our farms

Dotted across East Yorkshire, Anna Longthorps drove of free-range pigs can be found happily wallowing, sunbathing, and foraging as they please, while slowly laying down natural layers of fat at their own pace. Founded over 30 years ago, Anna took over the reins of her mother's business and continues to rear some of the finest free-range pork across Yorkshire. Anna's drove thrives on the sandy, free-draining land, which is essential for rearing fully free-range hogs to the highest of welfare standards, of which only 1-2% of farms in the UK can do. Compared to industrialised farming, these pigs have had the freedom to roam and the time to grow, which is reflected in the quality of the meat. Expect proper, traditional pork with seams of marbling that can't be matched by supermarkets, something Anna prides herself on - and rightly so.

Ed and Nicola Duggleby of Beswick Hall farm specialise in rearing grass-fed Belted Galloway beef and Oxford Down sheep, just north of the ancient minster town of Beverly in East Yorkshire. The family has farmed at Beswick for around 400 years, and their livestock graze in the River Hull Valley, on wetland that cannot be used for growing any crops or vegetables. The River Hull is a major migratory route used by birds for centuries and the area periodically floods. While grazing the wetland areas, the cattle feet create small divots in the soil, encouraging a whole new eco-system of invertebrates to become active and breed in the wet ground, hence creating a food source for many local breeding birds and also migrating birds passing through the farm and stopping by the nature reserves to re-fuel.