About us
Who we are
We have a relatively small, family farm here in Petrockstowe, run by husband and wife team Richard and Ruth Kelsey. Richard is a farmers son and has been farming himself for 42 years. The main part of his working life was spent growing vegetables for the large supermarkets, some 5 million cabbage and 15 million spring onions per year! An unease with the imbalance of power in the trading relationship with the supermarkets and the intensive methods of farming necessary led us to look for an alternative market for our wares which lead us to Devon and the birth of our local veg and meat box delivery service
Organic? We are not registered ‘organic’ but we have extremely high welfare standards and our cattle receive no routine medication apart from wormer and apart from on very rare occassions are Antibiotic Free for life
All of our meat comes from our own small herd here at Hallwood
Where We Are
At Hallwood Farm we have 50 acres of gently sloping south facing land on the outskirts of the village of Petrockstowe.
What We Do
We raise a small herd of Ruby Red Devon x Jersey cattle see Hallwood Meat.
We are not registered as organic growers but, like to think we are a sensible ‘half way house’ between organic and conventional farming. Hallwood Husbandry FAQs
Support Your Local Economy
According to an in depth study by The New Economics Foundation into local rural economy ‘Income into organic food box schemes generates about twice as much for the local economy as supermarkets’ see Plugging the leaks
