News and Events

December 2011
We now have a small herd of Sussex Cows that have settled in really well and producing beautiful beef. The Farm shop opening times have changed and we are now open Thursday and Friday 10-4pm and Saturdays 10-1pm. Sallys homemade pies, cakes and currys are proving very popular.

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Sally and Fred's story

Sally and Fred Sterling originate from Croydon, Surrey. They met at school and married in 1971. They lived and worked in Croydon raising four children. Fred ran his construction business and Sally owned and ran a small cafe in Tooting, London, but they always dreamed of living in the country and visited sussex on a regular basis. While the children were growing up Sally always kept lots of pets at home. They came across Red House farm on one of their holidays and fell in love with the house and the surrounding area. They moved there in 2002, and gradually Sally started to keep a small number of animals. Starting with chickens and ducks, together they have grown the smallholding, and now keep chickens, cows, pigs, sheep, donkeys, geese, turkeys and ducks as well as their households pets two boxer dogs and miniature Jack Russell. Fred, Sally and their son Peter all work together looking after the farm and the animals.

OUR APPROACH

We believe strongly that happy, stress free animals produce the best meat.We maintain the highest welfare standards and treat all the animals on an individual basis. Although we now look after a growing number of sheep and cows, most of the animals are still known by name, and the lineage of the sheep from memory. We see all the animals every day and notice any problems quickly, therefore the animals do not suffer stress or discomfort. We have found that there is a real demand for high quality produce. Our main aim is to maintain standards by keeping the farm small and continuing our real hands on approach. Therefore we are developing systems that are simple to manage for supply of our produce. The Farm Shop is small and informal. We only sell meat and poultry produced by us on the farm and all the cooked produce is handmade by Sally in her home kitchen