
Photography & words: © Anna Rubingh

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Flower-filled pastures alternate with patches of woodland and higher up are the more barren fells. The woods in between the pastures are a perfect shelter for their livestock that thrive outside the whole year round, accessing all the farm’s habitats throughout the year. The Beaumont's Pasture for Life beef and pork are very special.
On their third-generation family farm, located in a breathtaking location on the shores of Ullswater in the Lake District, Claire and Sam Beaumont farm differently. They are working to restore nature and the landscape, while at the same time improving the productivity of their farm. The cattle are rotationally grazed on the species-rich pastures in summer and moved into the wood pasture in winter. “We produce 100% grass fed, high quality beef,” Sam explains, “and the pigs forage all year round in our wood pasture and woodland, feasting on acorns in the autumn and winter.”
“What we’re trying to achieve here at Gowbarrow Hall Farm, is a combination of regenerative farming and rewilding,” Claire Beaumont says. “We care for the environment and are aware of how agriculture should fit within the wider global issues facing our planet. But at the same time, we want to run a healthy business. We want to show that a combination of these elements is possible.”
And nothing goes to waste, from the hides of the cattle, Claire makes beautiful bags, purses, keyrings and more. All unique and sustainable products.
“What we’re trying to achieve here at Gowbarrow Hall Farm, is a combination of regenerative farming and rewilding,” Claire Beaumont says. “We care for the environment and are aware of how agriculture should fit within the wider global issues facing our planet. But at the same time, we want to run a healthy business. We want to show that a combination of these elements is possible.”
And nothing goes to waste, from the hides of the cattle, Claire makes beautiful bags, purses, keyrings and more. All unique and sustainable products.
In their brand-new converted barn, which they no longer use for their livestock, Wilderculture, an organization set up to support farmers and land managers that want to work towards more nature inclusive farming methodes in the uplands, runs courses on their wilder-culture approach.

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