John, Chagford

John is the organic turkey farmer’s organic turkey farmer. On his small farm on the edge of beautiful Dartmoor, he raises his birds with a degree of care and respect that is nothing short of astonishing. Free to roam, eating only their organic diet and what they forage from surrounding cover crops, John’s turkeys are in the rudest of health, reaching a maturity and plumpness that their supermarket counterparts sadly get nowhere near. All about flavour, this young farmer has a very high regard for the old fashioned and truly sustainable farming principles of the past. As he says: ‘if ain’t bust, don’t fix it!’.

John, Chagford