Copplestone · Devon · EX17 5PB

Thirteen generations.
One county.

Elston Farm is a regenerative farm on Devon's red soil — red deer and native British cattle grazing a landscape of more than 12,000 planted trees, at the heart of a twelve-year scientific trial. It is also the home of M C Kelly, catering butchers to the West Country since 1956.

A morning at Elston — Andy and the dog, the herd, the deer, the trees

20yrFarming regeneratively
12,000+Trees planted, including hedges
12yrRothamsted Research field trial
1956M C Kelly founded
The farm

Most farms tell you a story.
Ours can prove one.

The Gray family has farmed this corner of Devon for generations, across more than one farm. Today Elston runs red deer and native British cattle together on permanent pasture, between alleys of oak, alder and Scots pine planted through the grazing — measured year on year by Britain's oldest agricultural research institution.

We don't usually talk about most of what happens here. This site is where we start.

Andy Gray moving cattle at Elston
Photograph — Andy Gray moving cattle at Elston
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“I'm a commercial farmer. This is a commercial enterprise and I will make it make money.”

Andy Gray — The Observer, May 2021