About Us and A Little History


“The Harman family have farmed in the Turville Heath area for generations. Turville Heath Farm itself has seen six generations of Harman's live on and work the land.”


| 1892 | The Farm House at Turville Heath Farm was built for Edmund Harman who tenanted the farm for many years.


| 1914 | Edmund's son William bought the farm just at the outbreak of WW1. Through the depression years of the 1920's and 30's William worked hard to raise his family of ten children. WW2 brought better prosperity for the farming community but William continued to work the land in a traditional way, using horse drawn ploughs and shunning the use of modern fertilisers.


| 1957 | Albert Harman took over the farm. Known as Bert, the third success for to Turville Heath Farm was a keen naturalist and during his farming career he refused to follow the trend at the time towards 'modern' intensive farming methods. At this time Bert kept the farm as a way of producing food for his family, until his death aged 85.


| 1995 | Tony Harman and Robin Harman. Bert's son Tony and grandson Robin took over the farm after Bert's death. Tony's great passion for ecology steered him towards this aspect of the farm. Robin began to restore the livestock element of the farm, selecting traditional breeds and methods, at first focusing on the want to provide for his family. The livestock was slowly built up using natural methods.


| 2008 | Robin was approached by local conservation bodies to graze areas outside his farm. These organisations included the Woodland Trust. These partnerships grew and developed, the livestock grazing on ever larger areas of conservation land across the Southern Chilterns.


| 2014 | Robin wanted to see his meat reach the plate, completing the field to fork journey for his livestock. The range of flavourful pasties are made using Robin's own outdoor-reared, grass-grazed meat and all other ingredients are sourced locally and sustainably where possible.


| 2015 | The Barn at Turville Heath is born. The Barn is not only an outlet but an amenity for visitors to the Chilterns AONB (Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty).


And the rest is history so they say!