Perry Court Farm was taken on by the Brockman Family in 1953 with the specific intention of creating an Organic and if possible Bio-Dynamic Farm. Prior to 1953 Perry Court Farm had been split up and fragmented by former owners. When the Brockman family took it over in 1953 they started to put the farm back together, buying neighboring fields back as and when possible.

In spring 1954 the first Bio-Dynamic compost heaps were made and Bio-Dynamic vegetables were produced in response to a request from the Peredur Home School for handicapped children. Joan and Siegfried Rudel, who ran the home, were convinced that Bio-Dynamic food made a great difference to how well they could help the children living there. The demand and perceived need encouraged the farm to soldier on regardless of the problems and financial stresses associated with developing the farm from scratch. The prime importance of good food, especially for young children and those in poor health is now widely recognized. 

By 1976 Alan and his father Jesse had successfully regained most of the land that was lost and also converted the whole Farm to Organic and Bio-Dynamic standards. Alan served on the original Soil Association standards committee and so the farm land was therefore registered as organic with the Soil Association as well as Bio- Dynamic through the Demeter symbol scheme. Later the Organic symbol was dropped in favour of the Demeter one.  

Even though yields of the organic / Bio-Dynamic crops were lower then the conventional farmers chemically fertilized ones and prices were unfortunately not higher as virtually no market for organic produce existed at the time, the farm had been converted. 
It was only Alans deep conviction of principals over profit and his strong belief in the benefits of Organic and Bio-Dynamic farming that kept the business together through those very uncertain times for a fledgling organic farm.

Early farm enterprises included Pigs, Sheep, Chickens, Apples, Pears and glasshouse crops. By the early 1970's the post war famine was turning to glut and as Britain joined the EEC during that period, certain enterprises became un-viable. The Farm then took on a different approach, everything was based around the Beef herd and Cereal enterprise. It almost became a one man operation, just to remain in business.

Further strain on the finances were experienced when the family took a pivotal role in the founding of Perry Court Steiner School (now renamed Canterbury Steiner School). This took place when the only remaining buildings and farmhouse outside farm ownership came onto the market. The farm then bought and gifted to the School the original farm house, the outbuildings, the oast house and approx 5 acres of grounds for the School to set up in.
The farm did over time receive some small donations from the School towards the ungifted 20% when the school was in a better financial position than the farm. 

Perry Court Steiner School was opened in 1976 with 14 pupils and 4 staff.

The 1980's saw further changes for the Farm, with the opening of the Farm shop and small scale vegetable production restarting. Jesse Brockman who had helped to build up the farm from the start died at the age of 86. With almost a lifetimes experience of farming he had set up and successfully run the farms 400 Pigs, Sheep flock and 1200 laying Hens. With the additional help of other family members, he had played a key role in regaining land, putting up buildings and the creation of a viable family farm.  Jesse past away just six months after Patrick Brockman started full time work on the farm. 

The 1990's saw the farm getting involved with 'community supported agriculture' whereby School parents and interested parties rented some land from the farm to grow vegetables for a weekly Organic box scheme. This worked well in the early years, with many box members and volunteers getting involved with all aspects of growing; planning, sowing, weeding, harvesting and then also marketing the produce. This was often a new experience for box members but nonetheless proved a sociable and enjoyable time for most.

The rest of the farm went through something of a modernization process. Patrick had gained agricultural qualifications from Hallow, Aberystwyth and numerous other part time courses while farming at the same time. The business was helped further by the addition of Leo Brockman to the family farm. Having successfully gained an honours degree in mechanical engineering and later an MSc in business administration, he joined the team. This period saw the addition of more farmland away from the home farm, improved cattle housing, automated grain cleaning and storage facilities, restructuring of the farms machinery policy, compost handling and manure storage facilities, and also the building of the first Polly tunnels and the first sale at a farmers market.

Present Day. 

The farms continues to expand and diversify, while at the same time keeping the smaller family farm atmosphere. This personal connection with all aspects of farm life is a vital and integral part of Bio-Dynamic farming. 

Unfortunately the community supported agriculture (CSA) box scheme came to close after 10 years. The farm then took it over under the capable hands of Grainne. Additional vegetables were grown and the whole enterprise expanded from about 2  to 45 acres (2006)
The farms focus now lies on the specialist and direct sales market. 

Organic food is available almost everywhere. The benefits of healthy living and Organic food are widely known and in the news almost weekly.  Awareness of environmental issues has not only become commonplace but is now accepted as being absolutely vital for the future habitation of the planet.

Those early pioneering steps have now led the farm to the position where it is able to supply it's home grown foods, even if a little thinly, over the whole of the South East, from Canterbury to Bristol and London to Cambridge.

This rather unique farm has proved of interest to academics, farmers, growers and the media alike, and with the increased awareness of what the Bio-Dynamic approach has to offer will no doubt continue to do so.