Our Story

A farm shop has always been our long-term family goal. We were a significant presence in the local farmers markets and food festivals, as well as at private catering events with our Lamb Van. A farm shop always seemed a natural progression for the business, but at the time we didn’t actually have a farm, so a farm shop seemed unobtainable.

The retail side of our business was always very much my wife Katie’s domain. She was always the face that you would see at the farmers markets and catering events.

Sadly, Katie very unexpectedly passed away in February 2024, leaving the boys and me with some difficult decisions to make. Logistically we just could not carry on with the farmers markets and catering single-handedly, so we had to make the difficult decision to stop them.

Later in 2024 we were presented with the opportunity to take on the tenancy for Little Church Farm. This is something that had always been a dream, but we never considered it a reality, and yet here we were with our own farm.

It was very much a bittersweet end to what would firmly be the worst year of our lives.

It took some time, but in November 2026 we opened the doors of our little farm shop.

We faced plenty of obstacles to get here, the loss of our local abattoir for example, not to mention many other issues, but throughout we have done our best to follow our ethos: Local, Ethical, Sustainable.

The point for us in having our own farm shop was to showcase the best possible local produce, from the most dedicated and passionate producers. We produce as much as possible on our own farm: our own meat, eggs and honey. But the overriding rule is that everything is produced within Hampshire.

We are lucky to have a ready-made list of suppliers, made up of our farmers market friends. This means that we personally know the producers, we know their products and how they make them. I think this makes our shop pretty unique. We are also keen to make sure that our shop is worth the visit, so we stock a diverse range of products, many of which change seasonally, and we are always keen to stock something a little different.

At the end of the day we are a small, family-run, tenanted livestock farm trying to do what we need to do to pay the bills. If along the way we can showcase the amazing industry that is British farming, then I consider that a win.

Our little family-run farm shop is open at weekends from 10am until 3pm. Unfortunately our limited opening hours are necessary because we still have a farm to run, and without the farm there would be no shop.

We’re really looking forward to you coming to say hello.