Who We Are
Lowther Park Farms Ltd is the “in-hand” farming operation of the Lowther family. The family rents out many farms but by having its own farming company it well understands the challenges facing its farming tenants.
The farm is approxiamtely 3000 acres in size (the equivalent of 1100 football fields). The whole farm is managed organically which means low inputs, extensive, high welfare standards and nature-friendly.
We have 300 suckler cows and 5500 breeding ewes
1000 organic free-range chickens are produced each week, and organic free-range turkeys are grown for Christmas. The chickens all originate from eggs that have been laid on the farm by organically managed hens. Surplus day-old chicks are sold to other organic producers (Contact details).
The farm is approxiamtely 3000 acres in size (the equivalent of 1100 football fields). The whole farm is managed organically which means low inputs, extensive, high welfare standards and nature-friendly.
We have 300 suckler cows and 5500 breeding ewes
1000 organic free-range chickens are produced each week, and organic free-range turkeys are grown for Christmas. The chickens all originate from eggs that have been laid on the farm by organically managed hens. Surplus day-old chicks are sold to other organic producers (Contact details).
- 1283 - First documented reference to the farm
- 1580 - Farm some 720 acres in hand
- 1630’s - Detailed extensions to buildings
- 1830’s - Farm grown to over 2000 acres, drainage introduced
- 1895 - Farm became an extensive deer park
- 1939/45 - Land requisitioned by War Office for secret developments
- 1946 - Farm restored by Westmorland War Agricultural Executive Committee
- 1953 - Food production still paramount, current chairman took tenancy
- 1990’s - Milk production abandoned as too destructive to local environment
- Today - Farm run on organic principles