Meat Producers

Bowland Outdoor Reared Pork

Bowland Outdoor Reared Pork is a small family business which prides itself on providing excellent produce. Livestock roams free on the rich, unspoilt pastures of the Forest of Bowland, ensuring pork, beef and lamb of the highest quality.

The pigs are a large white cross Landrace breed from a 40 strong herd of Landrace sows and a large white boar. Once weaned at 8 weeks of age, the piglets are reared in outdoor straw bedded kennels, fed on a natural cereal based diet and organic cheese whey.

Beef is mainly from Aberdeen Angus cross cattle which share their grazing with a small flock of hill sheep producing Texel lambs. All of these are reared slowly and traditionally, eating mainly lush grass with a cereal and hay diet through the winter.

All the animals are taken to a small local abattoir, and all meat is cut and packed professionally on the farm. This means that all products can be traced back to their origins and reach you in prefect condition.

The quality of the meat is reflected in the number of awards the company has won. These include Northwest Fine Food’s Producer of the Year, Best Pork and Best Overall Sausage Awards in 2004, and Best Pork category for the stuffed pork fillet in 2003.

Bowland Outdoor Reared Pork’s produce is available at farmers' markets and food events across the north west. The company specialises in hog roasts and barbeques for special events and functions. And you can now enjoy their produce through a new mail order service.
For more details on Bowland Outdoor Reared Pork visit www.bowlandpork.co.uk

Bowland Forest Foods

Forest Foods is a venture owned by a Bowland Farmers Cooperative. The farmers joined together as a cooperative in order to supply their produce directly to the customer. In the heart of the Forest of Bowland this small company brings to an increasing number of discerning customers a fine portfolio of succulent quality meats reared by farmers who care. All Bowland Forest Foods products are processed and distributed through local fully licensed and regulated businesses in order to bring to the customer meats, which are both high in quality, and assured of excellent taste.

Bowland Forest Foods works closely with farmers, butchers and restaurants to bring you the very finest English meats from the Forest of Bowland. The butchers and chefs have been selected for their skill and expertise guaranteeing they will provide you with superb quality and service.

For a full listing of the butchers and hotels/restaurants they supply please visit the website. They have recently launched a new product, a naturally produced and succulently sweet tasting heather reared lamb. For more details on heather reared lamb visit www.heatherrearedlamb.co.uk

Burholme Farm

Nestled by the Hodder River in the heart of the Forest of Bowland, Burholme Farm is the oldest farm owned by the Duchy of Lancaster, dating back to the 14th Century. The Spence Family have been farming cattle and sheep here for 40 years. They are now offering limited supplies of their farm-reared beef and lamb direct to discerning people who appreciate the quality and taste of real meat. This premium meat will be delivered to you vacuum packed, boxed and labelled, ready to drop straight into your freezer. Each box contains a variety of the most popular cuts.

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