We are a small market garden in West Dorset focused on growing the most delicious and nutritious vegetables that we can.
Our growing practices are considerate of the land that we tend, and we are driven by a desire to produce healthy vegetables, in bountiful quantities, for as many people as possible.
We are nestled on a hillside outside the small village of Wootton Fitzpaine, about ten miles from Bridport in West Dorset. We grow our produce on roughly half an acre of rented land at Fivepenny Farm, which is 43 acres in total.
It is thanks to the families at Fivepenny Farm that we’re able to do what we do. Access to land is often one of the biggest hurdles faced by new entrant farmers, but thanks to everyone at Fivepenny we’ve been able to learn and grow, experimenting and failing from the get-go, without the financial burden of buying land and taking on huge debt. For this we’re very thankful, and not sure where we’d be otherwise.
The rest of the farm is currently managed for a small flock of sheep, a herd of milking goats, as well as some other vegetable and fruit production, including apples, winter squash, jostaberries, black currants, and plums. We sell everything we grow, as well as some of the other delicious food from the larger farm, within about a ten miles radius. You can find more about Three Daughters Dairy here, and Fivepenny Farm Catering here.
“We love working outside with our hands, and want to make positive change, and we see food and food production as a meaningful way of doing that.”
Food sovereignty and agroecology are some of the principles at the heart of what we do.
We’re very aware that it’s still often a stretch for us to engage really effectively with the political work of farming off farm because we’re very busy just trying to keep up with growing the food.
Nevertheless, we’re committed to the work of food access and food sovereignty and although we have a long way to go, these issues are a driving force.
We are proud members of the Landworkers’ Alliance.