We have a farming background and we are proud to produce and source sustainable meat from farms that are working towards a better future.
The Story was founded in 2006 by school friends and fellow farmers Jim Twine and Luke Hasell. Their farms are just three miles apart in the gorgeous Chew Valley. The farms are fully organic and they aim to conserve and enhance natural habitat and follow wildlife friendly farming practices.
We are partnered with Farm Wilder and Yeo Valley and align ourselves with their standards.
The Story was founded in 2006 by school friends and fellow farmers Jim Twine and Luke Hasell. Their farms are just three miles apart in the gorgeous Chew Valley. The farms are fully organic and they aim to conserve and enhance natural habitat and follow wildlife friendly farming practices.
We have a dedicated website for our Farms which you can explore here.
We have a dedicated team of butchers across our 3 shops.
Dave heads up Worle Village Butchers near Weston-Super-Mare.
Steve, Roy and Brian run the show at Blagdon Butchers in Blagdon.
Paul runs MeatBox in Wapping Wharf, Bristol.
In our Head Office Luke is the big boss, Jen heads up marketing, Nell supports with product development, Iain is on business development and Phil runs sales.
To get in touch with any of us please head to the Get In Touch page!
We source our products from several high quality, local farms including:
- Yeo Valley
- Farm Wilder
- Fernhill Farm
- Castlemead
To learn more, check out our other website The Story Farms. This details all of our farms and partners, and tells you more about our animals.
“This has been my life long home and place of harmony. I feel so lucky to be able to live in the Chew Valley, grateful in the knowledge that the farm is also producing nourishing food, jobs that people love and improving wildlife and biodiversity in the land that surrounds us. Luke’s farm at Herons Green overlooks the beautiful Chew Valley Lake. His family have farmed in the area for over 100 years. In fact they used to farm two other farms Denny Farm and Spring Farm that are now underneath the lake! Luke’s Mother and Father, Sandra and Martin farmed at Herons Green for 30 years before Martin died in 2003 and Sandra in 2007. Luke took over the farm and switched to full organic beef production with a strong herd of North and South Devon.
All the farms are under Higher Level Stewardship which means at the heart of what we do is to manage the land to enhance habitats and achieve significant environmental benefits. By rearing healthy, contented animals on a natural pasture based diet we are able to build organic matter in our soil, improving the soil health and sequester carbon back into the ground.”
LUKE HASELL
