Our Farm
Arable
We farm approximately 1,000 acres in Bedfordshire and just across the border into Buckinghamshire. We have transitioned from a more traditional conventional based system to now farming regeneratively. We aim to balance food production with the environment, with a real focus on looking after our soils.
Everything works together as part of an integrated system. The manure produced by our animals is spread back onto the land, while crops we grow, including some of the oats and barley, help to feed the livestock.
Turkeys
We have reared and sold turkeys at the farm since the 1940s. Our Christmas turkeys come in as day old chicks and go right through to being sold in the farm shop. We use slower growing, traditional breeds, chosen for their flavour and succulence and to get a variety of sizes at Christmas to meet consumer demands.
Cattle
Our cows are Beef Shorthorn or Beef Shorthorn crosses, with all the beef we rear going through the farm shop. Beef Shorthorns are a traditional native breed, docile in temperament with fantastic marbling throughout the meat. This means the meat tastes delicious. We use a local family-run abbatoir, minimising the distance our animals have to travel.
Pigs
The majority of our pigs are Oxford Sandy and Blacks or crosses we rear ourselves and all go through the farm shop. This is a native traditional breed which is docile and slow growing, maximising the flavour profile. A number of our pigs spend the summer months outdoors, coming in when our heavy clay soils get too wet in the autumn.
