A modern farm with traditional values…

For over 60 years, my family have been poultry farming near Witney, West Oxfordshire and that experience forms the basis of how we farm today. As a boy, I loved spending time with my grandparents on their small holding in New Yatt, near Witney. I have great memories of helping my grandfather feed the hens and getting pecked as I put my hand into their straw nest boxes to collect their eggs. My grandfather was a master baker and used the eggs to make wedding cakes and a small egg round for the local villages. His empathy with his hens, work ethic and customer focus are values that shape how we farm today.

It’s not all been farming…. after school, I followed my passion for nature and did a biology degree at Bristol University but then moved to London to become for a management consultant. Over 15 years, I was exhausted, rarely at home to enjoy family life and it was time for a change and the opportunity to combine my love for nature, understanding of companies and upbringing on a farm.