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HOUGHTON HALL HOUGHTON ORGANIC FARM STARTED CONVERTING LAND IN THE ENTIRE ESTATE IS NOW IN TO ORGANIC PRODUCTION 1998 ORGANIC PRODUCTION TOTAL LAND 4,286 ACRES ORGANIC PIGS BQP 10,500 FATTENING PIGS PER TENANTED 414 ACRES

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HOUGHTON HALL

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HOUGHTON ORGANIC FARM

  • STARTED CONVERTING LAND IN

TO ORGANIC PRODUCTION 1998

  • TOTAL LAND 4,286 ACRES
  • TENANTED 414 ACRES
  • IN HAND 3,872 ACRES
  • WOODLANDS 720 ACRES
  • PARKS AND PASTURE 865 ACRES
  • ARABLE 2,287 ACRES
  • THE ENTIRE ESTATE IS NOW IN

ORGANIC PRODUCTION

ORGANIC PIGS BQP

  • 10,500 FATTENING PIGS PER

ANNUM FROM 550 SOWS (125 ACRES) ORGANIC CHICKENS TRADITIONAL NORFOLK POULTRY

  • 128,000 BIRDS PER ANNUM (54

ACRES) ORGANIC VEGETABLES (450 ACRES)

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HOUGHTON ORGANIC FARM

OWN FARMING ENTERPRISE

  • 1000 ACRES ORGANIC CEREALS
  • 100 ACRES GREEN MANURE
  • 500 ACRES ORGANIC FORAGE

LIVESTOCK 450 AUTUMN CALVINIG JERSEY HERD, MILK CONTRACT WITH ARLA FOR MCDONALDS. LONGHORN COWS 100 HEAD PLUS APPROX 400+ FOLLOWERS CATTLE FATTENED INSIDE DURING WINTER PRODUCING MANURE NORFOLK HORN SHEEP 60 EWES PLUS APPROX 500 COMMERCIAL EWES LAMBS FATTENED ON FARM AND SOLD TO CONVENTIONAL MARKET DEER PARK

  • 14 SPECIES OF DEER
  • APPROX 500 HEAD OF FALLOW DEER & 100 REDS
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HOUGHTON ORGANIC FARM

CONSERVATION

  • STARTED HLS SCHEME IN 2006
  • APPROX 800 ACRES OF PARK

PASTURE

  • 227 ACRES DIVDED INTO

WILDBIRD COVERS, FIELD MARGINS AND POLINATOR BLOCKS BENEFITS INCLUDE

  • INCREASED NUMBERS IN

FARMLAND BIRDS AND ENGLISH PARTRIDGE

  • FOOD SOURCE FOR

POLLINATING INSECTS

  • SOURCE OF BENEFICIAL INSECTS

FOR COMMERCIAL CROPS

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RBOrganic Farm

100% Organic growing business formed in 2004 Based at Houghton Hall (Norfolk) Long term land agreement with available water (key resource) Additional land rented in Norfolk with water

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What do we grow?

Carrots 6000t, Potatoes 1500t , Onions 1000t, JV on Leeks New varieties – trials & commercial Hand weeding (100+ seasonal staff) 5 full-time staff and contractors for basic tasks

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What are our Environmental Credentials?

Minimum 7 year rotation Habitat creation Soil erosion Beneficial insect release Winter cover crops Irrigation management

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Innovation

Investment in on-farm automation. Precision Farming Variety development across range of crops

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tXSAlYhAwwI

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  • With organics in its infancy the packing site at Yaxley was set up to wash,

grade and pack organic root veg as a dedicated organic packhouse in 2000.

  • 2002 Produce World Ltd was formed as a holding company to pull together

all the sister businesses Isleham, Yaxley and Sutton bridge under one

  • umbrella. In 2011 Produce World Group was formed.
  • RBOrganic grower group (British Organic Carrot Growers Association) has

been going for over 10 years.

  • 2019 Produce World splits in to two divisions BFP and RBO

RBOrganic Packhouse

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  • New Celox optical grader operational from early 2013 investment of £150k
  • Installed A Pendred misting unit in the organic cold store to improve

bunched carrot quality

  • Reedbed water treatment system was installed on 2007 with a further

extension 2014 from 6000 cubic mtrs to 12,000 cubic mtrs

  • Currently working on alternatives to plastic packaging
  • Heavily investing in automation in factory
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  • 84 % Organic Carrots sold to retail and wholesale

are from the UK

  • The British Organic Carrot Growers

Association grower group meet bi monthly to review working projects and knowledge transfer

  • RBOrganic Ltd is owned by Produce World

and 30% of the total carrot crop requirement is grown by us.

  • We use the range of areas to give us

diversity of soil types and temperatures which allows us to supply UK crop from late July to end of April.

84% 16%

Organic Roots - Committed Supply Base

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  • Import growers
  • Israel, The Netherlands, Italy and Spain
  • Understanding of requirements,

working together for more than 10 years

  • Supported by the Yaxley team
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Allows management of indigenous pests (e.g. carrot fly). Seasonal support as disease focus varies across the country We use the range of areas to give us diversity of soil types and temperatures which allows us to supply UK crop from July to mid May.

TBG Suffolk Breckland Organic Norfolk RBOrganic Farm Norfolk TC & N Taylor Shropshire AA Carrots Aberdeenshire Midcoul Farms Morayshire

Yaxley TIO

Organic Roots - Production Areas

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