The Linseed Farm: Our Story

Our journey of growing, milling, cold-pressing linseed (flaxseed), and supplying only fresh oil and meal as a Unique Selling Point started in 2000. 

Whilst advertising a chamomile still for sale, I met a prospective buyer pressing hemp. He invited me to see what he was doing. I took the details of the press and, being aware of the benefits of linseed (flaxseed) for cattle, began to wonder if I could become an oil producer. 

As linseed (flaxseed) was being grown that year as a break crop, I soon started to do more research. 

The harvest in early September provided the first linseed (flaxseed) for pressing. 

A cold press was purchased from Sweden, and soon, the newly grown linseed (flaxseed) was ready to put through the press, and the golden oil began to flow—the beginning of an exciting journey of learning all that linseed (flaxseed) had to offer us.

Benefits Of Linseed Oil (Flaxseed Oil) For Animals… And Humans

I already knew that the residue left from the pressing was a healthy cattle food; it was often included in the dairy ration bought for the milking cows all those years ago. I remember pinching the fleshy part of my thumb in a kibbling machine while preparing the linseed cake for the cows as a child. 

Fifty years on and - after researching further the health benefits of linseed, (flaxseed), especially the essential fatty acid content - I started pressing and having my own oil cake supply.

That's when it really started. 

In 2000, I was cold-pressing the Linseed into oil. Firstly, I bottled it in five-litre cans and went door to door to sell it to horse owners and merchants across the South of England. 

With this becoming a huge success and a household name within the equestrian fraternity, I became more aware of the health benefits of linseed oil, not only to animals but also to people. 

The journey with linseed (flaxseed) was advancing. 

Linseed Oil (Flaxseed Oil) Products For Sale

With a full range of products and a unique selling point of freshness, the birth of The Linseed Farm's fresh, cold-pressed linseed oil (flaxseed oil) began. 

Freshly ground or milled linseed (flaxseed) meal and linseed (flaxseed) pods (capsules) catapulted The Linseed Farm into the Health Food market. At this time, the business was known as High Barn Oils but has since become The Linseed Farm. 

Today, I provide retail and wholesale services from a field to fork, spade to spoon, farm to face operation, supplying fresh linseed oil (flaxseed oil) & ground linseed (flaxseed) on a mail order (e-commerce) basis across the UK. 

The Linseed Farm has also attended show events and markets throughout the year, publicising the business of supplying fresh linseed oil, ground linseed and linseed oil pods (supplement capsules), all of which can be purchased here on our website.

I am hoping to restart on-farm events again soon; it was the COVID pandemic that put a stop to them originally.