Welcome to Franklin Farm.
Originally family farmers from Zimbabwe we resettled to the beautiful rural Dordogne countryside in France during 2004. We have a flock of 250 ewes, a herd of 50 pigs, 8 cats, 4 dogs, 3 children, 2 geese and some chickens. Both the butchery and farming sides of our enterprise are run by ourselves Gavin and Helen Franklin with occasional help from our lovely children.
Originally family farmers from Zimbabwe we resettled to the beautiful rural Dordogne countryside in France during 2004. We have a flock of 250 ewes, a herd of 50 pigs, 8 cats, 4 dogs, 3 children, 2 geese and some chickens. Both the butchery and farming sides of our enterprise are run by ourselves Gavin and Helen Franklin with occasional help from our lovely children.
Keeping food local using sustainable methods, caring for and maintaining the health and well being of our animals with our continuous aim being to improve the environment around us and build soil.
We manage our pastures with movable electric fence and our animals graze outside, all year round. Using a system of high density quick rotation grazing we aim to improve the biodiversity of our environment and build soil. We use barns during inclement weather, and if necesary, during lambing time although whenever possible we try to lamb outside as well.
Our lamb and mutton has a delicate flavour and a low fat content. We do not use genetically modified cereals in the supplementary feed we give our animals when necessary. Our hay comes from natural pastures grown in the fields around us.
The butchery is opposite our home in “Le Grand Bâtard” in the commune of Eygurande et Gardedeuilh. We are in the Dordogne but only 5 km from the Gironde and between 15 and 20 kms from the Charente and Charente-Maritime borders. It is a fully certified farm butchery and has been in operation since 2011. We sell all our own produce direct to the public. Our meat products are prepared from the whole carcass which is delivered using our trailer and collected in our refridgerated van from our small, local, fully certified abattoir only 25 minutes from our home.
We are not able to produce all our own pork due to the high demand for our products so the pork comes either from our herd of Gascon and Berkshire pigs or from pigs that come from a local farmer M.Larignon in the Charente who producs all his own food for his pigs on his farm.
We are not able to produce all our own pork due to the high demand for our products so the pork comes either from our herd of Gascon and Berkshire pigs or from pigs that come from a local farmer M.Larignon in the Charente who producs all his own food for his pigs on his farm.
Lamb, mutton, pork, sausages, bacon and burgers are available all year round.
You can find us either at the local markets in Ribérac in the Dordogne and Sainte-Foy-la-Grande, in the Gironde.
There are delivery routes in the local area listed in the "Finding Us" tab.
SIRET:47845018200017
You can find us either at the local markets in Ribérac in the Dordogne and Sainte-Foy-la-Grande, in the Gironde.
There are delivery routes in the local area listed in the "Finding Us" tab.
SIRET:47845018200017
