What's new at Sunnyside Farm

Summer

Hello All

Calves and lambs are skipping round the fields. We have a fantastic set of lambs all based on the Shetland breed. The calves are mainly Dexter but we have some Angus aswell. The calves are doing well and i think they are the best we have had.
The Dexter herd looks set to expand and we are looking for cows and young stock. If you havent tried the dexter beef you dont know what you are missing

i hope some of you saw us on Gordon Ramsays F Word. We filmed for a day with Janet Street Porter, who was incredibly nice. I hope the programme has highlighted the veal industry, and hopefully has set some facts straight.

this is a clip of the show
http://www.channel4.com/video/f-word/series-4/episode-7/a-taste-of-freedom_p_1.html

We have aquired some Tamworths recently, they arent my favourite pig but they taste good. Tamworth crosses will be appearing on the menu soon.

I have kept the below paragraph in as it is still relevant, i am sure everyone has heard about the pig crisis. Please keep supporting i hope we are worth it!!

We as farmers need our customers more than ever. Without our direct retail we could not continue at Sunnyside. Rearing animals for the supermarkets is a guaranteed financial loss. Food prices look set to continue to rise. For those who dont understand why, feed prices from milk powder to grain are going through the roof, and that will continue to push prices up. Couple that with the rise of consumerism in developing countries like China, they will start taking beef and grain from countries that supply us, and we wont get all we need.

It is a bleak outlook and food security is not on the list for this government so brace yourselves food shortages.

Dominic