Childhay Manor Organics actually covers three organic farms in Dorset and Wiltshire, our chickens come from local farms just over the border into Devon, our pigs live on the Rushall Farm near Salisbury and our beef and lamb live on Childhay Manor farm in Dorset.

The animals are nurtured for longer for a better, more intense flavour. Our slow growing rustic breed of chickens which are renowned for their wonderful flavour, firm texture and taste.

We insist on very high welfare standards, so our animals live relaxed, natural lives for example, the pigs enjoy a free range lifestyle on the Salisbury Plains and can root and mess around to their heart's content. They live on grass paddocks in groups of 40 with cosy, straw filled kennels. In summer, they have access to water sprinklers which they use to create mud baths to keep themselves cool. Like all our animals, they eat only good quality GM free organic food.

Childhay Manor Organics' lambs come from our flock of 600 free range Mule ewes and Charolais rams prized for their lean meat and great flavour. Our flock is closed which means to avoid bringing in new diseases, we don't buy in ewes from other farms. The sheep spend their entire lives outside on the Dorset meadowlands, where they produce the most delicious lamb throughout the year. We even lamb them outside in the warm weather to reduce any unnecessary stress on the sheep.

Our chickens are sourced from a local farmer who is committed to the same organic standards and quality as us. The chickens live in spacious houses in small flocks where they have plenty of space and daylight access to green pastures They are slowly reared for twice the time of conventional birds for an intense flavour and good texture.