Lily grew up on the Isle of Mull, where she has been immersed in farming, tourism and food her whole life. The family business is Isle of Mull Cheese located at Sgriob-ruadh Farm (pronounced Skeeb-rua), located just inland from Tobermory on the island. It is a family-run dairy farm known for producing organic, raw milk cheese, including Isle of Mull Traditional Farmhouse Cheese and Hebridean Blue. Although the primary business is cheesemaking, the family have also recently built a distillery, to turn whey from cheesemaking, into alcohol, adding another element to the tourist activity, undertaking cheese & drinks tastings as well as distillery tours. The business has a busy café and farm shop and undertakes farm tours. Isle of Mull Cheese is sold throughout the UK and appears on many restaurant menus. Lily works full-time in the family business and previously worked as a Project Manager for SAC Consulting on Scotland’s Farm Advisory Service Programme. She has a Rural Business Management Degree. Lily recently took part in the Agritourism Futures Programme run by Scottish Agritourism and along with her family are active participants in the Core Community Group of the Agritourism Monitor Farms Programme.

Lara lives on a dairy farm at Bain Farm, in Sandwick on the island of Orkney. Lara works alongside her brother David and parents Willie and Kirstin and Lara and David are the fourth generation to be involved in the business. The Agritourism venture is The Orkney Dairy which Lara started in 2017, making produce from the unique herd of Fleckvieh cows. There is an on-farm shop selling milkshakes, yoghurt and cheese from the dairy herd, as well as home produced baking and this small shop has become a destination on the island and popular with visitors and locals. The Orkney Dairy’s products are now sold throughout the island of Orkney and also mailed out to other parts of the UK. The milkshakes are sold on Northlink Ferries which connects Orkney to the mainland. A recent development has been an outside catering truck, taking farm produce to events throughout the islands of Orkney. Lara previously worked for SAC Consulting and has a Rural Business Management Degree from Queen Margaret University. Lara is the Destination Leader for Orkney and Shetland for Scottish Agritourism and is a recent participant in the Agritourism Futures Programme with Scottish Agritourism.