Luffness Mains Farm
Sustainable arable farming in a beautiful, Scottish coastal landscape
Farming
Want to know more about the world of sustainable farming and what we get up to here at Luffness Mains growing healthy food for multiple markets?
Equestrian
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About Luffness Mains Farm
Luffness Mains is an arable farm on the East Lothian coast in Scotland, 20 miles from Edinburgh, close to many world-class golf courses such as the Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers at Muirfield.
A young Allan Stevenson came on his bike to the farm from Ayrshire in 1913, succeeded by his son John in 1956, then grandson also Allan Stevenson in 2001. The farm is managed by Farm Director Geert Knottenbelt with his son Graham.
Much of the fresh produce grown on the farm is supplied to customers in England, such as potatoes, carrots, and rapeseed. Some potatoes are also grown for sale in Northern Ireland and some seed potatoes for export to North Africa.
We also have a small haulage business for shipping our crops to our customers. In addition, we generate over £1m in revenue from haulage of a range of agricultural products such as potatoes and turf for other customers in the UK. The business trades as Luffness Mains Farming as much of the land farmed is rented away from the home farm.
About Allan Stevenson
A career as a chartered, accountant in business has been followed by a plural career, including the farming business, and a portfolio of non-executive directorships and trustee roles.
Recent jobs have included Chairman at the Farmers Club in London, Chair of two company DB pension schemes in London, a Board appointment at the Innovate UK funded Agri EPI Centre, facilitating the development of agritech technology for the UK food and farming sectors and Chair of Agri-Tech Investment Advisory, to bridge the gap between innovative agri-food start-ups and investors.
More personal time on the farm focusing on sustainable food production seems attractive now, despite the challenges of bad weather and the demands on farmers to give up on food and ‘save the planet’ with more trees and flowers on the whim of politicians and NGOs who think we can just import our food.
