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Just a short drive from Coventry is Elmhurst Organic Farm, a haven of tranquillity near the Fosseway. Rod and Ann Pattison's 83 hectare farm produces beef, sheep, pigs, poultry, eggs and cereals.
Livestock
Elmhurst's herd of suckler cows calve in early spring. The young stock are reared on the lush, herb rich, spring pastures, becoming healthy animals and, later, flavoursome meat. To keep the pasture clean and free of parasitic worms, the cattle are rotated around the farm with the sheep whose newly born lambs can be seen between January and April. Pigs and chickens are reared to the highest welfare standards in a free-range environment.
Conservation
Wildlife conservation combined with sound commercial farming is the philosophy at Elmhurst. Elmhurst’s careful organic management of its old pastures preserves the wild flora for us and future generations to enjoy. Cowslip, lady’s smock and bugle abound in the hay meadows in spring and summer. As well as the wild flower meadows, Elmhurst Organic Farm is proud of its woodland belts, ponds and well-managed hedges. The farm won the 1998 Loraine Award for nature conservation and organic farming. The judges said of Elmhurst: 'farming and wildlife are interlaced - the result is beautiful'.
Farm shop
The shop at Elmhurst sells the farm’s pork, beef, lamb, chicken and eggs fresh or frozen. |