Our Produce

COMMUNITY, WILDLIFE & KITCHEN GARDEN

ETHICALLY RAISED MEAT & SUSTAINABLE FARMING PRACTICES

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Our meat

We like to say that our animals only have one bad day in their lives which is why, as small-scale producers, the welfare of our animals is our utmost priority. At Green Farm, we take pride in producing premium, ethically raised meat through sustainable, regenerative farming practices. Our animals live a free-range, stress-free life and are 100% pasture-fed, resulting in exceptional flavour and quality.

Our meat has quickly gained a reputation for quality and great taste, and although we are too small to be accredited, we follow all the organic principles and are pleased to be members of The Pasture for Life Association

First and foremost, we produce meat for our Retreat and Spa guests and for ourselves, but we also sell a selection of cuts and boxes when we have them available. Meat can be collected from Green Farm, can be delivered in Kent for orders over £30 and shipped nationwide (postage & packing charges will apply).

Our Aberdeen Angus-Hereford cross cattle produces meat with incredible flavour and texture and all our beef is hung on the bone for at least 28 days. Our flock of sheep also produce the finest quality lamb, hogget and mutton which we are very proud to rear and comes highly prized in our household!

Our Meat Selection

100% Pasture-fed Hereford/Angus Beef
100% Pasture-fed Romney Marsh Lamb, Hogget & Mutton
Outdoor-Reared Native Breed Pork

Why Choose Green Farm Meat?

1. Sustainability: Regenerative, light-touch farming with respect for the land and animals.

2. Pasture-Fed & Free-Range: Naturally raised for optimal health benefits and superior taste.

3. Farm-Fresh Quality: No preservatives or chemicals – just pure, natural meat.

Health Benefits of Grass-Fed Meat

Our 100% pasture-fed lamb and beef are:

Rich in Omega-3s: Promotes heart health and reduces inflammation.
Packed with CLA: Helps reduce body fat and supports overall health.
High in Antioxidants: Vitamins A, E, and beta-carotene boost immunity and maintain healthy skin.
Lower in Saturated Fat: A heart-healthy choice without compromising on flavour.

There is more information on the nutritional benefits of pasture-fed lamb and beef below

How to Buy Our Meat

Getting your hands on our premium meat is simple:

1. Order Directly: Call or email the team to place your order and collect from the farm.

2. Farm Gate Pop-Up: Visit us every Thursday, 10 am–12 pm, for fresh or frozen cuts.

3. Stay Updated: Join our newsletter for announcements about fresh meat availability and buying our limited meat boxes.

Fresh vs. Frozen

We offer fresh meat periodically, but it sells out fast. Our frozen meat is flash-frozen immediately after butchering to preserve its farm-fresh quality.

Why Customers love Green Farm Meat

- Locally sourced and ethically raised meat

- Incredible flavours from animals raised with care

- Personal service with a focus on quality and transparency

Our garden

Our Community, Wildlife & Vegetable Garden like the rest of the Farm also focuses on conservation and growing vegetables, fruit and plants in the most natural, organic way possible. The garden is a key facility of the Pearce-Coggan Foundation. It provides a haven of peace and quiet for the local community to enjoy, a place for younger generations to learn about food and wildlife, a facility for apprentice gardeners to gain work experience, and a safe space for community service participants.

Whilst much of the garden is designated to growing seasonal produce that we use to feed our Retreat and Spa guests, and provide fresh food for charitable activities, the rest is left as wild areas for the local wildlife to enjoy and thrive.

The garden was created from a 0.6 acre rough piece of farmland that was initially cleared by some of our pigs. The garden has recently undergone a huge overhaul with the aim to significantly increase the breadth and depth of the fruit, vegetables and salads we produce, enabling us, our guests and visitors to literally eat local as much as possible, all year round.

To find out more about the Wildlife Community Garden and the Pearce Coggan Foundation, including opportunities to get involved click here.

Our food

As a working-farm and a wellness destination, food is an important part of the whole Green Farm experience. It also means we have and adhere to a very simple philosophy around healthy eating – eat fresh, homemade and home-grown produce as much as possible, served as nature intended. This also means cooking in-season, using predominantly produce from our Community, Wildlife & Vegetable Garden, meat from our own ethically-raised farm animals, and sourcing anything else we don’t grow ourselves from other local farms and producers.

Guests can expect pasture-to-plate dishes that use freshly picked vegetables, salad leaves, fruit and herbs from the garden as well as dishes using the Farm’s 100% grass-fed meat and free-range eggs. Bread is always homemade and made using stone-milled organic flour and our milk comes from the local dairy.

Every Green Farm menu and dish is carefully created by Green Farm working closely with Nutritional Consultant, Alice Yeates to design naturally healthy, well-balanced recipes especially for those with special dietary requirements. Guests are welcome to venture into the fields and garden with one of the team to find out more about our produce and sustainable farming.

Lunch

Lunch at Green Farm, as part of a Spa Day, Spa & Stay or Retreat, is always a nutritious, two-course set-menu that changes daily. It always includes seasonal produce from the garden, is predominantly vegetable based though we do, of course, use some of our own meat for meat-eaters, and takes into consideration any guest dietary requirements.

Cream Tea at The Spa is only available to guests who are unable to arrive in time for lunch. This consists of homemade, freshly-baked Scones with Clotted Cream and Jam as well as a pot of tea. Bubbles can also be added at a small extra cost.

Dinner

At our retreat dinner times guests will enjoy a freshly prepared, homemade two-course dinner (main and pudding) hosted by Green Farm founders and owners Martin and Maryann in The Farmhouse’s beautiful Dining Room. Most retreat meals are prepared by our in-house chef, Ian Waghorn

We kindly ask that you advise us of any dietary requirements or allergies at the time of booking.

Food values

WHOLE FOODS - produce should be organic and chemical free, sustainably farmed and as unrefined as possible. As nature intended them to be.

HAPPY ANIMALS - the meat we eat should be ethically raised, naturally fed and honoured by using all of the animal. Eat less meat but better quality.

HATE WASTE - reuse, recycle and reinvent your food waste and leftovers. Nose to tail, root to flower, gill to fin eating.

HOMAGE TO THE SEASONS - respect the seasons and what they produce. What grows together, goes together.

HOMEMADE - real, honest food means making things from scratch, no unnatural nasties in sight.

CURRENTLY AVAILABLE MEAT FOR SALE

More About Our Farming Practices

All our farm animals live outdoors for their whole lives, our cattle and sheep eat pasture grass or hay made from our pastures, our young ones stay with their mothers, taking milk, for as long as they both want. Taken together, these regenerative farming practices make a huge difference to the animal welfare, the quality of the meat and the impact on the planet.

While not accredited (we are too small), we are proud to be members of the Pasture for Life Association

Importantly, while feeding corn and soya to ruminants is bad for the planet and less than great for the quality of the meat, pasture fed cattle and sheep can be part of the solution for climate change and soil health; the carbon cycle absorbs carbon into the soil, making it CO2 negative. These animals have evolved over millenia to convert a very low-protein, high fibre diet (grass) into high protein, good fats and highly nutritious meat. The nutritional value of pasture fed lamb & beef is discussed below.

Pasture Fed Lamb & Beef

What an animal eats has a direct affect on the quality, leanness and nutrition density of its meat. Cows and sheep are naturally grass-eating vegetarians, so all Green Farm sheep and cattle enjoy a completely natural diet from our traditional weald meadows whilst they live outdoors all the year round.

There are great health benefits to be gained from eating meat of this quality that is 100% grass-fed:

1. Extra Omega-3

Grass fed meat contains as much as three times more Omega-3 (good fats found in oily fish) than grain fed meat. This aids prevention of depression and cancer, whilst lowering blood pressure.

2. More CLA

CLA (Conjugated Linoleic Acid) is 300%-400% higher in grass fed cuts. This is a nutrient associated with lowering heart disease and cancer risk, as well as reducing body fat and maintaining lean body mass.

3. Lots of vitamins

Grass fed meat is rich in Vitamin A and E, which help strengthen the immune system and maintain healthy skin and eyes. Vitamin E is four times higher in our meat than grain fed.

4. Healthy fats

Grass fed meat is lower in overall fat and in artery-clogging saturated fat than grain-fed. This helps reduce the risk of heart disease.

5. Added antioxidants

There are plenty of antioxidants to take advantage of too. Our meat is jam-packed with carotenoids such as beta-carotene which are sourced from the pigments in the greens that the animals eat.

Rearing our animals in this way may take a little longer but our approach is ethical and sustainable, and that’s important to us. We ensure our animals lead a happy life and that our meat is of the highest quality. Rotating the animals through different pastures means we’re able to preserve native biodiversity, improve soil fertility and eliminate the waste-management issues associated with confined cattle sheds.