Our Farmers
Robert Mercer
The Mercer family have been producing pigs for 70 years. The Mercer family first started farming pigs in Harlaston, Staffordshire just after the First World War. Through the years their skills have been handed down and built upon through 4 generations of pig farmers.
Established in 2002 by Robert Mercer the unit now successfully supplies pigs to a wide range of local outlets who in turn supply the discerning customer who wants to know where and how their food is produced. With the help of families experience and Robert’s forward thinking and knowledge the unit at Packington has gradually grown
Martin Falder
The Falder Family have been farming lamb for over 100 years in the South Derbyshire hills. Martin prides himself on the traditional methods of sheep farming with all lamb being grass reared with no feed concentrates or artificial additives.
Alec Mercer
Alecs’ family has been farming for over 70 years. Through the years the skills and experience has been handed down from generation to generation. Alecs’ father learnt from his father in exactly the same way as Alec now learns from him.
Alec believes passionately in sustainable and ethical farming and felt that consumers where being turned off by high-density, low quality animal farming that paid little notice to animal welfare. Alec now concentrates on low density, environmentally sound and welfare orientated farming that he feels has a real future and will help the family continue farming the land for generations to come.
