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JOB VACANCIES

We often have job vacancies for Fruit pickers and we will be requiring staff to help in the Cafe when it is up and running.

If you are interested in applying for a fruit picking
job, or would like to be considered for a position within the new Castleton Farm Cafe,
please

click on this link for an online application form
(this will open a Word document. Once completed, email it to us as an attachment)

or
click on this link to contact us

tending the fruit at Castleton Fruit farm

About Us

The Mitchell family moved to Castleton in 1992, milking cows for 6 years before taking the decision in 1999 to stop dairying and concentrate on growing soft fruit. Since then the acreage has grown each year to the 80 acres of strawberries, 15 acres of raspberries and 5 acres of blueberries that is now grown.

95 acres of the fruit is grown under tunnels which allows the increased harvesting season, May until October, and the production of better quality fruit.

The farm employs 300 foreign students, mostly from Eastern Europe, to carry out picking and husbandry jobs throughout the season.

Fruit grown under tunnels at Castleton Fruit farm

Strawberries

tending the fruit at Castleton Fruit farm

Raspberry

Castleton Farm Shop was established in 2004, in the old filling station in the village of Fordoun. For the next 4 years, the shop was open seasonally from June until October with the range of produce being sold increasing each year.

Our policy has always been to source local produce and then, if this is not possible, British produce.

In 2008, a purpose built Farm Shop and Cafe is being built, boasting spectacular views over the Howe of the Mearns.
However, our policy has remained the same, and the selection of locally sourced products available has grown. The addition of a gift shop and cafe will develop the overall shopping experience and we are looking forward to seeing this project come to fruition.