Good morning,

As we let out a cautious but harmonised sigh of relief at this week’s news, I wanted to send a short note to explain our supply situation.

We started farming in 2012 with 6 cows, 30 acres and big dreams. We have grown to 300 cows, 300 acres, 16,000 apple trees and now have even bigger ideas of where we want to go.

Out of the 300 head of cattle, 140 are breeding cows, 5 are bulls and the rest are for beef. We matchmake our bulls with breeding cows in the spring and the autumn, see them through 9 months of gestation and patiently wait 2 and a half years before processing them for meat.

We have been growing our herd steadily but it takes almost 3 and a half years to get from intention to food. Our business changed quickly last year and we have not been able to scale up our beef production to keep up with the new (and much appreciated) demand quite as quickly.

We’re pushing forward, we’re working with likeminded and local farmers to sell their produce and get them to help us grow ours. We’re moving as quickly and efficiently as we can, whilst holding onto the ethics and welfare standards we started with tightly.

Thank you for being patient with us as we go through this transition. We will have a lot more beef to supply you in the coming years, but for now we appreciate your ongoing support and promise to keep you up to date with farm news and upcoming butchery plans.