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 abbatoir and butcher.
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 dates will 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
- 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.
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.
2. Pay in full
Full payment is taken at checkout.
That secures one of only 22 boxes from the animal.
3. We'll 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.
