At Our Lady of the Rock, we are as self-sufficent as possible, raising most of the food for ourselves and our guests. Apart from Cotswold Sheep, Highland Cattle, llamas and alpacas, we raise pigs and poultry, and Jersey cows for milking.

In addition we grow lush gardens of flowers, vegetables and herbs, which we use in preparations for sale. Most of our animals are pasture grazed and we apply organic methods whenever we can.

We support ourselves, in part, by selling the fruits of our labors: fleeces, rovings, battings, spun wool, hides and knit goods from the sheep; meats, dairy goods and herbs to our island neighbors.