Jan and Stuart uprooted their family in 2002 to move to Devon as a direct result of watching far too many episodes of  'Escape to River Cottage'!   

The lifestyle change after a decade of living and working in London was literally a breathe of fresh air and Jan set about establishing Maddocks Farm Organics, offering small scale seasonal organic vegetable boxes. With Stuart still commuting to London and Imogen not yet at school, it was an extremely challenging time.

The salads developed from a desire to offer more than just lettuces in the boxes and the feedback was so positive that the business grew from there and we soon started supplying shops and pubs. In 2008 Jan made the conscious decision to stop the boxes and to specialise in the salads.