Collection: Meat Boxes

How are our cattle reared?

• 100% pasture fed. We do not feed our cattle any grains and we are certified with Pasture for Life
• We practice holistic planned grazing (also known as Adaptative Multi Paddock grazing) to maximise the amount of rest the land gets and maximise diversity in the pasture for the cattle to graze.
• During the winter, we practice bale grazing to enable us to keep the cattle outside for as long as possible. This is where we roll out a bale of hay each day for them to eat. Some of it gets trampled back into the soil to feed the microbes and increase the health of our soil.
• Whilst we are building our soil health, we are still housing our cattle for about three months each winter when the ground is at its wettest. Whilst the cattle are inside they eat only hay and silage which we have made on the farm, keeping a closed nutrient loop.
• The breed of our cattle are Aberdeen Angus and we are pedigree registered. We chose these cattle not for their breed, but the breeder as we wanted genetics from a regenerative system so that their epigenetics would be well matched to our farm and the way we manage our grazing.
• Second year of conversion, certified with OF&G as they are a local certifier for us and we work together within the Shropshire Good Food Partnership

How do we know that we are regenerating the land? We have an Ecological Outcome Verification survey each year and we have increased our Ecological Health Index score each year since we started.