Old Speckled Hen Posted January 26, 2009 Share Posted January 26, 2009 After reading Poet's thread on co-op sausages and lovemychook's reply about "outdoor reared" pigs I found this from Saturday's Telegraph http://www.laverstokepark.co.uk/home The meat is expensive but if you check out how all his animals (including hens) live it's not surprising, and I'd rather go without than eat intensively produced animals. He also has his own slaughterhouse and has researched and implemented low stress conditions. I'm going to give it a try and stock up for next month. Has anybody living near there tried the shop? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BarbaraJ Posted January 26, 2009 Share Posted January 26, 2009 Nice stuff on there, beef is good. i try at least to buygood free range chicken but won't be paying £14 for a whole chicken Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted January 26, 2009 Share Posted January 26, 2009 I can buy a whole, free range chicke from a local farm for about £7-8 depending on weight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Speckled Hen Posted January 26, 2009 Author Share Posted January 26, 2009 I can buy a whole, free range chicke from a local farm for about £7-8 depending on weight. Thanks Claret, Morrisons do them even cheaper and I have no end of local producers here in Cumbria .... no, I was concerned more with the pork and I have to consider what happens to calves born to milk producing cows. I was taken with the buffalo, especially the cheese and the milk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leicester_H Posted January 26, 2009 Share Posted January 26, 2009 Sainsbury's have whole free range chickens (they name the farms they come from) - from about £6 - depending on size. They now also have free range thighs, and some other cuts - but never wings - what ever happens to these ??(I know they're the cheapest bits but I miss having them as I can never find free range ones) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted January 26, 2009 Share Posted January 26, 2009 I worry about pork too DA, even more perhaps because pigs are so human and intelligent. I'd rather eat my eglu than eat intensively farmed pork. Even the pup eats happy meat! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BarbaraJ Posted January 26, 2009 Share Posted January 26, 2009 I can buy a whole, free range chicke from a local farm for about £7-8 depending on weight. Your lucky i would rather shop at farm shops but nothing local here have to use supermarkets Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 26, 2009 Share Posted January 26, 2009 you might be surprised at what free range food is avalable to you locally, I found places I didn't know existed by using the post code search on www.freerangereview.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chooklady Posted January 26, 2009 Share Posted January 26, 2009 Sainsbury's have whole free range chickens (they name the farms they come from) - from about £6 - depending on size.They now also have free range thighs, and some other cuts - but never wings - what ever happens to these ??(I know they're the cheapest bits but I miss having them as I can never find free range ones) Waitrose do free range chicken wing packs, about 8 in a pack I believe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted January 26, 2009 Share Posted January 26, 2009 There's also a BigBarn newsletter - I don't have the link to hand, but it's another directory of locally produced stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 Just as an aside.......if you click on the 'About us' tab you will see that the company is owned by Jody Scheckter, the former F1 driver. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 Sainsbury's have whole free range chickens (they name the farms they come from) - from about £6 - depending on size.They now also have free range thighs, and some other cuts - but never wings - what ever happens to these ??(I know they're the cheapest bits but I miss having them as I can never find free range ones) You can buy wings online from http://www.sheepdrove.com - in pack size of your choice. I buy them for the dog, in packs of 2. They also do 'Doggy Bags' and all sorts of offal - we had a massive Ox Heart from them. Excellent delivery service as well. If we send our table birds to the next farm to be plucked then they always come back without wings - ahter plucking a few ourselves we can understand why I remember when Hugh set up his barns last year that he wasn't happy about the chicks being thrown out - but he was told it is the best way to get them out without any injuries. It doesn't look nice though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
..lay a little egg for me Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 you might be surprised at what free range food is avalable to you locally, I found places I didn't know existed by using the post code search on http://www.freerangereview.com I tried that, Poet, but unfortunately, they didn't have the farm shop about 4 miles away that I know about but suggested places that are over 40 miles from me...not very local! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abwsco Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 you might be surprised at what free range food is avalable to you locally, I found places I didn't know existed by using the post code search on http://www.freerangereview.com I tried that, Poet, but unfortunately, they didn't have the farm shop about 4 miles away that I know about but suggested places that are over 40 miles from me...not very local! I think the distances must be as the crow flies as they said one was 17 miles away from me yet I know it's nowhere like that as it would take me 3/4 hour down the motorway to get there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BarbaraJ Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 you might be surprised at what free range food is avalable to you locally, I found places I didn't know existed by using the post code search on http://www.freerangereview.com i tried 20 miles for free range chicken farm shop 20 miles veg 26miles away Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 That's a pain Do you know whether you have any farmers' markets near you? That way the produce comes to you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BarbaraJ Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 We get one about 15miles away the first saturday in the month thats it and i keep missing it with other arrangements . it was ok but not brilliant! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted January 28, 2009 Share Posted January 28, 2009 Did you check here? http://www.farmersmarkets.net/ I know that some areas are sp"Ooops, word censored!" - my folks also live in Herts and there aren't any near them either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BarbaraJ Posted January 28, 2009 Share Posted January 28, 2009 Thanks will have a look! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
