Winner of Farming Hero of the Year 2021 for raising £52K with the initiative #run1000. An incredible achievement & many congratulations. Sheena Horner is Founder of Food From Farming,a Consultancy business offering expertise in Quality Control, Business Start-Up, Social Media Management & New Product Development, and Sheena also created Galloway Chillies at her home near Wigtown, growing speciality & selling chillies, alongside hardy and half hardy herbs.

She started growing chillies in 2010 when she couldn’t get enough spice locally to satisfy her own tastes and has been developing the business ever since, with the business growing over 120kg of chillies in a season.

“A wee idea became a reality and Galloway Chillies was born! It’s not been the easiest of years but it’s definitely been fun! Lots has been learned and we continue to do so. One thing that has always been a constant is growing chillies as that is our main love but we have missed making preserves. Here’s to many more years of Galloway Chillies (whether we make preserves or just continue to grow chillies) and thank you all so much for your support.”

Adding spice to your life, Sheena grows a range of chillies from the mild to the wild. These little bombshells of flavour are the key ingredients in a number of products produced by others within the region and further afield.

She also grows a range of hardy and half hardy herbs, including over 20 varieties of mint. and provides a seasonal service of cut and grown herbs for the hospitality sector. But what makes the business special is that they are trying to do this sustainably by phasing out their plastic use. Therefore any plants received from Galloway Chillies will eventually be in totally biodegradable packaging. To date, both pot and label are fully biodegradable and next the focus is on packaging.

Sheena has also became a stockist of Dalefoot Composts which is a sheep wool and bracken compost

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