Jimmy's Farm The Essex Pig Company

i just love jimmys farm meat its is he best by far.i order mine by internet but that does not mean the standard is less it comes in special packaging which keeps absolutley fresh. the meat just melts in your mouth and steaks well they are just to die for i cant beleive how big they are once you have had their meat there is no going back.One day when i have a chance i would ove to visit jimmys farm and im sure i will not be disappionted. keep up the good work i tell eveyone how wonderful your produce is and for those who haven't tried it WELL SHAME ON YOU.

Wonderful bacon and sausages, fantastic joints of meat. We order online and never have a problem with prompt delivery. The taste of the products takes us back to the old days when meat was really meat. A fantastic day out for all the family and good food too.

Living in the Netherlands, I have only watched Jimmy's farm on the BBC and have enjoyed every minute of it. I love the philosophy of Jimmy and Caela have of rearing animals in a healthy environment and tremendously enjoy their belief in their work and their commitment to it. Ofcourse, this goes for the many people involved also. It all breathes an atmosphere of earthy, natural freshness, combined hyperactive creativity, chaos and, above all: courage. A wonderful example of not only how local food can be provided in a respectful way but also how a farm can bring people in a community together and offer fun and learning experiences.

Dear Jimmy and Macaela, my husband and l are both from Scotland but we live in Perth W. Australia. We never miss an episode of Jimmy's Farm and we think youre both amazing. The difficulties and worries that youve both had to endure have torn at our heart strings but youve soldiered on and have never gave up. We started up a restaurant 3 years ago and through out our hardships, Jimmys Farm has helped us to stay strong. We wish you all that you deserve and more. By the way, we're on to Jimmys Diaries now, and we laughed so much when Dolly stuck his hand into a box containing a rat. We love Dolly as well, he's been such a support and truly is a legend. All the very best and fingers crossed that you win the prize. With great respect, Moira and Kenneth xx

Well, what can i say. I live in Australia and make the effort to watch Jimmy's farm, without interuption, every week. I visited the UK at Christmas 2006 and i wish i had of known about Jimmy's farm before then and i would of loved to go and visit the farm and even worked there for a couple of weeks, just to become involved in such a great tradition of pig farming. The show is excellent viewing and we watch UKTV all of the time, far better than American garbage we get on free to air TV. Anyway i have vote for you Jimmy and Michaela, i hope to visit your farm one day soon, we cant wait, keep up the good work. P.S. would love to try your meat selection, it would taste beaut. Jase and Nath. xo

July 4th 2008 We live in Melbourne Australia and have watched the series on TV regarding the highs & lows of Jimmy, Macela and their team setting up the farm. The news letters and web page allow us to live vicariously thru their endeavours. If we ever visit England then we will be visiting the farm to see them in action. Shame there is no key ring, calender, or fridge magnet that we can buy to be a part of this fight to reintroduce rare breed animals. Australia is a bit far for home deliveries, so would only be able to participate with non-food items. regards & all the best.......Wendy & Les

I bought some meat from jimmy's farm not so long ago and have never tasted better for such a long time,bring back all natural farmed food,keep up the good work jimmy and staff.Steven Field from birmingham.

Fairly regular visiters to Jimmy's Farm. Love everything, especially the shop with it's quality products. Outdoor areas are equally as interesting, well done guys. Keep living your dream Jimmy and Michala so that we can enjoy it with you. Thank you all the staff who have always been extremely nice to us at each visit. See you soon Richard, Heather & Aaron (Colchester, Essex)

I live in south west London, unfortunately too far for a farm visit, but have found their on-line service is fantastic! My husband loves the lamb, and I always order sausages, bacon and steak from Jimmy's whenever we have guests staying. What they are doing to save rare breed livestock is fantastic and highly commendable. Keep up the excellent work Jimmy and Caela!! PS/ Any chance of a veggie range of sausages from your vegetable and herb gardens?

Fantastic meats, fantastic people, wonderful place. Keep it up guys, looking forward to seeing you again soon. Fstop x

The meat is fantastic. Excellent mail-order service too.

A lot of real hard work and effort by everyone past and present has made Jimmys Farm what it is. What an amazing place from a run down old farm to what it isn now and what it could be in the future with all Jimmys inspirational ideas to help his farm keep on growing.

My family and i visited Jimmy's Farm for the first time yesterday and really enjoyed ourselves. Everyone was really friendly and i could of sat at the outdoor kitchen looking at the wonderful view of the farm for hours. I know the food is delicious as my aunt and uncle went last summer and brought us some sausages back, they were the best sausages i have ever had. I loved watching the show and seeing the passion everyone has to make the farm succeed. I'm looking forward to my roast dinner tonight as amongst the delightful food we brought back home with us we got some classic Essex Pig chipolatas, which i am sure will be delicious. Everyone at Jimmy's Farm keep up the good work and I'm looking forward to visiting again in July. Sarah, Angela and Peter Ball.

I was lucky enough to be the first person allowed to be married on the farm. We were treated like royalty throughout the whole process and were treated to Jimmy's delightful food. The farm, the staff, Jimmy and Caela are just simply a credit to there industry. My hero's for sure!!!

I live in Ipswich not far from Jimmy's Farm and on the odd week day I get off I often go up there for a coffee and to stock up with sausages!!! I have watched this place develop over the years and admire Jimmy and Caela for their staying power and achieving this dream for us all to enjoy... It is such a lovely place just to relax in... the staff are always friendly.. just to get out in the open and enjoy the farmyard atmosphere just does it all for me... just sitting having a coffee with the odd chicken pecking round your feet and a farm kitten wanting to play, the pigs just wallowing in their pig heaven... and when the coffee shop was closed once, the legend Dolly turned up and made me tea and said, "it's on the house mucca"... I love it there... if you have only been at the weekend you cannot appreciate it in the same way as when it is not crowded... it's another place during the week... and the sausages are brilliant... Thanks Jimmy and Caela.

Their meat is really delicious. A must to try. The way they treat their animals is probably one of the reasons the meat is so good.

The monthly farmers markets are fab, the shop is amazing and its just a generally great place to go and visit. As for the food, wow!! I like to consider myself a bit of a sausage expert and they never fail to disappoint!

I ordered some steak and sausages from jimmys farm. My husband said the steak was the best he'd ever tasted. Keep up the good work. Just wished we lived closer.

Jimmy and Caela have put some much personal energy into Jimmy's Farm they deserve to be our Local Food Hero's. I wish them all the very best. Mary Calder

I bought some of their sausages at a recent event in Milton keynes shopping centre. they were excellent and we thoroughly enjoyed them , just wish he was a bit nearer to us because we'd go back for more. I love the programme, Jimmy seems like a really nice down to earth bloke. Might even try a trip to the farm this summer!

I am a fan from Tasmania, Australia of the documentary Jimmy's Farm seen on pay tv in Tasmania.

Their food is second to none, however this is not the highest praise I can give. They appear to be good people, people who care about what they do and the people they meet. The farm is a wonderful place to visit.

Great TV programme, very passionate people, good food and great surroundings. We had a lovely time. Thank You Jimmy's Farm Caroline & Paul Biggs

I've never visited it but know from the tv series that everyone involved puts their heart and soul into the farm and they deserve any accolades that come their way.

The pork is just the best colour i have seen and it tastes fantastic same as sausages, belly of pork and the baby back ribs. Delivery service excellent. The whole family love i food. Keep it up Jimmy. You need to get a stall at Borough Market you would make a fortune and also make a lot of Londoners happy

My daughter and myself often walk across the fields to jimmys farm we never tire of it There is always something happening He deserves tobe a local food hero He caters for everybody young and old

jimmys is a fantastic place for all your fresh delicious meat, it is a friendly farm shop and gives children an insight into nature, wildlife and general farming a good place to visit vicki whymark

Quite simply the best bacon and sausages you will ever taste. I moved away from Suffolk in March, Jimmys farm is the thing that I miss the most - I will use the online service, but the atmosphere of the farmers markets and open days are fantastic. Its what being a British food lover is all about...

fenman 19-06-2008 we have been using jimmy's farm for many a year, exelent service, good quality food,lots to do for the grand children, the staff work so hard to please,you deserve your success your a winner. keep it going.

Amazing people, amazing determination and fully deserve to be a local food hero after all the hard work they have put in.

They are amazing people and they have worked very hard to follow there passion and deserve to be rewarded. Its a shame there are not more people out there like the people at Jimmys Farm. They have gone though some real rocky things but devotion has got them through. I wish them all the best.

Outstanding personal service for mail order customers. Even got a phone call on Christmas Eve to check my order had arrived in time.

Great people, great place, great produce and a lot of hard work. It gets my vote. Jon B.

Caela made a life changing choice when she left the big smoke to be at Jimmy's side Well Done to her. They and their staff have made a great farming business which is very difficult at present. Great farm Great food not just do the house!! Well done everyone and keep it up. PS Jimmy have you tried MY fruit cake? It's a winner every time.

Whilst some may grumble that Jimmy's Farm has an unfair advantage being televised to such a wide audience, one cannot deny the sheer passion and drive that is displayed by all those who work at the farm. It has given the public an opportunity to challenge the homogenised commercial viewpoint of just needing to put cheap meat on the shelves by proving that we do want quality and we do want good animal husbandry and we *are* willing to pay a little more than some "twofer" special offer on 10 Kilo of generic meat product in a faceless hypermarket.

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Jimmys farm is awesome!!!

My wife and I are from Canada and we love the series. I've never wanted to see a person I didn't even know succeed as much as I wanted to see Jimmy's farm succeed. This in one of the places I want to visit if I ever get the chance to visit England in the future.

We go there from time to time, everybody is friendly and helpful and oon Farmers Day you can buy some nice produce we also throughly enjoy the Sausage Festival that is held each year - it is a great day - not to be missed - I only think it is a shame that they now have to charge to park - as we now do not go quite as often and in the looming days ahead of doom and gloom it might be an idea if this was reviewed - but other than that it is a great place to go.

What a Guy, hes a hereo. Excellent Farm with Rare Breed Pigs and i like the Guinnea Pig run its ace. Keep up the work Jimmy and Co :)

Jimmy's Farm is great - the shop is wonderful! A great day out for all the family....and its great to see everyone in the flesh after watching the series!!

We love Jimmys Farm! Our children always have a fab time & we go as often as we can as we only live in Felixstowe (10 miles away). It's great for the children to see the animals.The burgers & sausages are absolutely superb. Its nice to actually see Jimmy & Caela mixing with all their customers on the farm too. Well done & keep up the good work.

the place has an admazing atmosphere and the staff are great. i hope to meet Jimmy one day.

We love Jimmys farm so much!!! We live in Germany and visit my parents at least twice a year. We always make the effort to go to the farm when we`re in England, and the food is fantastic. We were lucky enough to be able to watch the whole series of Jimmys Farm on TV. We laughed and cried with both Jimmy and Caela,watching how hard they have worked, they really deserve ALL the votes. I really hope there will be another series to follow from the BBC. All the best for you hard working people, who care for the animals with such love. Best wishes, Mandy

An absolute credit to Jimmy and Caela's hard work and optimistic attitude.Superb quality of all meats with farm friendly service. May you go from strength to strength.

We bought a box of meat from Jimmy's Farm and the delivery was spot on, prices ok and the chicken was the best chicken we've ever had. It is worth every penny to know they've had a good life and it does make a difference to the taste of the meat. We'll never buy super market chicken again!

A great place to visit for a day out with the family. Their meat is exceptional. I have recommended it to many of my friends. I've tried lots of their produce and it has all been excellent. We even bought or Christmas turkey from the farm in December 2007. However I keep coming back for the smoked ham hocks. Try getting those in Tesco! Always a pleasure.

Against all odds and every problem thrown at them Jimmy & Caela have created a wonderful place to visit and to buy local scrumptious food. I have been a few times and highly recommend a visit to anyone - well done you guys - see you all again soon from lisa in mayland Essex XX

Best Sausages ever! We love coming to the sausage festival every year, (but bring back the scary morris dancers!). Great for the kids to see the animals and understand where their food is coming from. And also they have a fantastic herb garden and really yummy produce in the shop. Stirling job Mr Jimmy.

My boyfriend and I went to the BBC Good Food Show last year. Gary tried a Jimmys Farm burger, he said it was the best burger he has ever tasted. We live in North Wales and Gary is from Essex, so next time we are down there we will definately visiting Jimmys Farm. Best of luck Jimmy and Caela, you work so hard. Jane & Gary, Wrexham xxx

What a wonderful Hard working couple,An amazing place,A great team,They all deserve no less than admiration for all the effort & determination,All the very best to you both,You all.

My wife and I went to Jimmy's Farm a long time after watching Jimmys Farm on TV. After a pleasant bike ride from Norfolk we pulled into the parking lot and parked our bike. The first thing we noticed were the children and adults peering over the fence towards a large rare breed Essex Pig. We found that that they loved the animals and the land just like they were depicted on TV. Everything they had done was the best for the animals, themselves and the customers. We liked it so much we took another bike ride there and were even more impressed. The shop was better. The veg garden was established. Outdoor burgers and suasages,good coffee and a markee. Small garden centre tyep shed and a pink trackter. Another great day out. Now that there is even more too see and do we will be going for another ride that way. It was so nice to see Jimmy and Kayla in the yard talking and laughing with there customers.

A big thanks to all at Jimmys Farm for making my childrens day. We have been 2 now and will be back. the staff are welcoming and polite the sausages are amazing as is the pork (I managed to get crackling). If you haven't been you are missing out on a very special family day out.

we just love a underdog jimmy has battled along with Caela and dolly , luv it !!! been there loads of times , staff are great jimmy and the gang will always take time to talk WE LOVE THEM

Have visited Jimmy's Farm twice now and find it fascinating and it's great to see what these two lovely people have achieved here. The food in the field kitchen is great with a lovely view added to it. The Farm Shop is second to none with great produce. I will definitely return to buy from it. Lots of luck with your future projects.

Wonderful produce supplied by wonderful people.

My husband and I take our two daughters to Jimmys farm as often as we can. We travel from essex because we know we are going to have a fabulous day out as well as purchase some of the loveliest meat we have ever had. The sausages are amazing, the shop is full of interesting produce and the staff are very helpful. We have followed the tv show and are very pleased that things have turned out good for them at the farm after all their hard work and commitment. The family fun days are brilliant too !

I use the online delivery service and it is excellent, well packed and promt service and the contents are delicious- best sausages around! Sue

The best sausages I have ever tasted. The shop is great, well stocked with great friendly people

I buy most of the families meat from Jimmy's for one simple reason. It tastes better than anywhere else we've tried.

THE most amazing sausages....absolutely gorgeous

A unique farm shop with so much more to offer than the norm. I love visiting something always different to taste every time. Such a friendly, welcoming atmosphere always enticing you to go back. I have followed Jimmy's story since he started out and have a great empathy for his passion for something he believes in and now look!!

The service, friendliness and sheer enthusiasm of everyone we met was truly amazing. The meat had the flavours that I remembered from childhood. A place that everyone should visit and buy from. Keep it up, Jimmy!

Jimmys farm is a fantastic place to visit, and has the tastiest produce for miles, i would especially recommend the ipswich blue sausages, i wont go anywhere else for my sausages now, if your not local they have a great home delivery service too.

Jimmy's Farm is a wonderful place to visit, something different to see everytime. The one consistent aspect is the great farm shop, all fresh and in season and packed full of goodies. Also some great gift ideas for friends and family. Can't wait to go back again!

We love going to Jimmy's Farm as it is so much more than just the farm - it is a great place to take the family for a day out. We have ordered produce online as well as at the farm, and you can really taste the quality and the produce is fantastic. We would highly recommend Jimmy's Farm and wish them the very best of luck in the competition - Jimmy's Farm would be a very worthy winner!!!

Jimmys Farm is such a fantastic place. The staff are very welcoming and the farm shop is just heaven! It sells lots of delicious foods and is such a delight to visit. A wonderful place to visit with the whole family.

I live in edinburgh and I order the magnificent produce Jimmy has. The taste is sublime, particularly the sausages and bacon, delivery is on time and packaged beautifully and the customer service is second to none! I could get it more locally but why when it is this good!

Jimmy's Farm is just an Amazing place to visit, product is superb but it is the real genuine warmth, quality and service that truly counts! 5 *****

The Farmers Market days are the highlight for us. I drive for 2 hours each way to attend one and the aroma's of the BBQ alone keep me coming back. The selection of stalls are fab - make sure you grab a parmesan stick from the baker and some sausages, bacon and fresh eggs to make the ultimate breakfast the next morning. The butcher in the farm shop is friendly and very helpful. My only problem is my gigantic chest freezer at home still isn't big enough for all the goodies. Heather Uxbridge

They sell and breed essex pigs, they also have a farm shop which only sells local products from around the area and have started this farm from scratch.....

he has made a real go of the farm starting from nothing great food

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Jimmy runs a farm breeding rare breed pigs, this has been followed by a television series and has shown the hi's and lo's of starting a farm. I regular visit the farm and try to attend when they hold farmers markets. I think the food is fantastic and i love their philosophy of the animals having a good life and roaming free to a certain extent and being well looked after. Kimmy really researches what makes good food and is really passionate about it. He and his girlfriend have turned a derelict farm into a fantastic business providing good, local food. They support local businesses also which i feel is really important. especially in this area where supermarkets seem to be dominating the food sector.

jimmy breeds the essex pig cares about the animale good selection of local produce good farmers market once a month nature trail very good staff excellent

We travel up on a regular basis from Croydon, Surrey to visit Jimmy & Co. Everyone there is very friendly. The Irish Butcher is sooo charming - we often exchange friendly banter. It's a lovely place and it's great to see how it's progressed over the past few years. Keep up the good work Jimmy and crew...... It's a pleasure. Oh and good luck with Guinea Pig Island... I loved the houses that Sonny was building for them particularly the White House....

They sell all sorts but mostly sausages as they breed Essex pigs, but its not just a farm shop - lots of things to do, trail through the woods, always new animals being born, my little boy loves to visit.

Jimmys Farm is fantastic the food is always fresh and well presented and the staff are very helpfull and freindly

Fantastic range of meats. Great butchers who really know what they're talking about. Lovely to have a wander around the nature trail - and meet the famous Essex Pigs!

Jimmy's Farm - home of the Essex Pig Company - produces the tastiest sausages ever! This is because the rare breed Essex pigs are happy, healthy and well cared for!

I have always been interested in good quality products. The Essex Pig Company obviously takes pride in what they produce and want to give customers the best that they can get. Having bought sausages at the NEC Good Food show I found them to be the best I have ever had.

"Friendly traditional butchers, nothing is too much trouble. The meat is fantastic, flavoursome and the pork crackling is just like gran use to make. I also like to see the pigs that my meat will come from running around enjoying themselves, happy pigs makes good meat."

good quallity home prduced food

fantastic organic produce, the sausages are excellant, staff very friendly and helpful. Farmers market the best ever

Great meat bred on the premises, good butchery. Also has farmers markets once a month, and a shop selling other good produce.

Fantastic organic produce, the sausages are excellant

Friendly traditional butchers, nothing is too much trouble. The meat is fantastic, flavoursome and the pork crackling is just like gran use to make. I also like to see the pigs that my meat will come from running around enjoying themselves, happy pigs makes good meat.

produce is ho9me reared.