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If you would like to have your own organic Tamworth, join our Peelham-Own-A-Tamworth (POAT) Club.

This gives you an opportunity to own your own Tamworth pig and have a lot of fun with other like-minded individuals and families while doing so !

As a POATer you, (and/or your family or friends), will become a member of a devoted community of individuals committed to the compassionate management of farm animals and the environment by engaging directly with our farming and food process through the ownership of your own organic pig !

In addition to the fun of being a POATer, you acquire your own pig as a 'weaner' at 10 weeks old. It is then effectively yours, as will be the products processed to your own specification (and by you if you choose), in our organically certified on-farm butchery.

The pig will be identified as yours with its own unique ear-tag. You effectively contract us to look after and feed your pig.

We want everybody to benefit from the fun of having their own Peelham Tamworth … but the demand for our organic, free-range Tamworth pork is huge and Tamworths are special because they take their time – they are SLOW (and we don’t PUSH them) – which of course is why they are a rare breed ! But we are SLOWLY increasing numbers !

We can accommodate 12 - 14 families / groups / individuals owning their own Peelham Tamworth each year.

The benefits of the club are that you meet and share the fun, pleasure and experiences of your Tamworth with other like-minded families during our POAT weekends.

Read about Alex Renton's experience of POAT in the Guardian, Click here

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So ….

POAT weekends

You can chose to enjoy your pig and learn about its farming and creating a wonderful product from  it during three to four of our POAT weekends (depending on how long it takes to fatten). These weekends (dates are planned and decided when you start), give you an opportunity to have a unique fun-countryside experience and;

• See your pig’s progress
• Enjoy the East Berwickshire countryside
• Enjoy Peelham Fayre (we feed you !!)
• Have fun with other POATing families
• Become a part of a devoted community actively dedicated to compassionate farm and environmental management.

Weekends take place from Saturday morning to Sunday afternoon. We can advise on local accommodation for you – or you can camp on the farm. Depending on the stage your pig is at you can be involved in processing it to your own requirements – and take the products home (in chill-boxes).

A Typical POAT weekend

Weekends will vary with different focuses on different ways of pig production and processing and other farming and land-management issues.  Our weekend programs are finalised and  circulated prior to each weekend taking place.  Typically this is the format:

Saturday arrive 10.30 for coffee and catch-up with fellow POATers
11.00am – See or select your pig and catch-up with developments out on the farm
12.30pm – Lunch (Soup and bacon rolls or other Peelham delicacy !)
1.30pm – Pig processing in the butchery
4.00pm – Tea
4.30 – 6.30pm Your own time – which if still light, you can spend walking around the farm
6.30pm Supper (3 courses consisting of starter, main course and pud – please bring your own alcohol)

Sunday
9.00pm a BIG traditional British breakfast – with bacon and sausages – naturally, but also lambs kidneys and other meaty delicacies !!
10.30 – Tying-up any loose ends in the butchery eg packing your products, checking your chorizos or salamis; an opportunity to purchase any of our other meat products; having a chat with your pig before departure….
12.30 Light lunch
2.00pm departure

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