produce about us careers planning application farm shop and cafe contact us John’s Story I first came to Castleton Farm in March 2006 with Hops Agricultural Workers Scheme. The snow was causing disruption to the work process and my initial reaction was, thankfully each of us had a return ticket home as this was not looking promising for work. However, within ten days I began my first job on the farm planting strawberries in one of the tabletop tunnels. Within the next month, I was in a team of planters where we took planting into some new fields. As time progressed in April I joined the Irrigation team which involved setting the irrigation systems for new fields. By June, carting fruit to the coldstore became my main priority. After six month being at the farm, my time for that year was finally up and I was able to go on a bus trip surrounded by my friends to London followed by Paris. Read more Lena’s Story My name is Lena and I am originally from Estonia. I first arrived at Castleton in the summer of 2005, when I actually felt disoriented but in the same time ready to discover the unknown and this is where my story starts from: I’ve been working for Castleton Farm since my move to the UK in 2005. I started with strawberry picking, not an easy job considering the weather conditions sometime, but easier and enjoyable over time. Things became much easier when I met Gabby from Romania and we both got on and worked together, we fell in love and our love still goes on. Both aiming for a good future and a better life, it was a strong motivation to ignore the fact that we are living far away from our families. Read more Castleton Fruit Fordoun Laurencekirk Kincardineshire AB30 1JX Tel: 01561 320409 Email: enquiries@castletonfarm.co.uk Privacy Policy Copyright 2021 Published by reddishpink media

produce about us careers planning application farm shop and cafe contact us Castleton Farm Shop & Cafe Situated in the heart of the Howe of the Mearns, opened in 2008 in the Old Filling Station in Fordoun. The shop was open seasonally from June until October selling our own fruit and local meats, cheeses, vegetables and much more. The shop grew in popularity and in 2008 we opened our custom built Farm Shop and Café at the end of the farm road. You can be assured of a warm welcome to enjoy an exceptional shopping and dining experience based on our own and local produce. Bigger and better In 2013 an extension was completed which increased the seating area in the café, increased the floor space in the farm shop and introduced a second kitchen for producing the homebaking, ready meals and all the jams, chutneys and syrups. Open 7 days a week Mon – Sat 9 – 5 Sun 10 – 5 Visit our Farm Shop and Cafe site> Castleton Fruit Fordoun Laurencekirk Kincardineshire AB30 1JX Tel: 01561 320409 Email: enquiries@castletonfarm.co.uk Privacy Policy Copyright 2021 Published by reddishpink media