A BIT ABOUT OUR FARM
Our family has been in farming for over one hundred years and we took over the care of Tapnell and East Afton Farms in 1982. At it’s peak the farm milked 800 cows and produced 24,000 litres of fresh wholesome milk 365 days of the year, no exceptions! We no longer milk at Tapnell, instead focusing on rearing youngstock for our dairy on the mainland and growing maize and a range of other crops as part of our commitment to an ELS scheme. Sustainability is at the heart of everything we do, whether taking water from our bore hole, using the sun to make electricity, powering our heating systems with our biomass boiler or growing maize to put into the islands anaerobic digestor, it’s truly ingrained in our approach to farming.
We aim to approach our new tourism work with the same mindset and endeavour, combined with the passion for the countryside, farming and the Island. The golden rule for us is “to pass on our farm in better environmental and productive health than it was at the beginning of our life’s tenure”.