FERAL FARMING CIC

What FERAL FARMING CIC does

Feral Farming CIC is a UK Community Interest Company operating Chapel House Farm, a single mixed farm in Craswall in the Black Mountains of Herefordshire. Its agricultural operations combine rare-breed livestock — ancient White Park cattle and crosses of Large Black, Oxford Sandy and Black, and Iron Age (wild boar × Large Black) pigs — with cultivation of organic heritage wheat landraces (Red Lammas, April Bearded, Hen Gymro, Ergyng) alongside pulses and herbs. The farm employs regenerative 'wilding' practices in which the livestock drive land restoration: pigs root scrub and dung the soil to release buried seeds, cattle browse diverse wild flora and support insect life through their dung, and no animals are fed concentrate cereal or soya.

The product and service portfolio is diversified across direct-to-consumer food, on-farm hospitality, and educational experiences. The farm shop and pre-order collection at Hay-on-Wye market sell White Park beef cuts and boxes, wilded pork cuts and boxes, stone-milled heritage flour, wholewheat pasta produced by Fresh Flour in Devon from the farm's Ergyng wheat, homemade double-crust wholemeal pies, herbed flat sausages, and partner-sourced honey. Chapel House Farm Campsite — a Greener Camping Club-certified wild-flower meadow site with four fields and a Trefoil camping pod — adds glamping revenue, and seasonal food events together with monthly foraging courses run by Liz Knight anchor agritourism and learning income.

Revenue mechanics are entirely unit-priced and transactional: per-night camping fees (£16 adult / £8 child / £75 pod), per-cut or per-box meat prices (£6–£200), per-bag flour (£5.50), per-pack pasta (£4–£5.25), per-event food pricing (£6–£15), and per-jar honey (£6). The primary customer segments are eco-conscious campers seeking wild-flower meadow stays, health-conscious food buyers seeking nutrient-dense heritage and rare-breed produce, and foraging enthusiasts attending Liz Knight's courses. As a CIC, the entity is asset-locked and mission-constrained, with no disclosed funding rounds, no external investors, and no public revenue figures; bookings are handled through third-party platform Outdore.co.uk rather than proprietary technology.

Name

FERAL FARMING CIC

Legal name

FERAL FARMING CIC

Website

https://chapelhousefarm.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2021

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Feral Farming CIC operates Chapel House Farm in Herefordshire's Black Mountains as a Community Interest Company, producing rare-breed meat, heritage-wheat flour and pasta via on-site farming and regenerative wilding practices, and generating diversified revenue through a farm shop, campsite, food events, and foraging courses.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Heritage Farming and Agritourism

NAICS

Hog and Pig Farming (112210), Hog and Pig Farming (1122), Hog and Pig Farming (11221)

SIC

Agricultural Prod-Livestock & Animal Specialties (200), Agricultural Production-Crops (100), Wholesale-Farm Product Raw Materials (5150)

akta.pro primary industry

Heritage/Specialty Breed Hog Farming (AFAEAEAJ)

akta.pro secondary industries

Organic & Pasture-Raised Hog Farming (AFAEAEAI), Organic Swine & Hog Production (AFAEAMAD)

Keywords

• Rare breed meat
• Heritage wheat flour
• Agritourism camping
• Foraging courses
• Regenerative farming

Headquarters

HQ city

Craswall

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Operations, Personnel, Supply Chain, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Farm Shop Sales: Direct sales of rare breed meat (White Park beef, pork), heritage flour, pasta, honey, and homemade pies through the on-farm shop. Products collected from farm or pre-ordered for Hay market collection.
2. Camping and Glamping: Wild flower meadow camping with four fields of pitches, bell tent hire, and an oak/douglas fir camping pod. Revenue from nightly adult and child rates plus pod rental. Certified campsite licensed by The Greener Camping Club.
3. Food Events: Breakfast events, burger nights, feral feasts, and candlelight dinners featuring farm produce. Food events include Feral Burgers with heritage wheat buns, mac n cheese, and local drinks.
4. Foraging Courses: Full day foraging courses held once monthly with local foraging expert Liz Knight. Morning foraging followed by lunch, afternoon activities making drinks, tinctures or condiments.
5. Wholesale Grain Supply: Supply of heritage grains wholesale for milling to other producers.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Feral Farming CIC operates Chapel House Farm in Craswall, Herefordshire as a mixed organic farm that produces and sells rare-breed pasture-fed meat (White Park beef and Large Black/Iron Age pork), stone-milled heritage wheat flour and pasta, home-made pies, sausages, and honey. The farm also operates a camping and glamping site and runs food events and foraging courses.

Product overview

Feral Farming CIC is a small, diversified rural enterprise operating at Chapel House Farm in Craswall, Herefordshire. The business is built around rewilding-aligned farming — using rare-breed livestock (White Park cattle, Large Black, Oxford Sandy and Black, and Iron Age pigs) to restore land to diverse ecosystems while producing nutrient-dense food. Its product portfolio consists of a farm shop selling (1) wood-pastured rare-breed meat — White Park beef cuts and beef boxes, and wilded pork cuts and pork boxes — and (2) organic heritage grain products — stone-milled wholemeal flour (Hen Gymro and Ergyng varieties) and fresh pasta shapes made by Fresh Flour in Devon from Feral Farming's wheat. Additional offerings include homemade double-crust wholemeal pies (beef and fava bean varieties), herbed flat sausages, Bee The Keeper honey, and local ales, ciders, and cheeses. The business also operates Chapel House Farm Campsite — a certified Greener Camping Club wildflower meadow campsite with four fields and a treehouse-style camping pod — and runs seasonal food events including burger nights, breakfast mornings, candlelit feasts, and monthly foraging courses.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• White Park Beef Cuts
• Wood-Pastured White Park Beef Box
• Wilded Pork Cuts
• Rare Breed Pastured Pork Box
• Organic Heritage Wheat Flour
• Heritage Wheat Pasta
• Home-Made Pies
• Herbed Flat Sausages
• Bee The Keeper Honey
• Chapel House Farm Campsite
• Farm Food Events and Foraging Courses

Quantifiable outcome

• Just one cow can support half its body weight in insect life in one year through its dung
• +1 more outcomes

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration1 record

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Fresh FlourcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFresh Flour in Devon produces pasta using Feral Farming's organic Ergyng heritage wheat. The partnership creates a complete farm-to-table value chain where heritage wheat is grown on the farm, milled, and transformed into premium pasta products.
• Bee The KeeperminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerLocal apiary experts Bee The Keeper keep some of their hives on Feral Farming land, producing 100% pure honey sold through the farm shop.
• Liz KnightcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLocal foraging guru and author Liz Knight runs full day foraging courses once a month at Chapel House Farm. Morning foraging is followed by lunch made by Anita combining wild ingredients and farm produce.
• The Greener Camping ClubcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorCertified Camping Site licensed by The Greener Camping Club. One membership (£12 per season) is required per booking and gives access to over 170 campsites.
• The Bulls Head PubminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe campsite is a five-minute walk from The Bulls Head pub, providing additional hospitality options for visitors.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Market position

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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