Derwen Farm

Derwen Farm Derwen Farm, a family-run, organic smallholding in West Stafford, Dorchester All our livestock is free to range.

Derwen Farm started out as two degraded
maize fields, which we took control of in 2015. We are building a family run mixed farm providing high quality local produce, certified organic by the Soil Association. We have two flocks of White Leghorns and Lohmann browns, a flock of Jacob sheep, and a herd of various Berkshire and Gloucester Old Spot cross pigs.

When we started out, we had many WWOOFer volunteers come to the farm (world wide opportunities on organic farms). One lo...
24/08/2026

When we started out, we had many WWOOFer volunteers come to the farm (world wide opportunities on organic farms). One lovely Italian couple taught us how to make Pasta alla Norma and it’s all about the sofrito!
I cooked the aubergine first and then added it as a crispy topping.
All ingredients available in our veg boxes this week. Order here: https://derwenorganic.ooooby.org

It may be dryzabone out there, but the veg don’t mind… so long as we remember to irrigate them!This week’s Middle Earth ...
03/08/2026

It may be dryzabone out there, but the veg don’t mind… so long as we remember to irrigate them!

This week’s Middle Earth 🌍 Weekly Bunch has:
toms,
courgettes/patty pan,
hispi cabbage,
aubergines,
cucumbers,
beetroot,
shallots and
new potatoes.

All grown at Derwen Organic, West Stafford.

https://derwenorganic.ooooby.org

02/08/2026

This is Will Best from Godmanstone. He knows a thing or two, and we all have enormous respect for Pam and himself 💚

Long hours, but not a bad office!
31/07/2026

Long hours, but not a bad office!

The colour of summer! Add a beetroot to your salad mix for extra goodness.
07/07/2026

The colour of summer! Add a beetroot to your salad mix for extra goodness.

Look who I found this morning! Now we know who’s been eating all the raspberries…
04/07/2026

Look who I found this morning! Now we know who’s been eating all the raspberries…

Come on down to the Dorchester Victorian fair today - we’re along South Street!                             🍳
31/05/2026

Come on down to the Dorchester Victorian fair today - we’re along South Street!

🍳

25/05/2026

You know the party’s in town when the Vengabus is coming

It’s that crazy time of year where it’s all about getting plants in the ground and there are never enough hours in the d...
11/05/2026

It’s that crazy time of year where it’s all about getting plants in the ground and there are never enough hours in the day! So I roped the girls into some child labour!

04/05/2026

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West Stafford
Dorchester
DT28AL

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