Guardswell Grows News Today

Anna Lamotte from Guardswell Farm in Perthshire is sharing her contemporary twists on traditional pumpkin recipes for Halloween.

Monday 17 May 2021 A few years ago, as I sat overlooking the harbour in Sydney – I was living there and working at Time Out – an Italian chef, upon clocking my Glaswegian accent, looked at me and said, ‘Scotland? Great produce! But you don’t know what to do with it.’ This, I realised, feeling suddenly pale in the Australian sun, is the global reputation of Scottish cooking. Sure, our produce is world-renowned – salmon, shellfish, whisky – but there is little faith that we, as Scot...

Food column: Rhubarb is a sure sign spring is here by Anna Lamotte © Shutterstock / Kati Finell For brilliant recipes, the best of local produce, fresh ideas and insight, subscribe to our weekly Food and Drink Newsletter. Thank you for signing up to our Food and Drink Newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up Anna Lamotte, who runs Guardswell Farm and Guardswell Grows with her sister Kirstin, tells us why we should be paying attention to rhubarb this season a...

Updated: March 10 2021, 9.41am For brilliant recipes, the best of local produce, fresh ideas and insight, subscribe to our weekly Food and Drink Newsletter. Thank you for signing up to our Food and Drink Newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up They may not be joined at the hip like they were as children, but the sisters behind Guardswell Farm and Guardswell Grows work hand in hand. For most of Anna and Kirstin Lamotte’s childhood, the duo would be out on thei...

Women in food: Guardswell Farm and Guardswells Grow – how two sisters’ hard work goes hand in hand They may not be joined at the hip like they were as children, but the sisters behind Guardswell Farm and Guardswell Grows work hand in hand. March 10, 2021, 8:00 am For brilliant recipes, the best of local produce, fresh ideas and insight, subscribe to our weekly Food and Drink Newsletter. Thank you for signing up to our Food and Drink Newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later...

by Anna Lamotte © Shutterstock / Jerome.Romme Anna Lamotte runs Guardswell Grows with her sister Kirstin. Here, she talks about the ‘Hungry Gap’ faced by many in their industry, when farmers struggle to grow enough crops to meet demand. The ‘Hungry Gap’ is the short, but seemingly endless, period of time when Scottish farmers struggle to grow the nutrient-dense bounty we take for granted throughout the rest of the year. We’re not quite in the depths of it yet – it will hit us ha...