HI, We are the Crickmore family from Fen Farm in Suffolk

We had always been just a normal dairy farm, selling normal milk to normal supermarkets. Then, on a rainy August day in 2011, we met a hen farmer who changed our lives. It was nothing extraordinary, he was just selling his eggs by his gate. We thought,  why don’t dairy farmers sell their milk this way?

Within a month, our cow-print shed was installed and our first 30 bottles of raw cow’s milk went on sale. A jam jar honesty box with a stone on top. Those 30 bottles sold out within the hour, the final customer guzzling the whole bottle on the spot and requesting a refill. We learnt that people came back to the shed because of the high quality of our milk and the experience of having a personal connection to the farm.

HI, We are the Crickmore family from Fen Farm in Suffolk

We had always been just a normal dairy farm, selling normal milk to normal supermarkets. Then, on a rainy August day in 2011, we met a hen farmer who changed our lives. It was nothing extraordinary, he was just selling his eggs by his gate. We thought,  why don’t dairy farmers sell their milk this way?

Within a month, our cow-print shed was installed and our first 30 bottles of raw cow’s milk went on sale. A jam jar honesty box with a stone on top. Those 30 bottles sold out within the hour, the final customer guzzling the whole bottle on the spot and requesting a refill. We learnt that people came back to the shed because of the high quality of our milk and the experience of having a personal connection to the farm.

The success of the Raw Milk sales got us thinking once again… How could we make more of our milk into products that we could sell directly to people who would really and truly enjoy them?

In 2012, we embarked on a research tour of the UK and Europe. We learned from some of the world’s finest cheesemakers and purchased by hand 72 beautiful Montbéliarde milking cows from the Jura region of France.  Their milk was highly prized for cheesemaking on the continent.

10 years on, our brie-style cheese, Baron Bigod, is gracing the tables of royalty and can be found in some of the finest delis, restaurants and cheese counters in the UK and around the world..  

The success of the Raw Milk sales got us thinking once again… How could we make more of our milk into products that we could sell directly to people who would really and truly enjoy them?

In 2012, we embarked on a research tour of the UK and Europe. We learned from some of the world’s finest cheesemakers and purchased by hand 72 beautiful Montbéliarde milking cows from the Jura region of France.  Their milk was highly prized for cheesemaking on the continent.

10 years on, our brie-style cheese, Baron Bigod, is gracing the tables of royalty and can be found in some of the finest delis, restaurants and cheese counters in the UK and around the world..  

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HERE’s what people are saying..

Naughty, decadent and creamy.

Jamie Oliver / Chef

The finest brie cheese I have ever tasted. No ifs or buts. The finest.

Nicholas / Customer

This is the world’s best cheese. Tell your friends.

Ed / Customer

HERE’s what people are saying..

Naughty, decadent and creamy.

Jamie Oliver / Chef

The finest brie cheese I have ever tasted. No ifs or buts. The finest.

Nicholas / Customer

This is the world’s best cheese. Tell your friends.

Ed / Customer
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OUR SECRETS

Most cheese and dairy produce is made away from the farm. It’s actually surprisingly rare to find a business today that controls the whole process from start to finish. These are our 3 secrets:

CONTROL – We grow our own forage and grazing right here in the surrounding landscape. We care for every cow in our herd as an individual and we care for our precious milk from the moment it leaves the cow.  What we take from the land we then put back again. We call this circular farming.

PROXIMITY – Within minutes of the morning milking, our fresh milk is already in the making rooms just a few metres away. Within hours it is being made into cheese and butter. Our milk doesn’t spend time being transported meaning our produce retains all the incredible characteristics of our fresh milk.

GENTLENESS – Our unique set up allows our milk to be gently gravity fed from the milking parlour into the making rooms next door. We choose to make our produce by hand, avoiding the use of big industrial dairy equipment. No piece of machinery can imitate the gentleness of a true artisan, who really cares.

OUR SECRETS

CONTROL – We grow our own forage and grazing right here in the surrounding landscape. We care for every cow in our herd as an individual. What we take from the land we then put back again. We call this circular farming.

PROXIMITY – Within minutes of the morning milking, our fresh milk is already in the making rooms just a few metres away. Our milk doesn’t spend time being transported meaning our produce retains all the incredible characteristics of our fresh milk.

GENTLENESS – Our unique set up allows our milk to be gently gravity fed from the milking parlour into the making rooms next door. We choose to make our produce by hand, avoiding the use of big industrial dairy equipment.

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WHY NOT SEE FOR YOURSELF?

Try one of our 250g cheeses with FREE DELIVERY on your first order.

WHY NOT SEE FOR YOURSELF?

Try one of our 250g cheeses with FREE DELIVERY on your first order.

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