Farm Visit - Southampton Homestead

This is a 120-acre family farm located on the banks of the Blackwood River

(Goorbilyup). The farm produces pasture-raised chickens from paddock to plate

using ecological, ethical and stress-free farming methods, and runs a small

processing facility. Southampton Homestead received a Landcare award in 2016 for

Innovation in Sustainable Farm Practices. The chickens are moved daily to fresh

pasture and work alongside a herd of grazing cows – a practice known as planned

grazing. Apart from a diet of insects, soil and diverse pasture, the birds are also fed

a supplement of fermented feed to develop their gut bacteria and to provide

additional protein.

The logo of Southampton farm is “it’s all alive, it’s all intelligent and it’s all connected”