What is Organic?

In 2010 we will be celebrating 10 years as a certified organic farm with the Organic Farmers & Growers Association & FABBL (The Little Red Tractor Scheme)
What does it mean to be ‘organic’ ?
The term organic is widely used these day but what does it actually mean?The organic approach to farming aims to work holistically with nature to produce food that is better for the local environment, our livestock and ultimately you as a consumer. We want to offer the freshest food we can with little or no food miles so you get the best produce we can offer with minimum impact on the environment. Our motto is ‘Local Production for Local Consumption!’
We have 3 main crops; cereals, grass and vegetables and salads. Our organic wheat provides our beautiful South Devon beef herd with straw for bedding during the winter months and our grass provides our cows with summer grazing and winter silage. Our cows are slow to mature and the beef is a purely grass-fed product making it very carbon-neutral! Our vegetables range from potatoes and onions to greens and peas. Our salad garden operates all year round and is the source of our wonderful, ever-changing mixed seasonal salad. Our organic vegetables and salads have no chemical residues and can be eaten straight from the field.
But don't just take our word for it, why not take a trip out to the farm and see the animals in their natural surroundings, meet our pigs Itchy and Scratchy, stroll around specially selected farm walks and take home some of our Peakhill Farm organic produce!!

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