FARROW TO FINISH — CHESHIRE
Farrow to Finish isn’t a brand or a business plan. It’s four people who decided to do this…
Before
the change
OWL FARM
FARROW TO FINISH
WHAT’S NEXT
Mark spent years working in waste management before making the decision to farm. Not the most obvious path to rare breed pigs — but the pull of the land was always there, and when the chance came to do it properly, on his own terms, he took it.
Owl Farm came first. A working farm shop in Cheshire, selling pasture-fed meat and produce from animals raised the slow way. That side of things still runs, and always will. But over time it became clear that the shop only told half the story. People bought the meat. They didn’t see the months and years behind it.
Farrow to Finish exists to show the rest. The farrowing pens at four in the morning. The decisions about which animals stay and which don’t. The mud, the weather, the vet bills, the wins. The animals we’ve chosen to raise — Large Black pigs, Oxford Sandy and Black, Kune Kune, Hebridean sheep — are all rare or heritage breeds. Slower-growing, harder to find, worth the work. Each one carries a piece of farming history that nearly disappeared in the rush to make meat cheap.
We’re not the only people farming this way. But not many are willing to open the gates and show you all of it — the good days, the long ones, and the parts most farms don’t talk about. That’s what this site is for.
01
We think you should know what you’re eating.
Not just the breed or the cut — where it lived, how it was raised, what it ate, and how it died. Most food can’t tell you that. Ours can.
02
We think honest food costs what it costs.
Rare breeds, outdoor living, slow growth, proper welfare — none of it is cheap. We’d rather explain the price than hide it.
03
We think farming should be an open book.
The good days make it worth it. The bad days are part of the job. We’re not interested in showing you only the parts that look nice.
04
We think farmers and customers are on the same side.
You want good food raised properly. We want to raise it properly. That’s the same thing. The more people understand what farming actually involves, the better it is for everyone.
