Beef direct from Coldwells Organic Farm
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Welcome to Coldwells Organic…
Coldwells is a 120 acre organic family-run mixed farm with a herd of 20 Aberdeen Angus suckler cows and 75 Shetland x Romney sheep, situated at Largie near Insch.
Our aim is to provide top-quality Aberdeen Angus beef from our organic farm for the local market with the least cost to the environment.
Beef at Coldwells is reared to full organic standards certified by the Soil Association:
- Farmed, and certified as organically reared at Coldwells organic farm (licence no. SG4581)
- Slaughtered at a local abattoir: John Munro at Dingwall or Millers of Speyside
- beef butchered Millers of Speyside
- Lamb butchered at Barbers family butcher of Alford.
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You can be assured of:
- Soil Association Certified Organically Reared Aberdeen Angus Beef Steers & Heifers
- Grass/home-grown cereals fed
- Traditionally hung for best flavour and texture
- No routine medications used
- Locally produced in Aberdeenshire
- 100% Traceability
- No added colouring in sausages and burgers
Organically Reared
Beef at Coldwells is reared to full organic standards certified by the Soil Association (SA) (SG4581). However, we feel that the costs, complications and distances travelled to fully certify processing are working against our core aim: to deliver fresh organically reared beef locally, at a sustainable price.
Nearest organic registered butcher in Perth 150 miles away.
The SA is happy for licensees to use a local non-organic butcher if there is not an organic one within 30 miles of farm. These abattoirs are not registered as organic but are under strict European Legislation.
What does ‘Organic’ mean?
On our farm it means:
- No routine medications are used on the animals. For example, no annual treatments for worms or drenches.
- No vaccinations against pneumonia or foot rot. Obviously we treat our animals on the vets advice if they are ever sick
- No growth promoters/antibiotics or colouring in animal feeds
- No pesticides or herbicides used on any of the crops grown. No artificial fertilizers spread on the grass.
- Enhancing biodiversity/agri-ecological principles
Instead:
- 8 year crop rotation 5 years ley (grass) 3 years barley/root crops
- Spread farmyard manure. Grow clover rich pastures
- Timely with sowing crops (crops are sown later and thicker seed sowing rate when the soil is warmer)
- Crops weeded with harrows
- Harrowing/hand roguing of docks/thistles
Subject to a rigorous inspection once a year by the Soil Association and Quality Meat Scotland which takes a whole day.