A little bit about Hill farm & our life mission...
Life At Hill Farm & The Hodson's... Building the off-grid dream!
Scotty and Jackie put ‘reciprocity, creation and people’ at the heart of their vision for them and their little family (Harry aged 8 and Millie aged 6).
To develop a regenerative, complementary and productive small holding which is off-grid, carbon negative, sustainable, organic and inspirational... wowsa...not too much then!?
To provide opportunities for like minded people; whilst answering the community and social need… both locally and internationally with our Pathway Community Care Farm.
The Farm Shop
Hill Farm aims to be regenerative and sustainable and offers an array of complementary food and products.
The Farm offers are a combination of:
- Aquaponics for Rainbow Trout.
- Natural “Green” Crops (Spinach, Kale, Watercress, Bok Choi, Swiss Chard)
- High Quality Tomatoes.
- Mighty Garlic production.
- Free Range Eggs from ex-battery hens.
- Rare-breed Animals for smallholders and lifestylers.
- Woodland Care and Forestry for BioChar production.
In collaboration with:
- CEFAS for high quality "beyond organic" Rainbow Trout
- Soil Association to ensure the land is up-to (or past) organic standard
- British Hen Welfare Trust to support and rescue ex-battery hens.
- The Rare Breed Survival Trust to help at risk native breeds
- Woodland Trust for woodland and hedgerow creation and management
The Pathway Community Care Farm
What is care farming?
Care farming means the therapeutic use of farming practices.
Care farming sits amongst other nature-based therapies that are collectively called 'green care'. Green care means structured nature programmes for people with a defined need to benefit health, social care or education outcomes.
Care farms:
- Deliver health care, social care or specialist educational services for individuals from one or a range of vulnerable groups of people
- Provide a programme of farming-related activities for individuals with a defined need
- Provide supervised, structured, bespoke care services on a regular basis for service users
- Are commissioned to provide services by a range of referral agencies
- Deliver services for adults, young people and children
Life At Hill Farm are proud members of the Social Farms & Gardens association who inspire new programmes of work and health benefits for all different types of people and groups. Bespoke programmes can be designed.
About Life At Hill Farm
Our Philosophy
At Life At Hill Farm, we believe in doing things right. We're not just a chemical free farm, we're a community of people who are passionate about sustainable farming practises, natural principles, biodiversity, generating healthy soil, providing good lives for the animals, diversity, fair trade, connecting with people and nature, and providing our customers with the highest quality & nutritious products. We believe that by working together and supporting each other, we can make a positive impact in the community and world a large.
Our Products
We offer a wide range of natural chemical free food and poultry products, including green crops, garlic and free-range chicken, eggs. All of our products are raised without pesticides, fertilisers, antibiotics and are hormone-free. We take pride in the quality of our products and are committed to providing our customers with the freshest, most nutritious, delicious food and poultry products available... delivered with the understanding of the bigger picture and our personal purpose.