Since purchasing the holding in 2021, the farm team has undergone an impressive transformation, developing the site into a fourishing multi-enterprise farm business and community. With a clear commitment to organic farming, they’ve joined the RAAP Programme and set out to model what they want to see: all food in England grown regeneratively for local humans.
With livestock, vegetable and agroforestry enterprises, as well as sales channels now taking shape, the next natural step is to make the best use of the farm’s produce and surplus through a value-adding commercial kitchen. This is not only for commercial reasons, but also to spark creativity and strengthen the connections between the farm’s many enterprises and the people involved.
The Ethos of the farm
The farm follows these principles:
- Explorative: Sometimes we do listen to our mothers’ wisdom, and sometimes we decide to ignore it wholeheartedly and make our own mistakes.
- Bold: We are aware that some people won’t like what we are doing – putting up polytunnels, planting trees in the middle of what were perfectly good mono-species fields, but we are ok with that
- Hungry: We are keen to learn, to engage with other people doing things differently.
- Collaborative: We realise that even if we get everything right and produce fantastic food, we are but a small drop in a large ocean. We collaborate to learn, to connect with those around us and to help propagate new ideas.
- Fun: We try not to take ourselves too seriously. Serious is tiring.
Farm Facts
| Country | England |
| Region | Gloucestershire |
| Farm size (ha) | 40.5 |
| Land types | Mainly pastures and woodland |
| Current operations | Beef, hens, broilers, market garden, tree nursery, agroforestry and holiday letting |
| Current team | Team of 14 people across enterprises, sales, finance, maintenance and admin |
| Customers | 50-60 person box scheme, 7 markets per week, wholesale customers and building a small self-service shop |
Opportunity Facts
| Enterprise | Value-adding food products from farm produce |
| Likely scale | Around 20 different products in batches of 200-500 |
| Infrastructure available | Appropriate building and storage space available |
| Farming principles | Organic farming, Regenerative principles |
| Agreement type | Flexible – open to joint venture partnership |
| Market access | Sales outlets established via markets, box scheme and wholesale, could probably go anywhere from ÂŁ30k to ÂŁ100k revenue in relatively short time |
What you can expect
- Strong support from a Landholder committed to regenerative farming
- Vast opportunities for utilising farm produce and surpluses
- A great farm team and community around you
- Connections to other collaborative farms and kitchens
- Good willingness to invest in the Enterprise from Landholder’s side
- A stable and fair financial arrangement
Who we’re looking for
The ideal person for this opportunity has:
- A contagious passion for organic and regenerative food
- Solid experience within catering/professional kitchens
- Great attention to detail, particularly around health and safety documentation
- Perhaps some farming experience, but it’s not a must-have
- A creative and entrepreneurial spirit who values fun
- Good communication and is well-organised
- Someone who knows both their spreadsheets and saucepans
Could this be you?
Photos from the farm
