4.6 from 1,822 reviews across 5 farms
Organised lists 6 farms in East Sussex, including 6 butchers, 5 raw milk farms and 4 farm shops. 1 delivers to your door.
Middle FarmRaw milk & meat · Lewes4.5 (1033 reviews)Middle Farm is a 625 acre working family farm on the South Downs at West Firle, near Lewes in East Sussex, farmed by the Pile family for over sixty years and now run by Helen and Rod with their sons Joe, Noah and Gulliver. The farm keeps a pedigree Jersey herd, all named after apples and pears, and describes their raw milk as a hug in a glass, free from interference and additives, with apple pomace from the farm's daily pressing in the cows' diet.
One of the country's first farm shops opened here in the 1960s and now offers more Sussex produced food and drink than any other, beside a butcher's shop selling additive free meat reared at Middle Farm and on local Sussex farms, a cosy tearoom, and a cider barn holding a national collection of over 100 draught ciders and perries. The open farm welcomes families every day to meet the Jersey calves, sheep, goats, pigs and chicks.Tablehurst FarmRaw milk & meat · Forest Row4.6 (404 reviews)Tablehurst Farm is a biodynamic farm at Forest Row in East Sussex whose award winning farm shop has grown from a tiny one day a week operation back in the 1990s. The butcher's counter sells the farm's own biodynamic beef and lamb and organic pork and chicken, with nitrate free bacon cured and smoked on site, and the six hectare garden supplies over ninety varieties of biodynamic fruit and vegetables.
The shop also stocks bread baked on the farm by Fermento Bakery, eggs from Orchard Eggs, cheeses from High Weald Dairy and around fifty savoury pies and ready meals from the farm's own Pie Kitchen. Raw milk from the grass fed Jersey herd, whose calves stay with their mothers until they can graze, is sold from a vending machine outside the shop, so bring your own container.Plaw Hatch FarmRaw milk, meat & eggs · East Grinstead4.7 (350 reviews)Plaw Hatch Farm is a 200 acre community owned biodynamic farm on the edge of the Ashdown Forest near Sharpthorne, held by a charitable trust and farmed biodynamically for forty years. It is a true mixed farm, with a dairy herd providing raw milk, cheese, yoghurt and cream, beef cattle, sheep, pigs and laying hens, and a 12 acre garden of seasonal fruit and vegetables, with close to 500 acres farmed in all within a 12 mile radius.
The farm shop sells all the farm's own produce plus organic goods from local suppliers, open 9am to 6pm Monday to Saturday and closed Sundays and bank holidays. There is an open farm policy too, so pick up a map in the shop and take the farm walk to see how the land and animals are kept.
Hackhurst FarmRaw milk & meat · Hailsham5 (20 reviews)Hackhurst Farm at Lower Dicker in East Sussex is an agroecological farm where holistic grazing sits alongside wellbeing days, yoga and barn hire. The dairy is run in collaboration with Imogen and David of Butterworth Farmers, whose herd of Dexter and Jersey cows is grass fed throughout the year, with calves staying beside their mothers to suckle until they wean themselves.
The raw milk is sold straight from the fridge at the farm and at farmers markets in Preston Park, Shoreham and Heathfield, with cheese and meat available too. To buy, text or email Imogen and collect directly from the farm.
My Little FarmRaw milk, meat & eggs · Hassocks4.5 (15 reviews)My Little Farm is a smallholding in the South Downs near Hassocks, run on a membership model where customers join the farm and share in what it produces. Crops grow in living soil without synthetic chemicals, heritage breed livestock forage naturally on diverse pastures, and a small Jersey herd grazing those same fields provides raw dairy.
The heart of the offer is the weekly Smallholder Box, filled with seasonal vegetables, pasture raised chicken, pork, lamb and beef, heritage hen eggs, raw dairy and organic sourdough, delivered to your door. Extras such as milk kefir, bakery items and pantry staples can be added from the farm shop each week.
Limden Brook FarmMeat · EtchinghamLimden Brook is a small beef farm in East Sussex, grazing permanent pasture and water meadows in the High Weald Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The cattle are mob grazed to build livestock and soil health, and the land is managed with wildlife in mind, home to dormice, nightingales, dragonflies, orchids and bluebell woods.
The beef is sold mainly in 5kg and 10kg boxes, with a sale day every 1 to 2 months, plus offal such as liver, heart and ox tongue when available. Sign up to their email list to hear when beef is ready, then arrange a time to collect from the farm. They also aim to be at the King Johns farmers market on the second Saturday of each month.Rebuilding the food system, from the farm up
