Sunnyfields is a family business owned and run by Ian and Louise Nelson.
Started in 1987 it is one of the longest established organic businesses
in the UK. It is committed to organic, local production and operating
its business in the most environmentally sensitive way possible.
Sunnyfields has been certified organic by the Soil Association
since 1987 as both a producer and processor. Ian, Louise and staff have
a vast knowledge of organic production and all the products they
produce and sell.
Organic food and farming has in the early twenty first century started
to move towards mass market penetration, this is already upsetting the
balance of organic production. Organic farming is about a farming system
and is not about grabbing a plastic bag of organic carrots as you
hurtle around your local big name supermarket. It is about freshness,
buying local, food miles, minimal packaging, people, standards, ethics
and product range. Sunnyfields started for these reasons and will
continue to follow them - we are a real organic trading company with
food, farming and customer service at its heart.
There are six main parts to Sunnyfields:
- A farm
growing a wide range of fruits, vegetables and herbs on a field scale
and in glasshouses and polytunnels. This means that we can supply the
freshest produce possible - direct from field to plate.
- A farm shop
open every day selling a wide range of goods including fresh produce,
wholefoods, special diet foods, meat, dairy, alcoholic drinks and
household products.
- Attending farmers' markets in the local area during the Summer and Autumn, selling a select range of our own farm grown food.
- A saturday farmers' market held here at Sunnyfields, that is attended by many farmers and producers from around Hampshire and the New Forest.
- A home delivery service and box scheme
delivering to most parts of Hampshire and other areas including parts
of Dorset, Surrey, and Greater London, supplying fresh produce,
wholefoods, special diet foods, meat, dairy, alcoholic drinks and
household products.
- Restaurants supplying a wide range of specialist herbs, vegetables and fruit, fresh from the field.
- Wholesale
supplying a range of other retailers including, farm shops, box
schemes, wholesale markets, dedicated organic retailers and caterers.
Between twenty to eighty staff
work at Sunnyfields depending on the time of year in a range of jobs
from field work, through to packing, retailing, delivery and office
work.
