse online.

THE SCOTTISH DELI, Pitlochry, Dunkeld, Aberfeldy www.scottish-deli.co.uk

Owner Alec Cruikshank has opened three successful stores that tie together three corners of Highland Perthshire. The stores have a tremendous stock of Scottish and international cheeses, organic meat, gift hampers, coffee and a wide variety of local organic produce. An online store has recently been opened, offering a vast number of Scottish and hard-to-source international delicacies.

FENTON BARNS, nr Drem, North Berwick, E Lothian www.fentonbarnsfarmshop.com Here you will find locally grown vegetables, organic meat, cheese, heather honey, oatcakes, free-range eggs, home-made pies, pâtés, terrines, soups and puddings. Fenton Barns focuses on fresh produce, so the range of fruit and veg is constantly changing and it offers a variety of smoked fish as well as game – from pheasant and guinea fowl, to venison and pigeon.

LOCHEND FARM SHOP, Scotlandwell, Kinross www.lochendfarmshop.co.uk Enjoy Lochend-grown vegetables, especially their famous carrots, produced on the farm and harvested daily. Home-reared beef in the freezer is highly recommended. They have honey, candles, cheese, butter, oatcakes, jams, chutneys – all from local suppliers, and are committed to sourcing and promoting Scottish products.

KNOWES FARM SHOP, by East Linton, East Lothian, www.knowes.com Part of a family farming business that produces its own eggs, vegetables and herbs. They sell all these items in the farm shop together with a range of home-made soups, preserves, pâtés and puddings.