SOIL IS THE STRATEGY.
Choose Your Beefy Box
Proper beef from a real Herefordshire farm
If you want to know where your beef came from, we can do a lot better than a supermarket barcode…
Our cattle are born and reared here at Lower Blakemere Farm in Herefordshire. They are then finished nearby with our farmer friend Will near Tenbury before the beef is dry-aged, professionally butchered, vacuum packed and labelled by Griffiths of Leintwardine – a small traditional abatoir and butcher.
Depending on the animal, the available Beefy Box may contain Stabiliser or Angus-cross beef. We will always tell you clearly which it is.
Different cattle. The same farm, the same trusted local farming chain and the same commitment to proper beef.
Why buy a Beefy Box?
Know where it came from
Real cattle, real farmers and a farm you can actually see.
Fill roughly one freezer shelf
At least 8kg of useful beef, packed and ready for plenty of proper meals.
Get value from the whole animal
Steaks and joints alongside mince, burgers, braising beef and slower cuts.
Only 22 boxes from each animal
Not a production line. When one batch is spoken for, the next available dateswill be shown..
Shop with confidence
If we cannot supply your box, or there is a genuine problem when it arrives, we
will refund you.
New to Lower Blakemere? Get £10 off your first Beefy Box
Use code FIRSTBEEFY at checkout.
The beef is not cheap food. It is good-value, properly
farmed food—and £10 off makes the first freezer shelf a little easier.
Choose Your Delivery Batch
The cattle have not signed up to next-day delivery.
Proper farm food is ready when it is ready, so each Beefy
Box below has its own expected delivery period.
Choose the date that suits you, pay in full when you order
and your box is reserved.
Each dated box will clearly show:
- The expected delivery week
- Whether it is Stabiliser or Angus-cross beef
- How many of the 22 boxes are still available
- The minimum weight
- The price
- Whether chilled delivery or farm collection is available
What's in a Beefy Box?
Every Beefy Box contains at least 8kg of mixed beef
from one animal.
A typical box includes a balanced selection of:
- Steaks
- Roasting joints
- Mince
- Burgers
- Braising beef
- Slow-cook cuts
The exact cuts and pack sizes vary slightly because cattle are animals, not production lines.
That is also why a Beefy Box offers such good overall value. You receive the valuable steak and roasting cuts, but you also receive
the everyday favourites and slower cuts that help us use the whole animal properly.
Some of the less fashionable cuts are also the ones with the most flavour.
You don't need to be a chef?
You mostly need one freezer shelf.
A Beefy Box gives you the makings of:
- Steak night
- Sunday lunch
- Cottage pie
- Chilli
- Burgers
- Beef stew
- Slow-cooked braising beef
- Bolognese
- Curries
- Plenty of straightforward weekday suppers
One box. Quite a lot of very good dinners.
We’re Farmers, Not Butchers
That is rather the point.
We breed and rear the cattle here at Lower Blakemere.
Our farmer friend Will takes them through the finishing stage nearby, making sure they reach the right condition for excellent beef.
Griffiths of Leintwardine know how to mature, butcher and pack the beef properly.
We know the cattle. They know the cuts. You get the best of both.
Rather than operating like an online butcher and selling only the flashy bits, we divide each animal into 22 balanced Beefy Boxes.
That means every customer receives a useful mixture of premium cuts, everyday cuts and slower cuts.
It gives better overall value, avoids wasting the less fashionable parts of the animal and makes for a much more useful freezer.
What Type of Beef Will I Receive?
Our herd includes Stabiliser and Angus-cross cattle. Each dated Beefy Box will clearly state which type of beef it contains.
Stabiliser beef
Stabilisers are well suited to a grass and forage-based farming system and are bred for balanced growth, natural marbling, tenderness and flavour.
Stabiliser may not be the catchiest name in farming.
Fortunately, the beef is much better than the name.
Angus-cross beef
Angus-cross cattle are rightly known for excellent eating quality, flavour, tenderness and marbling.
We are not trying to make every animal identical.
We rear cattle that suit our farm and produce beef that we are proud to sell. The breed or cross will always be clearly stated on the dated box.
No mysteries and no surprises—apart from possibly discovering that braising beef is every bit as useful as steak.
How Our Cattle Are Farmed
Cows get a lot of hassle. We think it is important to look at the whole farming system.
At Lower Blakemere, our cattle graze pasture, banks, field edges and areas that are difficult or unsuitable to crop.
They turn grass and forage that people cannot eat into useful food.
During the winter they eat forage from the farm, including our grass-seed straw. During the finishing stage with Will they continue to receive forage, alongside barley and minerals to ensure they finish properly and produce excellent beef.
We are not claiming that they live on fresh grass alone all year round.
We would rather tell you accurately how they are farmed.
Their muck returns nutrients and organic matter to our
arable land, supporting soil life, soil structure and the crops we grow.
Soil. Cattle. Crops. Muck. It is a cycle.
It is not just the cow.
It is how.
Why Buy Directly From the Farm?
Buying directly means your food money goes back into the farm and the next generation of farming.
It helps us:
- Continue improving our soil
- Keep cattle within our mixed farming system
- Maintain pasture, hedges and habitats
- Make better use of the whole animal
- Invest in the future of the farm
- Sell food with a clear and honest story
It also means that when you ask where your beef came from, there is a real answer.
Not a vague region.
Not six companies.
Lower Blakemere, Will near Tenbury and Griffiths of Leintwardine.
From Our Farm to Your Freezer
Your beef is professionally butchered, vacuum packed and clearly labelled.
It is packed chilled with insulation and ice packs so it reaches you cold and ready to put into the fridge or freezer.
Depending on your location and the batch, you can choose:
- Chilled delivery
- Local farm delivery where offered
- Collection from Lower Blakemere
Your individual Beefy Box page will show the available delivery or collection choices.
Please put the beef into your fridge or freezer promptly when it arrives.
How Ordering Works
1. Choose your Beefy Box
Select the delivery batch that suits you and check whether it contains Stabiliser or Angus-cross beef
2. Pay in full
Full payment is taken at checkout.
That secures one of only 22 boxes from the animal.
3. We Keep you updated
You will receive your order confirmation immediately.
We will contact you nearer the time to confirm the exact dispatch, delivery or collection arrangements.
4. Your beef arrives chilled
The packs will be professionally butchered, vacuum packed, labelled and ready for your fridge or freezer.
Start Planning Supper
You do not have to use it all on the first Tuesday.
That is what the freezer is for.
Our Beefy Box Promise
Farming occasionally refuses to read the plan.
If something changes and we cannot supply your Beefy Box in
the expected delivery period, you can move your order to another suitable batch
or receive a full refund.
If you change your mind before your box has been prepared and dispatched, contact us and we will refund your order.
If your Beefy Box arrives with a genuine problem, tell us as soon as possible and send us a photograph. We will put it right or refund you.
Simple as that.
We are a family farm, not a call centre, and we want you to
be pleased with the food you buy from us.
A Beefy Box takes up roughly one normal freezer shelf or drawer, depending on how efficiently you stack it.
No. Every box contains at least 8kg and a balanced selection of cuts, but the precise mixture varies slightly between animals.
We make the boxes as fair and consistent as possible.
No. We are not operating as a butcher.The Beefy Box is designed to use the whole animal properly and give you a balanced selection of premium, everyday and slower-cooking cuts.
Our cattle spend most of their lives grazing grass and eating forage.
During winter and the finishing period they may also receive barley, minerals and other appropriate feed to make sure they remain
healthy and finish properly.
Each animal produces approx. 22 Beefy Boxes.
Taking payment when you order reserves your box and keep the system simple for everyone.
The available dated batches are shown above. Some may be several weeks or months ahead.
The expected delivery period will be clearly displayed before you pay.
We will contact you.
You can accept the revised date, move to another suitable batch or receive a full refund.
Tell us as soon as possible.
If there is a genuine problem, we will put it right or refund you.
Farm collection will be shown as an option where available.
Please wait until we have confirmed that your Beefy Box is ready before setting off. The cattle may be patient, but there is no need to test yours.
Unless the individual product says otherwise, the beef is sent chilled so you can use it fresh or freeze it at home.
Chilled delivery options and charges will be shown at checkout and on the individual product.
Where possible, we will include photographs of the actual cattle or group from which that dated batch comes.
That is rather more traceability than a barcode normally manages.