The High Weald is largely a wooded, pastoral landscape with some fruit and hop growing at its eastern end. Its main products are fruit and drink such as juice, wine and beer; coppiced timber for fencing, logs and charcoal; meat, largely beef and lamb; and dairy items.

Fruit products Orchards are scattered across the whole of the AONB, but are concentrated in the Kent High Weald. Some of the fruit you will see growing in orchards includes cherries, plums, pears and apples. Black, red and white currants, gooseberries, strawberries, raspberries and other fruit  can also be found growing in the area. Apart from at markets and farm shops, many producers offer the opportunity to pick your own fruit from the farm.... Read more	Hop products The High Weald remains one of the areas traditionally associated with the growing of hops for beer making. Hop varieties such as Amos' Early Bird, Cobbs, Golding and Fuggle all have their own characteristics and each add different aromas and flavours to the beer. Hop plants or bines grow clockwise up strings attached to hop poles, producing cones of pale petals in ... Read more	Coppice products Coppice is woodland where the trees are cut periodically and are left to regrow from the cut stumps or "stools", often producing multiple stems. It is a highly sustainable method of producing rapidly growing useful wood without the need to replant. Although most native hardwood trees in Britain such as oak, ash, willow and birch will coppice freely, those coppiced in the High Weald are Hornbeam, Hazel and Sweet Chestnut. ... Read more
Charcoal Charcoal is made by heating wood out of contact with air. Charcoal burning is one of the world's oldest crafts dating back to pre-Roman times. It has a long history in the High Weald, being used in the production of iron from the time of the Roman occupation. Low value, coppiced or 'waste' wood is normally used for charcoal production and is ideally seasoned or dried to speed up the burning process. The production process has changed very little over the centuries. Most burning takes place on the site where the wood has been felled. In the past the wood was carefully stacked in a dome and covered with ... Read more	Wine English made grape-based wines are more widely available than ever and the High Weald is home to a number of vineyards producing red, white and rose still and sparkling wines. Vines need a well-drained sunny site, ideally a south facing slope. They are planted in spaced rows usually supported by trellises and wires and have to be pruned each year to encourage new ... Read more	Meat and poultry products Farming in the High Weald has primarily been based around grazing animals: distinctive conker-coloured Sussex beef cattle and tough Romney Marsh Sheep form a traditional part of the landscape.   Although livestock farming has declined throughout the High Weald within the last ten years, there is still a widespread industry based on beef, lamb and - to a lesser extent - pork, which is often reared as free-range.... Read more
Dairy products There are many local products based on sheep, goat or cows milk available from the High Weald, including fresh milk, cream, hard and soft cheeses, yoghurts, ice cream and flavoured milk drinks. In particular, there is a wide range of locally and traditionally made cheeses to choose from. Cheese making is based on warm milk to  which acid-producing bacterial cultures and a coagulant (rennet or lactic acid), has been added.... Read more