Background
John and Ali
John and Ali met in Western Australia back in 1990, John went there to sow wheat on a 18000 acre farm near Mukinbudin in the wheat belt, Ali travelled from North Yorkshire to be the cook on a neighbouring farm also sowing wheat.
They returned after their year travelling to Johns family farm in Angus, Scotland and married in 1993, they have two grown up children, one beautiful grandchild and 3 dogs.
Both John and Ali are passionate about farming and country life, spending time with their family, friends and rural community, when they decide to take time out they love to travel and explore new pastures.
John is an avid football supporter while Ali’s passion are her dogs, cycling and of course all things Hemp!
Growing Hemp, a zero waste, zero net emissions crop
Plant of the future
Having worked on many farms over the years and latterly had a career with a leading Scottish precision farming company, Ali learned a great deal about modern farming techniques. When the opportunity arose to become part of a Hemp group joining other farmers interested in growing hemp, she thought “why not, Hemp is on the come back and has sooo many uses”.
Researching Industrial hemp became an obsession and Ali was soon planning her new Hemp Seed business, based on the massive versatility of this plant from sucking up tonnes of CO2 from the atmosphere while it grows, improving soil health, grown with no pesticides or fungicides, to being a powerhouse of nutrition, improving overall cardio health with only 1 dessertspoon of hemp seed oil per day, this plant will also play a huge role in Scotland reaching its Net Zero targets.
July 2022, Ali started trading cold pressed extra virgin Hemp seed oil at local farmers markets, a few years later we expanded our range, bought a mill to produce protein powders from the seed pressing bi-product, we also infuse our oil with roasted garlic, chilli’s and a mix of herbs to introduce more flavour, reaching a wider audience.
2025 is the year for some further expansion of our Hemp Seed business, we are improving our premises on the farm and just launched our bespoke Hemp Soap range while growing our online and social media following…… our story continues…
