CRESSY FARM pork, dry-cured bacon, sausages and other pork products are high quality, all gluten-free and guaranteed to be sourced from the free-farmed pigs that we have grown ourselves in Canterbury, a little west of Christchurch.

CRESSY FARM is a brand that recognises that today’s consumer wants to know that the food they eat will not only taste good, but it has been grown in a healthy environment and has been processed with minimal use of unwanted additives so common now in many foods.  Our goal is to provide you with an enjoyable eating experience every time.

Pork is the world’s no. 1 meat, yet many New Zealanders still hesitate to include pork in their weekly meal plan.  We would like to change that and Cressy Farm aims to change consumers’ ideas about pork quality.

CRESSY FARM has sows living free range, with huts containing straw bedding and with space to graze, sunbathe and do what pigs do.  Not a stall or crate in sight!

The grower shed is fully open to the sun on the north side and grower pigs are on sawdust bedding, with feed and water available 24 hours.  They have room to move around, dig into the sawdust and play with their pen-mates.

While we are not an organic farm (feed costs are already high enough!), we aim to provide a low stress, healthy environment for all our pigs that means we do treat any sick animals but do not use growth hormones or antibiotic growth promotants.  Because of this environment we are classed as a high-health pig farm with naturally low disease levels.

Overall, our farming system results in tender, tasty, juicy pork!

We have recently purchased the butchery Euro Deli Meats at 325 Westminster St, in Mairehau, Christchurch.  The previous owner, Brian Nieuwenhuize, continues as butchery manager and will still be creating the high quality products he has been producing for many years. This link allows us to be able to follow Cressy Farm pork through our own butchery direct to the consumer, be it the home cook or restaurants.

While the Christchurch Farmers Market is currently Cressy Farm's main market outlet, we are also attending the Oxford Farmers Market on the 1st Sunday of each month.  Check out where we'll be in the next couple of weeks on our Where to Buy page.  We also supply other butchers in the Christchurch area and Dunedin, Wanaka and Wellington, their details are also on the Where to Buy page.

Plus we are moving toward more on-line selling, working with new on-line markets just being set up.  The nationwide Online Farmers Market now has some of our products available to purchase.  This will be a very useful alternative for those of you who are unable to get to our shop or markets.  Another option now operating is Lucy's for those of you in the Selwyn district.  We are also able to take direct orders by phone or email, see our Euro Deli Meats website for more information.