'We always treat our animals with respect'
At Daylesford our animals roam freely on our farm's organic pastures, and are mostly fed on organic crops we grow ourselves. We rotate our fields betwen crops and our animals, which allows the soil to build up nutrients naturally. All this means we are farming sustainably, and soon we hope, completely self-sufficiently.
All our animals are raised to Soil Association Organic Standards - all of which we exceed.
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Our lamb
We have four breeds of sheep including rare breed Cotswold sheep. The various cycles of these breeds ensures that our butchers have organic lamb all year round.
Our lamb achieved a Highly Commended at the Soil Association Awards 2010
Our Aberdeen Angus beef
Our beef predominantly comes from our pedigree herd of Aberdeen Angus cattle. Aberdeen Angus is well known for its superior quality beef. Ours tastes great as it grazes on our organic pastures and is hung in our abattoir to mature for 21 days. Many supermarkets only require their beef to be hung for 7-10 days
Our beef achieved a Commended at the Soil Association Awards 2010
Our Gloucester beef
We have a passion for preserving heritage breeds and rescued a herd of Gloucester cattle which was virtually extinct. This is a dual purpose animal which produces both a full flavoured beef and a milk which we use to make our award-winning Gloucester cheeses. Their meat is full of flavour and the cheaper cuts are perfect for slow cooked beef casseroles.
Our venison
Our outstanding herd of farmed venison is very rare indeed, it is one of a handful of herds to be certified organic by the Soil Association and is the largest herd in the country. We enjoy our venison at its best; in season from September to February. Our venison has won awards for its quality and taste.
Our poultry
Our chickens live significantly longer lives than even free-range chickens. As they forage, they make the most of our organic pastures, being a breed that naturally enjoys exploring. This all means their meat has time to develop its unique flavour.
We raise our traditional bronze turkeys on our own farm. Turkeys have a natural ability to roam around outdoors and ours are free to forage and we finish them on our own organic oats. This gives them their distinctive, exceptional flavour with a moist texture.
Our Daylesford Blue Legbar hens are a rare Gloucestershire breed that produces our award-winning blue eggs with yolks of a rich yellow colour and high in omega 3. They are delicious scrambled or poached and are great for baking.
Our Legbar eggs achieved a Commended at the Soil Association Awards 2010.
Our pork
We don't have our own pigs, but we've found a partner farm who shares our values entirely. The lovely people of Laverstock Park keep happy pigs who spend their entire lives out in pastures.
