Today, Lovaton Farm’s free range pork, lamb and Dexter beef is available by mail order, directly from the farm and in selected local shops in the Okehampton area.

Lovaton is a family-run farm with an in-house butchery, ensuring high quality and complete traceability from our fields to your fork.

When Jane Barber took over the farm from her father in 1999, it was her intention to renovate the farmhouse to start a B&B business. Jane’s first purchase was a Gloucester Old Spot named Penny to clear the paddock of brambles and weeds. However, Penny caught the roving eye of Rufus the boar and in less than 12 months they produced no fewer than 42 piglets.

You can read the whole story of Jane Barber and Lovaton Farm in this article from Exeter's Lifestyle Magazine, EX1.

Pork

Our Pork is produced from the finest of traditional rare-breed pigs including the Gloucester Old Spot, Saddleback and Welsh pigs, the Gloucester Old Spot being the original 'orchard pig'.

All our pigs are genuinely free-range and are reared slowly to maturity. The pigs spend their whole lives roaming freely in open paddocks during the spring, summer and autumn with cosy straw-bedded sheds in winter.

This stress-free rearing results in delicious, succulent and mouth-watering pork with proper 'crackling'. Pork is available in great value meat boxes or cut to order into joints, chops, bacon, gammon hams, pork burgers and award winning sausages and meatballs. (Taste of the West Silver 2008). We can also supply half-pig orders.

View pork price list.

Beef

Our home-bred Dexter and Dexter cross Devon cattle graze all spring, summer and autumn on land under 'Countryside Stewardship', a scheme to promote wildlife friendly farming. In the winter the cattle are supplemented with home-grown feeds allowing them to be reared in a stress-free traditional manner.

The Dexter is the smallest of the native British breeds with a wonderfully distinctive texture and flavour. We cross this with the Devon Ruby Red breed which produces the same rich Dexter taste and has subsequently won us Gold and Silver awards in the annual 'Taste of the West' competition.

All the beef is hung for three to four weeks to enhance the flavour and tenderness. It is then cut and vacuum packed ready to use or freeze, making it ideal for modern busy families. Beef is available in great value meat boxes or cut to order into all types of joints, succulent steaks, lean mince, burgers and sausages.

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Lamb, Hogget and Mutton

Our Lamb is sourced from our native breeds which are lambed outside in the spring sunshine. Reared on clover rich pasture overlooking Dartmoor, the meat is tender and full of flavour.

In addition to Lamb, we also supply older animals as Hogget and Mutton. This meat has even more flavour and is a traditional good-value meat which is making a welcome comeback.

The Lamb, Hogget and Mutton are all available as joints, chops, steaks, mince and sausages. For the best value try our half or whole lamb boxes.

View lamb price list.

Jamie Saves our Bacon

Is it really possible to put delicious meat on your table, put animal welfare before cost-cutting and support British pig farmers without breaking the bank?

This article explores how you can get behind Jamie Oliver's campaign to support British pig farmers, by buying free-range pork directly from farms like Lovaton.

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