Gutchpool Farm

In a quiet corner of Dorset, our regenerative farm produces 100% grass fed lamb and hogget from our flock of native breed sheep

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Who we are

Great Taste Award winners of our slow matured lamb and hogget, sold direct from our farm

Gutchpool is a small family run grassland farm on which we run a flock of pedigree Dorset Down sheep for lamb and hogget, as well as a few Shetlands for mutton and their beautiful wool. The sheep live their life on the farm and are outside all year, lambing in spring. By rotationally grazing we move them frequently onto new diverse mix pastures, mimicking nature, with access to hedgerows and field margins, which ensure they have a nutritious and varied diet.

The pastures are a mixture of deep rooting flowering plants, grasses, clovers and herbs, full of vitamins and minerals impart an exceptional flavour to the meat, which not only tastes amazing but is much healthier for us - and the planet - than grain and soya fed meat.

We pride ourselves in our high animal welfare standards, the animals are stress free and exhibit their natural behaviour with plenty of shade and shelter. We use a small local abattoir, the meat is expertly butchered by an award-winning master butcher nearby, which keeps everything local and food miles to a minimum.

We also sell organically tanned sheepskins, woven throws and knitting yarn, all from our sheep’s wonderful fleeces.

About us

We greatly value our sheep

Honouring the whole animal

The sheep provide us with delicious meat and their skins are organically tanned for us. Wool is a wonder fibre, with endless benefits, and we have their annual wool clip made into knitting yarn, woven throws and machine knits - nothing is wasted.

What we stand for

High animal welfare, farming with and for nature, and providing food for our community

We farm following regenerative and organic principles, without any pesticides or chemicals, and we believe that having 100% pasture fed livestock on the farm is integral to a sustainable farming future.

By not disturbing the soil we keep the carbon in, while the sheep convert the grass to protein, giving us meat which is low in saturated fat, while high in Omega fatty acids, vitamins and minerals.

The way we farm improves fertility, encouraging microbial activity in the soil and biodiversity on the land, evident in the abundance of wildlife, particularly birds, butterflies and invertebrates that we see all over the farm.

Other Certifications

Regenerative (O,F & G)

Farming Practices

Slow grown lamb, hogget and mutton from our closed flock of pedigee MV accredited Dorset Down and Shetland sheep. We have very high welfare standards and do not blanket treat the flock with medicines or antibiotics, only treating individual animals when necessary. The sheep are encouraged to exhibit their natural behaviour, browsing hedgerows and margins as well as diverse mix pastures with plenty of shade and shelter. Our method of farming is to regenerative and organic principles, without inputs of any kind, rotationally grazing the sheep using the Savory Holistic Grazing program, the key to this is the long rest periods we give the pastures before returning to them. We farm with nature as part of our holistic approach to the farm generally, and with the significant tree planting, hedgelaying program we have had over the last 8 years, together with a wetland corridor which now runs through the centre of the farm, we have seen an abundance of wildlife, flora and fauna back on the farm.

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