We are a 21st Century Farm
Nyeri Hill farm is approximately 165 Km from Nairobi the capital city of Kenya and is located about 3 Km from Nyeri town where the remains of the founders of the Scout and Girl Guide movements Lord Barden Powel and his wife lady Powel are buried.
The farm is over 3,000 Acres large with 825 Acres under Coffee and 100 acres are under tea. Canola and Sunflower farming is also a new addition to the products we grow. We also have dairy and beef cows, pigs and goats. Our farming activities include Coffee, Tea, Livestock, Fodder and Afforestation.
A little bit of History
Nyeri Hill Farm< is owned and managed by the Catholic Archdiocese of Nyeri.
The farm was established in 1904 by the Consolata Missionaries. In 1914, the Consolata fathers introduced coffee, with the first demonstration plot near the present site of the Consolata Mission Hospital Mathari.
In 1934, the Consolata Fathers installed a dry and wet mill for processing the coffee. They would then export the coffee to back to Turin, Italy, their birth place. The mill is still functional to date.
Coffee is the major farm produce at Hill Farm with a little under 30% of the entire farm being coffee.
The main mission of establishing the farm was to generate income to facilitate evangelization, eradicate ignorance, poverty and disease.
THE ITALIAN WAR MEMORIAL CHURCH
Within the farm precincts is the Italian memorial Church where the remains of SACRARIO DUCA D’AOSTA of Italy rest. Sacrario Duca D’aosta was the next line to Italian throne but he met his death during the Second World War in 1942. Remains of many other prisoners of the 2rd World war are preserved here.