Meet Hill Farm Real Food

If you’ve been with us from the start, you’ll already know Hill Farm. They were the first farm we ever brought on board to the Organised app. The first real test of what this whole idea could be, and the living, breathing heart of everything we stand for. 

Their food speaks for itself, rich, honest, and nourishing in ways supermarket shelves can’t replicate, but it’s their way of farming, their way of living, that makes you fall in love with them.

But just because they need no introduction doesn’t mean their story doesn’t deserve to be told.

The Aidley family have been stewards of this land since 1938, when Tim’s grandfather first started farming here and even today it remains a family farm, with Tim and Elaine joined by their three sons, Matt, Ben and Dan, all of whom are full-time on the farm. Dairy has long been the heartbeat of Hill Farm, but they’ve always shared their meat and eggs with neighbours, friends, and family. Over time, that circle grew. And in 2020, they did what many wouldn’t dare, they stepped away from the safety of the commodity food system and launched Hill Farm Real Food.

Hill Farm is fully organic, but in practice, they go far beyond organic standards.Their calves suckle naturally. Their soil is never routinely cultivated. And all their animals are managed without antibiotics or pharmaceuticals of any kind. Instead, they use homeopathy, herbal medicine and natural remedies

When we arrived at Hill Farm, the first thing we noticed wasn’t the fields, or the cows, or even the sweeping views from the ridge. It was the warmth. The Aidleys welcomed us not as visitors, but as family. Within minutes we were following Matt across dew-soaked pasture, hearing about the rotations of the herd and the life beneath our feet. The entire day unfolded like that, a gentle rhythm of conversation and activity.

Matt is a wellspring of farming wisdom. Listening to him is like enrolling in the most accelerated course on regenerative agriculture you could imagine. He speaks with a kind of rapture, about soil as a living microbiome, about cows as ecosystem engineers, about how a healthy pasture can hold water, store carbon, and nourish both animals and people. 

The hours slipped away unnoticed. By late evening we realised we’d been so caught up in it all that we hadn’t eaten a thing. Of course, that hadn’t gone unnoticed by Elaine.

She ushered us into her home with a knowing smile and before we knew it the table was heavy with food.  Buckwheat sourdough pancakes, still warm from the pan. Sausages made from the farm’s own pigs. Fresh eggs, their yolks almost glowing. Butter so rich and yellow it looked like sunlight captured in a dish (in fact we ate it straight from the bowl with spoons like ice cream.

We’ve debated ever since whether it was the sheer exhilaration of the day that made it taste so extraordinary, or whether Elaine’s cooking really is the best in the world. The truth is, it was probably both.

You can order their food directly through the Organised app, and have it delivered straight to your doorstep.

Hill Farm offers raw A2, organic, grass-fed milk, probiotic-rich raw kefir, and traditional cultured dairy including cream, whey, and buttermilk. They craft raw A2 cheeses and deeply nourishing bone broths, alongside small-batch ancestral fats like cultured ghee and grass-fed beef tallow. Their pasture-raised hens provide organic, soya-free, omega-3-rich eggs, and their regenerative farm produces poultry and grass-finished beef,  including steaks like rump and sirloin, gluten-free beef burgers, mince bundles, and roasting joints. Beyond food, Hill Farm also handcrafts natural tallow based skincare, made with the same integrity they bring to everything they do.