The Wild Hare

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OUR BRAND VALUES*

It is in everyone’s best interest to safeguard the sights, smells and sounds of nature for future generations. Here at The Wild Hare we stand for 3 values BRITISH through our supply chain of farmers and growers, aiming for transparency in the food chain. NUTRITIOUS as we use ancient grains, due to their better gut absorption, as less processed. And ferments as they are linked to positive gut health. Finally SUSTAINABILITY as we champion regenerative agriculture principles and have set our our own standards, with the supply chain signing up to soil health audits

OUR COMMITMENTS*

Sustainability

To work as a farmer or grower with The Wild Hare your farming system has to also have this in their ethos. We look for farms who do not rely on large grain feeds, or vast spraying of crops. Our aim is to grow all ancient grains from the UK, and source vegetables from the UK when viable. We support the British farmer and through nature based farming we will help towards a Net Zero future.

Environment

We use an industry expert to set our sustainability standards which allow us to work with our farmers on various projects to enhance the environment. Such as less spraying, increased margins for wildlife and flowers to grow, benefitting butterflies, bees and insects production. we stipulate a 3-5 year soil health audit which benefits our future soils

Local Communities

We are looking at projects on the farms where we invite various groups on to their land to be involved in tree planting, stone walling - all rural skills which we hope will lead to rural employment. We also feed the local vulnerable community with our meals at reduced price, and support local charities with free meals such as The Nelson Trust

Packaging & Waste

Our sleeves are from sustainable forests and are 100% recyclable. We are currently in 100% recyclable foil trays and looking at biodegradable packaging early 2022

Inspiring & Educating

When our farmers and growers provide exemplar systems for water recycling and other environmental matters, we will help them show this through the Happerley QR code, so people understand the work which is going on behind the scenes. Also working with rural skills a subdivision of the AONB we hope to create apprenticeships in various rural schemes

Energy Reduction

Within the production unit the systems are built to minimise energy waste

Nutritional Values

It is known that increased welfare and less stress to animals produces better quality meats. Also we use ancient grains as these also provide higher nutritional values to the body. Pearl barley is a fibre boost which lowers cholesterol. Spelt is gluten free and provides many essential nutrients such as iron, zinc and magnesium. And Quinoa is so nutritious It has a low Glycemic Index which is good for blood sugar control, as well as being gluten free and the greatest fibre content than other grains