Our farming philosophy

At Gilchesters, on the site of a roman fort we work with nature growing and milling our heritage grains and rearing our white Galloway rare-breed cattle to combine a balance between farming and wildlife conservation.

Our choice of heritage wheat grains as well as our rye, spelt and even older Emmer and Einkorn cereals is the result of painstaking research into organic crop husbandry on our farm over the last eight years. Our organic farming methods allow us to produce the food people want in harmony with our surroundings.

Modern farming production methods often ignore the fundamental principal of growing crops and livestock within the natural constraints of the land.