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An Area of Outstanding Beauty

The farm is in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) and also an Environmentally Sensitive Area (ESA).

With the above factors in mind we take our environmental responsibilities very seriously.

All our fruit is grown to a very high standard of production and we are members of The Assured Produce Scheme we also practice INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT (IPM) and Natural Biological Control.



The Assured Product Scheme

This scheme was set up in 1998 to provide a Protocol for sound environmental and managerial techniques embracing IPM within British Horticulture.  It is an initiative that was grasped by British growers and we can now hold our heads up and say that British food is probably the safest in the world.

The scheme was set up in collaboration with the major British supermarkets the National Farmers Union (NFU and professional advisors.


Integrated Pest Management (IPM) and Natural Biological Control

By using sound environmental and management techniques we encourage predatory insects to live in the crop and to feed on harmful pests thus reducing the need for insecticides.

Worth noting is that all our Strawberries and Raspberries are insecticide free!

A few of the predatory insects found in an orchard environment:
Ladybirds  to control Aphids
Typhlodromus pyri Fruit tree Red Spider mite / Rust mite
Tydaeus mites Fruit tree Red Spider mite
Bumble bees  consumes honeydew surrounding Pear Sucker
Anthocoris nemorum  follows bumble bees and then eats Pear Sucker
Honey bees  aid to pollination
Phytoseileus Persimilis Two spotted mite on Strawberries