CB Farms

CB Farms sits in Bedale, North Yorkshire. Most of it is good in-bye land that spent many years in arable. Over the last ten years it’s slowly been coming back to pasture. Megan farms regeneratively, using native breeds that cope well with the UK climate without needing expensive inputs: Belted Galloway and Hereford cattle, Hampshire Down sheep and Berkshire pigs.

“At CB Farms we focus on animal welfare, soil health and social improvement”Megan Mulholland

There are no fertilisers, herbicides or pesticides used here. The cattle and sheep get no concentrates either. In summer they eat diverse grass, and over winter it’s deferred grass, hay and silage. The cows and heifers live outside all year round, and only the finishing cattle come inside to be housed over winter.

The beef and lamb are 100% grass-fed and finished, and nobody’s in a hurry. Cattle are taken to a minimum of 30 months, and lambs are usually around eight months or more.