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The gelato cabinet at Forest Farm, trays of every colour under their scoops.
Aberdeenshire

Forest Farm Organic Dairy

Scotland's first organic dairy farm, at Kinellar outside Aberdeen, with its own milk on refill, a gelateria and gelato garden, and a pizzeria.

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At Kinellar, just outside Aberdeen, Forest Farm became Scotland's first organic dairy farm in 1998.

Anthony and Anne Willis bought it in 1989, when it was still Glasgoforest Farm, gave up the sprays, planted hedges and worked with nature, and today Anne and her sons run it with their team and a small herd of organic cows.

The farm's milk is sold on refill, straight from the farm, so bring a glass bottle. The same milk goes into the gelato, made by hand in the gelateria and eaten in an award-winning garden that glows after dark under hundreds of little lights; the old milk churns the family brought from Wiltshire stand outside the door. There are gelato cakes and thickshakes too.

The pizzeria makes pizza by hand on the farm to a Neapolitan recipe, to eat there or take away. The family is working towards net zero, from the soil to the sale.

A short drive awayMarshall's Farm ShopA family farm's shop and kitchen near Kintore.1 min by roadSee itMarshall's restaurant, timber tables in a bright room of brick and stone.
Before you go

The farm's opening hours for the gelateria, pizzeria and milk refill are on its own site.

Bring a glass bottle for the milk.

Where
Kinellar, Aberdeen AB21 0SH.
Here
Organic milk on refill, a gelateria and a pizzeria.
Where it is

At Kinellar, off the A96 north-west of Aberdeen.

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Directions
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Stay nearby

Places to stay near the farm, and when each is next free.

Timber cabin with metal roof and decking surrounded by woodland treesNorth Lodge and River Cabin
  • Sleeps 6
  • In Banchory
  • 19 miles from Forest Farm
Free 11–13 NovA stone farmhouse covered in climbing ivy stands behind a gravel drive, seen through overhanging pine branches.Cuttieshillock
  • Sleeps 6
  • In Strachan
  • 19 miles from Forest Farm
Free 16–18 OctA stone cottage with dormer windows sits behind a low blue gate, a rose-covered archway framing the front door.Gamekeeper’s Cottage
  • Sleeps 6
  • In Strachan
  • 19 miles from Forest Farm
Free 2–4 NovA stone steading with a slated pyramid roof and a chimney stands behind a green nameplate sign, a chair visible through the window.No 2 Steading Cottage at Glendye
  • Sleeps 4
  • In Strachan
  • 19 miles from Forest Farm
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