The land behind it all.
Fields, pens, pasture, and a few areas we're still figuring out. This is where it all starts.
FARROW TO FINISH — CHESHIRE
The farm, properly.
Farrow to Finish runs across a mix of land types — pens and sheds close to the farm buildings, open pasture further out, and field margins that we leave largely alone. Every area has a job. Here’s what each one looks like.
The farrowing shed.
This is where it starts. When a sow is close to farrowing, she moves in here — it’s warm, quiet, and away from the rest of the herd. Most litters arrive early morning. We’re usually there.
The paddocks
This is where the pigs spend most of their time. Rooting, grazing, doing what pigs do. The paddocks are rotated regularly so the ground gets a chance to recover. In summer they’re out here most of the day.
The pasture
Further out from the buildings, the pasture is where the Hebridean sheep graze. It’s managed without chemicals — slower growing, harder wearing, better for everything living in it. The kind of grass that actually has flavour.
The butchery
Every animal that leaves this farm goes to a small, local abattoir — not an industrial one. From there it comes back here for butchering. It’s one of the parts of the job most farms don’t talk about. We think that’s wrong.
Managed slowly, on purpose.
No chemicals on the land. No shortcuts on the animals. The farm doesn’t run at maximum capacity because maximum capacity isn’t the point. The point is doing it properly — and having enough land, time, and space to actually do that.
