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Community owned biodynamic farm on the Blackwater Estuary, Goldhanger, Essex. Biodynamic Community Farm

29/10/2026

Chutney makers, vegetable preservers, get in touch! We have green tomatoes in all shapes and sizes!

07/10/2026

🌱Veg bags exploding with fresh greens this week!

Some of you will find a strange looking root, this is daikon radish aka, Mooli 🙂
A slightly peppery, crisp root vegetable.

Alongside a bunch of mustard greens, napa cabbage, peppers, and carrots. You have the ingredients for a super stir fry!

07/10/2026

We’ll be open to visitors this Saturday. Just let us know if you want to book for lunch and or a walk to help us prepare.. (by emailing [email protected]) otherwise just rock up!

We’ll be open from 10-2pm and will have plenty of veggies, eggs, frozen beef and will also have some fresh lamb just back from the butcher.

All our produce is Demeter certified, organic and biodynamic. Hope to see you there!

📌 Save this post ! Here are all the markets we’re at between now and Christmas

01/10/2026

Here’s the markets we’ll be attending this month! Hope to see you!

🌻 Colchester Farmers market outside The Mercury theatre 9:30-2pm

🌻 Maldon market outside All Saints church on Maldon high street 9-2pm

🌻 Wivenhoe market outside Congregational church 9:30- 1pm

🌻 Leigh-on-Sea at the community centre 10-2pm

🌻 Lauriston Farm second Saturdays. At our farm in Goldhanger, CM9 8AH. 10-2pm, make your way to the black barn.

On the 10th October we are having our farm ‘market’ again. The farm is open for you to come and buy at the gates. This worked well last month and we hope to continue - come visit to see where it all happens! 🌱

28/09/2026

Record-breaking day at Lauriston Farm! We held our 2026 AGM yesterday, and we could not be more thrilled with the record turnout.

Staff and trustees shared their annual updates before we all sat down to a delicious farm-grown lunch together, followed by tours of the farm and market garden or hands-on fun with our inkle looms and felting machine.

It was a wonderful day and if you did not already know, we are a Community Benefit Society with charitable objectives, we have 230 (mostly local) members who support our work.

To find out more about joining our community and becoming a member and shareholder, head to the link in our bio.

24/09/2026

Our small herd are Shetland cattle, and are currently classified as an officially ‘At Risk’ rare breed on the Rare Breeds Survival Trust (RBST) Watchlist.

In the 1950s, the breed had critically declined to fewer than 40 purebred animals globally.

While conservation efforts have helped them recover, they remain rare today. Their ability to thrive on our exposed coastal wetlands comes down to their ancestry.

The breed originated between 700 - 1100 AD when livestock brought by Viking settlers crossed with native Scottish island cattle. Generations of adapting to the harsh, exposed climate of the Shetland Islands gave them the natural hardiness, weatherproof coats, and self-sufficiency that make them such effective conservation actors at our estuary farm today. Because they are a smaller native breed, they are uniquely suited to the fragile ecosystem of the estuary.

Their selective grazing naturally breaks up dense, uniform vegetation. This creates a varied landscape of short grass for feeding and taller tussocks that provide essential shelter for wildlife, such as lapwings (of which we had multiple nests this season!). We love their presence on our community farm and since introducing them have seen significant increases in insect and invertebrate populations, which is supported by their dung. These insects provide a vital food source for young chicks during the breeding season.

18/09/2026

🐑 Our rare-breed North Ronaldsay lamb is BACK IN STOCK! 🐑
Super tasty, slow-grown, our lamb is biodynamic, organic and grass-fed on our Goldhanger Farm 🌿

We’ll be at Wivenhoe Market tomorrow, so come and pick some up for your perfect Sunday roast 😋

Or, order now from Lauriston Farm.

12/09/2026

We’re trying something new, from 10-2pm the farm is open to the public.

Drop in to buy produce or stay and learn a bit more about the farm by joining a farm walk with the farm director at 10:30.

Simple vegan farm lunch available; ratatouille, focaccia and salads followed by a blackberry brownie. £15 per person

Find us at Lauriston farm, Goldhanger, Essex CM9 8AH

Address

Lauriston Farm Chase
Maldon
CM98AH

Opening Hours

Monday	9am - 4pm
Tuesday	9am - 4pm
Wednesday	9am - 4pm
Thursday	9am - 4pm
Friday	9am - 4pm

Telephone

01621788348

Website

http://www.lauristonfarm.co.uk/, https://lauristonfarm.ooooby.org/

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