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Who we are
About the farm
We farm near the village of Ardeley in Hertfordshire: we restarted farming at Church Farm in 2008 as a not-for-profit community interest company (CIC), and we work alongside our co-farmers, people with learning disabilities and/or mental health issues. On about 170 acres (69 ha) we grow a 130-variety orchard, soft fruit, and tunnel and kitchen-garden vegetables without pesticides, keep traditional breeds of pigs, cattle, sheep, laying hens and poultry, and also produce firewood. We sell our produce through our farm shop, butchery and café, open every day, the Jolly Waggoners pub, our online shop and a weekly food box delivery; visitors are welcome with a farm day pass, camping, glamping and wood cabins.
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What we grow
Food crops
Here we list the crops we grow for food. Open a row and we show you what we process from it and which of our products we sell.
Fruit
Apples
- Fresh produce
Apricots
- Fresh produce
Blackberries
- Fresh produce
Cherries
- Fresh produce
Currants
- Fresh produce
Gooseberries
- Fresh produce
Medlars
- Fresh produce
Nectarines
- Fresh produce
Peaches
- Fresh produce
Pears
- Fresh produce
Plums
- Fresh produce
Quince
- Fresh produce
Raspberries
- Fresh produce
Strawberries
- Fresh produce
Vegetables, mushrooms, herbs
Other herbs
- Fresh produce
- Sweet peppers
- Tomatoes
What we raise
Livestock
Here we list the animals we keep, with breed and headcount. Open a row and we show you what we process from them (milk, meat, eggs, honey…) and which of our products we sell.
- Alpacas & llamas
- Bees (5 colonies)
Cattle – Angus, Red Poll
- Beef
- Beef
- Beef
- Ducks – Aylesbury
- Geese – Embden
- Goats
Hens (350 head)
- Eggs
- Table eggs
- Eggs
Pigs – Hungarian Large White
- Pork
- Pork
- Pork
Sheep (100 head) – Lleyn, Suffolk (100 head), Texel, Welsh Mountain
- Lamb & mutton
- Lamb & mutton
- Lamb & mutton
- Turkeys – Black turkey
More of our products
- Firewood, compost & manure
- Firewood, compost & manure
- Kindling
- Plants, seedlings & seeds
- Christmas tree
- Poultry
- Poultry
- Vegetables
- Vegetables
Sales channel
- Farm-gate sales
- Online shop
- Delivery / shipping
- Gastronomy
Product categories
Product groups
Area
The farm's size category is based solely on the area of land, not on the scale of official revenue.
60 ha (148.3 acre) · medium (50–300 ha)- meadow, pasture (grassland) · 40.5 ha (100.1 acre) 68%
- forest · 12.2 ha (30.1 acre) 20%
- orchard · 4.9 ha (12.1 acre) 8%
- other · 2.4 ha (5.9 acre) 4%
- garden (vegetables)
Farming method / certification
Community farming
Languages spoken
EnglishLocation
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