Over the years there have been significant advances in farming practices and different uses of the land through each generation. These changes have been embraced with each generation ensuring care is taken to enhance the farming enterprise with a particular emphasis on sustainability.

With an area of 830 acres, at its’ core the farm is arable land producing wheat, barley, oats, oil seed rape and peas. We maintain our historical link with livestock having cows and sheep grazing in the summer and winter. Alongside these core practices we manage an environmental programme throughout the farm to offer protection to birds & wildlife and to improve & maintain soil structure. We also manage 130 acres of woodland and the Danskine Loch, a SSSi area which affords it a protected status due to rare flora and fauna.

As the farm has diversified, we erected a wind turbine to produce our own electricity and installed a biomass boiler which is fuelled by timber grown in the farm woodland. This provides heat and hot water for the residential and holiday rental properties on the farm. 

Three of the traditional farm cottages have been converted into luxury self-catering cottages and we work with local activity providers to offer guests unique experiences on the farm and in the surrounding countryside.

In 2022 we opened the Award Winning Carfrae Farm Shop – a beautiful converted barn bursting with local and Scottish produce and a refill range for food and household products. 

We feel privileged to be the current custodians of this land and we always welcome the opportunity to share our knowledge and experiences with our guests while visiting us.

We are delighted to support Lammermuir Larder, a local food charity, and you can find a food collection box in the farm shop. We are proud members of Go Rural Scotland and the ASSC.