The concept of organic farming is partly how the animals are fed and how the land they live on is farmed, but it is also how the animals themselves are treated. A contented animal has less stress and better growth than one treated as no more than a walking piece of meat. Two examples stand out :-

1. Hand-reared cattle are more trusting of human beings, because they expect decent treatment from their herdsman. This means that bulls are far more tractable and less dangerous, coming in expectation of a pat or a titbit rather than making ready to defend themselves from abuse.
2. Hand-reared sheep are less wild, associating human movement with fresh pasture or hay and not wasting energy dashing away from anything that moves. This also means that they have less stress and again put on weight, as well as being far healthier.

When the time comes for slaughter, the animals are treated humanely and killed as swiftly and as painlessly as possible. Respecting the value of each animal, its meat is carefully jointed or filleted and hygienically prepared, to ensure that the care in the rearing is not wasted. The meat is vacuum packed and stored chilled or frozen until sale.

A range or organic venison and game birds from the Estate is also available, with a range of oven-ready cuts, fillets, whole oven-ready birds, pates, sausages and burgers, for healthy and tasty eating. The details of the Organic Farming accreditation are in the page on Craigadam - Organic Lamb.

Details of the products available are given in the Craigadam Country Larder Website. Alternatively, contact Craigadam by e-mail, telephone, fax or letter.