Their portfolio includes Jardine Motors, Hongkong Land, Dairy Farm and the Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group. But the company has come a long way from its roots as a tea-trading firm, back in 1832.

The Jardine family’s 123-hectare farm on the Applegirth Estate near Moffat recently welcomed a visit from Agriculture and Connectivity Minister Jim Fairlie. The visit focused on how public land is ...