Stock Talk - Gordon Whiteford: Lower Mill of Tynet Farm

Welcome to Stock Talk. On today’s episode Kirsten is joined by Gordon Whiteford who farms at Lower Mill of Tynet in Banffshire. In 2012, Gordon and June Whiteford began Lower Mill of Tynet Farm. They built an egg business, then a micro-dairy in 2020, selling milk and now ice cream directly from their 24-hour farm shop. They have brought together traditional farming practices with innovative direct-to-consumer strategies and are proud to have won Sustainable Farm of the Year 2024. Timestamps 01.10 How it all started for Gordon 10.23 Organic hens and starting out with poultry 13.14 Lower Mill of Tynet 15.40 Nuffield Scholarship – Organic 22.16 Brown vs white hens 31.49 Micro dairy – milk and ice cream 48.46 What’s next for Gordon Related FAS Resources Organics in Scotland - Lower Mill of Tynet Case Study | Helping farmers in Scotland Getting Started with Organic Farming – How to Convert to Organic | Helping farmers in Scotland Managing Grassland Under Organic Systems | Helping farmers in Scotland Getting Started Growing and Grazing with Organics | Helping farmers in Scotland Other Related Resources Lower Mill Of Tynet.co.uk Direct Retailing from a Poultry, Dairy, Beef, Sheep & Arable farm – Lower Mill of Tynet - FAS Video For more information, visit Facebook: @FASScot National Advice Hub Phone: 0300 323 0161 Email: advice@fas.scot

You can listen to Stock Talk - Gordon Whiteford: Lower Mill of Tynet Farm online on Radio and Podcast. Open the player on this page to stream the available audio.

Stock Talk - Gordon Whiteford: Lower Mill of Tynet Farm is an episode from Scotland's Farm Advisory Service Podcast by Scotland's Farm Advisory Service Podcast.

This episode is 52:20 long.

This episode was published on Jan 30, 2026.

Yes. Use the heart button on the episode page to add it to your favorite episodes list.

Yes. This page shows related episodes from Scotland's Farm Advisory Service Podcast when more episodes are available from the podcast feed.