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Local Flavours Your guide to
Community Food in Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire
Recipes • Shops • Money-saving tips • Community Food Initiatives Dozens of local producers • Farmers’ Markets
Contents
Contents Introduction
Editorials
Foreword
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Love Food Hate Waste
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Acknowledgements
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Community Growing Sites
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How to use this Guide
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Community Food Co-operatives
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Community Supported Agriculture
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Community Gardens
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Product Categories Bakery & Flour
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Beverages & Beer
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Farms & Communities
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Confectionery
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Love Food Hate Waste
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Dairy and Eggs
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Low Carbon Foods
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Fruit
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Community Box Schemes
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Meat & Fish
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Community Food Events
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Poultry & Game
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Community Shops
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Preserves, Oils & Sauces
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Community Markets
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Vegetables & Box Schemes
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Seasonal Food Calendar
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Wine
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Where to buy
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Recipes
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General Information
Hospitality
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Alphabetical Index
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Shops: Butchers, Delis and Farm Shops
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Useful Organisations
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Farmers’ Markets
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Afterword, Glossary
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Foreword
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elcome to the 2011-12 edition of Local Flavours, your guide to the delicious local food and drink produced in Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire! The first local food guide for Oxfordshire was produced in 2000, compiled and distributed by a group of committed volunteers, who believed in the ethos of “local food”. This was the beginning of the Oxfordshire Local Food Group, which later merged with similar initiatives in Buckinghamshire and Berkshire. The BBO Food Group became a Community Interest Company in 2008. Many producers who featured in the first guide - Shaken Oak, Copas Traditional Turkeys, Dews Meadow Farm, Foxbury Farm and Rumsey’s Chocolates - are listed in this year’s edition too. These producers, and many others, benefited from the business development and marketing support offered by the BBO Food Group. The Local Food Guide, in print and online at www. local-food.net, is an excellent way of promoting our local food businesses, and is a popular resource for retailers, chefs and the general public. This year the theme is Community Food, showing the links between food producers and their local communities. These vital connections between producers and consumers will help the local food sector thrive. Community Supported Agriculture, Community Shops, Community Markets, and other local food schemes support their local food businesses and provide them with new ways to market their products.
Find out how you can develop a community food project from the Making Local Food Work programme (www.makinglocalfoodwork.co.uk), RDPE Leader programme (http://www.defra.gov.uk/rural/rdpe) and other useful organisations listed on page 83. Enjoy!
Read about different community food initiatives and how they involve local food producers to create successful partnerships. They are truly inspiring and we can all learn from them.
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Acknowledgements
Local Flavours Food & Drink from Berks, Bucks and Oxon
Your guide to Community Food 2011/12 edition Published by BBO Food Group Community Interest Company (CIC)
Acknowledgements:
Text and layout: © BBO Food Group CIC Photographs: © BBO Food Group CIC, Barracks Lane Community Garden, Chiltern Brewery, Compass Brewerry, West Mill Farm, Cross Lanes Fruit Farm, Cobbs Farm & Kitchen, Tollhurst Organic Produce, Lanie Allen at Hamstead Marshall FM, Oxford Fine Food Company, Mike Newman at Ocean Image, Quince Products, Rumsey’s Hand-made Chocolates, True Food Co-op, Two Hoots Cheese.
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A big Thank You! to all producers who joined the Food Group and stayed as loyal customers for all these years. Also many thanks to the people involved in the production of this Guide. Our webmaster Chris Cussens, word editor Wendy Tobitt, copy writer Sandra Kessell and Susie Ohlenschlager from Oxfordshire County Council.
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We would like to thank all community groups who helped with the production of this Food Guide, sharing with the public their excellent stories. Special credits go to Julieanne Porter from Barracks Lane Community Garden who supplied the image for the front cover.
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he Food Guide is designed to help you find tasty food and drink quickly and easily. Entries are listed under Categories according to primary produce or activity (e.g. Meat & Fsh, Pick Your Own). Many BBO members have several product lines and may operate delivery services, so each category has references to more producers of that particular product/service. Look out for “See also…” to find them.
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Doves Farm Foods Berkshire Contact: Clare Marriage Address: Salisbury Rd Hungerford Berkshire RG17 0RF Tel: 01488 684880 Fax: 01488 685235 Email: mail@dovesfarm.co.uk Website: www.dovesfarm.co.uk About Us: Organic, Fairtrade, gluten-free & vegetarian foods including speciality flours snackbars, flapjacks, cookies, digestive biscuits, breakfast cereals. Additional Information: Member of the Vegan Society and Vegetarian Society. Soil Association, ACCS grain, Fairtrade. Sales: Direct deliveries (if over 1 ton) to wholesalers. New members who joined the Food Group after this Guide was printed are listed in the directory at www.local-food.net. Visit the website Events page for local food and drink festivals and other events.
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Bakery & Flour Born to be Yummy Ltd
Doves Farm Foods
Oxfordshire
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Contact: Clare Panchoo Address: Chapel Cottage Murcott Kidlington Oxfordshire OX5 2RE Tel: 07949 505523 Email: clare@borntobeyummy.co.uk Website: www.borntobeyummy.co.uk
Contact: Clare Marriage Address: Salisbury Rd Hungerford Berkshire RG17 0RF Tel: 01488 684880 Fax: 01488 685235 Email: mail@dovesfarm.co.uk Website: www.dovesfarm.co.uk
About Us: We produce a yummy range of cakes especially for children. Our range includes flapjacks, brownies and sponge cakes. We sell in retail packs of 5 individually wrapped cakes. Our products are 100% natural, made using quality ingredients and are healthier than standard cakes which makes them perfect for lunchboxes and at home or on-the-go snacking occasions.
About Us: Organic, Fairtrade gluten-free and vegetarian products, including speciality flours (barleycorn, buckwheat, rye, spelt), snackbag, flapjacks, cookies, digestive biscuits, breakfast cereals, baking requisites and pasta.
Sales: Sold in local and national retail outlets. Can also supply to food service.
Sales: Direct deliveries (if over 1 ton) to wholesalers.
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Additional Information: Member of the Vegan Society and Vegetarian Society. Soil Association, ACCS grain, Fairtrade.
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Don’t hunt around for our products...
...We will put them in a box, and send them straight to your door! At Doves Farm we make a wide range of organic, gluten free and Fairtrade ingredients and foods. To buy online, or get recipe ideas and more information about what we do, visit our website.
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Bakery & Flour
FWP Matthews
Just Biscuits
Oxfordshire
Buckinghamsire
Contact: Graham Matthews Address: Station Road Shipton-under-Wychwood Chipping Norton Oxfordshire OX7 6BH Tel: 01993 830342 Fax: 01993 831615 Email: sales@fwpmatthews.co.uk Website: www.fwpmatthews.co.uk
Contact: Jill Lydon Address: Layby Farm Old Risborough Road Stoke Mandeville Buckinghamshire HP22 5XJ Tel: 07872 471112 Email: justbiscuits@hotmail.co.uk Website: www.justbiscuits.co.uk
About Us: Millers of high quality organic and conventional flours. Additional Information: Soil Association. Sales: Mail order, online sales, direct deliveries. Mill shop Mon to Fri; 9 am to 5 pm. Mill visits by appointment.
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About Us: Hand made, freshly baked sweet biscuits and savoury cheese biscuits. Celebration biscuits available at Christmas, Easter and Valentine’s Day. Also, gift boxes for special occasions and favour bags for weddings. Sales: Farmers’ Markets, direct deliveries.
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The Old Farmhouse Bakery
Buckinghamshire
Oxfordshire
Contact: Tony Cammarota Address: 23 Burners Lane Kiln Farm Milton Keynes Buckinghamshire MK11 3HA Tel: 07794 252 791 Email: themediterraneandelico@gmail.com
Contact: Kate or Beccie Bitmead Address: By The Meadow Farm Steventon Oxfordshire OX13 6RP Tel: 01235 831230 Email: oldfarmhousebakery@bythemeadowfarm.co.uk Website: www.theoldfarmhousebakery.co.uk
About Us: Continental bakery and Mediterranean delicatessens.
Saucy Puds
About Us: Traditional bakery producing good oldfashioned bread. All made by hand on the premises. Pies, pasties & quiche; cakes & biscuits; puddings; croissants & chelseas and our famous lardies. British farmhouse cheeses, baskets, local honey, jam, marmalade, chutney, jelly.
Oxfordshire
Additional Information: A Rick Stein Food Hero.
Contact: Jacqui Mansfield Address: The Old Dairy Denmark Street Oxford Oxfordshire OX4 1QS Tel: 01865 726997 Email: jacqui@saucypuds.co.uk Website: www.saucypuds.co.uk
Sales: Open: Wed, Thur, Fri: 9 am to 5 pm; Sat 8.30 am to 1 pm. Farmers’ Markets and mail order.
Sales: Sales at consumer shows.
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Mediterranean Deli Company
Palace Cuisine Oxfordshire
About Us: A range of classic and contemporary puddings handmade in Oxford using the finest locally sourced and sustainably produced ingredients. This enables us to support our vibrant regional food culture and lowers our carbon footprint. Our chocloate, sugar and spices are supplied by the Essential Trading cooperative in Bristol using their Fairtrade, ethical and environmentally friendly brands. Sales: Farmers’ Markets, direct deliveries to shops, local food events.
Contact: Tim Bennett Address: Unit 4 West End Industrial Estate Witney Oxfordshire OX28 1UB Tel: 01993 702942 Fax: 01993 702942 Email: palace.cuisine@btconnect.com Website: www.palacecuisine.co.uk About Us: Bakery, French style patisserie, one of the last makers of traditional Banbury cakes, bespoke celebration cakes. Sales: Direct deliveries. Caterer.
See also… • Burgers of Marlow • Waterperry Gardens
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Love Food Hate Waste
Is local food more expensive? The real cost of food
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efore the so-called ‘green revolution’ in the 1950s, most of the food we ate was farmed, processed and distributed locally, without many imports from other countries. In the years following the Second World War, pressure was applied to increase productivity, and higher yielding methods and machinery crept in from abroad. Today, the World Trade Organisation, EU, fuel giants and food conglomerates are all familiar terms, and they all dictate our food supply, to the extent that ‘local food’ is now perceived as an expensive and impractical luxury. Why go to the trouble, some ask, of tracking down locally produced and seasonally available food when there are a hundred cheaper alternatives on hand from a large supermarket chain?
Rubbish – counting the cost Fresh fruit, vegetables and salad make up more than a third of households’ wasted food.
Waste not, want not Some food waste is unavoidable, and more appropriate treatments of this can reduce the amount of biological waste going to landfill. While homeowners can contribute by composting their own garden waste, local authorities promote recycling on a larger scale, using organic materials such as food waste and manures to make a gas that can be burned to generate electricity and heat, or processed into transport fuel, or injected into the gas grid. Leftover material can be used as fertiliser in both small and large scale operations. Source: WRAP (www.wrap.org.uk)
This approach fails to take into account the real cost of food; not just in pounds spent at the till, but the damage that intensive farming and worldwide transportation does to soil, air, water sources and wildlife, the effect it has on animal welfare, and the stress, health and noise levels we experience as humans. Local food production eases many of these issues and directly benefits the local economy. A box scheme, pick-your-own or farm shop will typically reinvest 80% of its gross income locally, while a supermarket will spend or leave only 15% of its sales locally. It’s easy to see that the former has far greater benefit for people who live within the community, measured in improved education and health facilities, transport links and leisure activities. Do your bit for the community and grow your own or buy local food, while taking practical steps to reduce food waste and cut the real cost of food.
UK households throw away 8.3 million tonnes of food a year, of which 65% is avoidable. This represents £480 for the average household annually. The main issues are buying and preparing too much food, letting edible food go off either untouched or in opened packets, and misunderstanding sell by and use by dates. Source: Defra Food Strategy 2030
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Contact: Tom Jenkinson Address: Nash Lee Road Terrick Aylesbury Buckinghamshire HP17 0TQ Tel: 01296 613647 Fax: 01296 612419 Email: info@chilternbrewery.co.uk Website: www.chilternbrewery.co.uk
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Fine English Ales from the Chiltern Hills
About Us: The Chiltern Brewery is the oldest independent brewery in Buckinghamshire and the Chilterns. A family run business, they produce award winning, fine English ales using wholesome, natural ingredients and age-old brewing methods. The brewery shop sells their range of draught and bottled beers, speciality wines, locally made preserves, condiments, cakes, cheeses and sausages; many made using one of their ales as an essential ingredient. Brewery tours and own label bottles for special occasions are also available.
Visit our lovely brewery shop for our fine ales, locally made fare and other specialities. Visit our website at
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Beverages and Beer
Compass Brewery
See also… • Shops category
Oxfordshire Contact: Mattias Sjoberg Address: 6 Compass Close Oxford Oxfordshire OX4 3SX Tel: 0781 645 3377 Email: info@compassbrewery.com Website: www.compassbrewery.com About Us: Baltic Night Stout - A very dry stout at 4.8% that is intensely dark/black with lots of roasted coffee flavours yet has a deceptively light body which makes it a great after dinner drink to have with a chocolate dessert. The King’s Shipment IPA - This is a 6% IPA where we have balanced the traditional bitter flavour of an IPA with sweetness provided by the malt. Isis Pale Ale - The recipe is inspired by American pale ale and British IPA. Sales: Delivered to off-licenses, pubs, restaurants, shops around Oxfordshire. Deddington and Headington Farmers’ Markets. For an up to date list of stockists or to place an order visit our website. 12
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or more than 150 years the Elder Stubbs allotments in Rymers Lane, Oxford, have provided space in which Cowley residents can grow their own fruit, vegetables and flowers. Originally set up as compensation for the loss of common land, the allotments’ long history has been chequered – grow your own hasn’t always been in fashion. These days a charity oversees 100 allotments for local residents, besides leasing plots to vulnerable and socially excluded people through two separate charities. The Porch Steppin’ Stone Centre has 10 allotments and a small orchard while Restore cultivates 2½ acres as an organic market garden and orchard under the umbrella of The Elder Stubbs Garden Group. The result is an area of land where a diverse group of people can enjoy the satisfaction of planting, tending and harvesting produce. The Elder Stubbs Charity has planted 1000 native trees, has a pond and wetland area, an osier bed and a hazel coppice, as well as a heritage orchard and wildflower meadow. The charity endeavours to manage the land in an organic, chemical-free manner. Your Guide to Community Food
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Growing your own enjoyment Produce grown by The Porch Steppin’ Stone participants is used in meals at its day centre for the long-term homeless and unemployed. The Elder Stubbs Garden Group project is therapy for people recovering from mental illness. Their produce is sold Monday to Friday 10am-3pm. Estate manager Phil Creme, together with a team of volunteers, ensures the site runs smoothly. Machinery is available to site users and there are loos at the Restore buildings, which also include a kitchen, a workshop where a wood recycling project is run, and a shop. The annual Elder Stubbs Festival attracts 3000 people in the summer and has become a key Cowley event. Performing arts, poets and rock stars join gardeners and stallholders among the flowers and vegetables, raising awareness of mental health issues and providing positive images of mental health. For more information about the allotments and the work of both The Steppin’ Stone Project and Restore, visit www.elderstubbs.org.uk.
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Confectionery
Confectionery Burgers of Marlow
Chiltern Natural Foods
Buckinghamshire
Buckinghamshire
Contact: Philippe and Bernard Burger Address: The Causeway Marlow Buckinghamshire SL7 1NF Tel: 01628 483389 Email: info@burgersofmarlow.co.uk Website: www.burgersofmarlow.co.uk
Contact: Susie Maynard Address: 10 Vernon Building West Bourne Street High Wycombe Buckinghamshire HP11 2PX Tel: 01494 862133/07745 768151 Fax: 01494 862133 Email: info@chilternnaturalfoods.com Website: www.chilternnaturalfoods.com
About Us: A traditional quaint tea room and craft bakery with delicious cakes, bread, pastries and handmade chocolates. Sales: Tea room and bakery open Mon to Sat 8.30 am to 5.30 pm.
About Us: Producers of a range of quality natural foods including granola breakfast cereals, muesli, crumbly fudges and flavoured nuts. Please call us for more information. Additional Information: Member of Guild of Fine Food Retailers Sales: We supply retailers, farm shops, sweet shops, pubs, delis and sell at local Farmers’ Markets. We can provide our product packed in bags or in bulk for retailers, pubs and clubs.
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Mortimer Chocolate Company
Berkshire Contact: Tara Cole Address: Sea Dandy Ltd 87 Ditton Road Datchet Berkshire SL3 9LX Tel: 01753 510474/07774 939174 Email: taracole@chocolateblush.co.uk Website: www.chocolateblush.co.uk
Berkshire
About Us: Handmade biscuits and chocolates. Personalisation and bespoke options, handmade fresh cream truffles, animal and alphabet biscuits. No additives or preservatives. Made with top quality fresh ingredients. 2010 Gold Star Taste award for Lemon Truffle. Sales: Shop open 10 am to 4 pm
Contact: Adrian Smith Address: 66 Windmill Road Mortimer Common Reading Berkshire RG7 3RL Tel: 01189 332073 Fax: 01189 332073 Email: adrian@mortimerchocolate.co.uk Website: www.mortimerchocolate.co.uk
Confectionery
Chocolate Blush
About Us: Fantastic tasting Pure Dark Chocolate Powders, 70% cocoa solids, from different countries of origin. Can be used to make delicious hot chocolate drinks, for cooking and for melting and dipping. Sales: Waitrose - nationally. Via the website. Local farm shops and delis. We are based in the village of Mortimer, between Reading and Basingstoke.
Gorvett & Stone Oxfordshire Contact: Matthew Stone Address: 28 Duke Street Henley-on-Thames Oxfordshire RG9 1UP Tel: 01491 414485 Fax: 01491 411634 Email: enquiries@gorvettandstone.co.uk Website: www.gorvettandstone.co.uk About Us: Chocolates handmade in Henley-onThames. We make a range of handmade chocolates at the rear of our shop using the finest ingredients and also sell fine confectionery from throughout the world. Sales: We sell at our own shop, via mail order and the internet nationally and locally to delicatessens, farm shops and restaurants. Shop open Mon to Sat 9.30 am to 5.30 pm.
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Confectionery
Rumsey’s Hand-made Chocolates
RUMSEY’S handmade chocolate perfection
Buckinghamshire Contact: Mary Rumsey Address: The Cocoa Pod 74 Oxford Road Off Badger’s Rise Stone Buckinghamshire HP17 8PL Tel: 01296 747531 Email: sales@rumseys.co.uk Website: www.rumseys.co.uk About Us: Rumseys makes quality hand-made chocolates, sold at the coffee shops in Wendover and Thame, and online. Learn the art of the Chocolatier at their School of Chocolate in Stone. Sales: Two coffee shops, open daily. Buy online and check for all other details.
Exquisite handmade chocolates for retail and wholesale
Buy chocolates online for luxury treats
The Cocoa Pod School of Chocolate demonstrations, chocolate making, tastings, corporate days
Coffee shops in Thame & Wendover wonderful house specialities and superb hot chocolate
Bring a little ‘Chocolat’ into your life and find out all you need to know at
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hen a group of like-minded friends banded together to boost their buying power in 1999 they little thought 12 years later their scheme would be running as a community food co-operative with a large, committed membership, several markets and a shop. True Food Co-op sells organic, sustainably, ethicallygrown local food and household products at evening markets and in its shop in Reading. Volunteers work alongside the full-time buyer, shop manager and markets manager, as well as a parttime food co-ordinator, to keep the not-for-profit organisation operating on as small a budget as possible. Other money-saving measures include buying in bulk, selling items loose so shoppers can buy small manageable amounts and sourcing from local suppliers to reduce food miles and associated costs. The approach gives supporters and shoppers the best possible price without short-changing the producers or damaging the environment. Selling from markets and a shop enables those buying to interact with each other, fostering a sense of community. “We really feel that’s an important part of what we do, which is why we don’t offer veg boxes, though we do get asked about them a lot, “ explains Anna Louise Batchelor, one of the volunteers.
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Co-operating for change “We’re a real mixture - a community whose common interest is organic food. Our approach appeals to all kinds of people, from students through to elderly people and those who are on a fixed income. They can come and buy in small quantities. We have a broad spectrum of members – all ethnic groups and backgrounds. Non-members can shop with us as well,” she says. The international financial downturn has brought its own challenges to the group, but membership continues to grow and many more shop with the co-op either at the markets or at the Emmer Green store. “What we try to show people is that it may not be easy but good things can be achieved when people get together and co-operate as a group. Change can and does happen,” says Anna Louise. The True Food Co-op shop at Emmer Green opens Monday to Saturday. Evening markets are held at Silverdale Centre in Earley, The Warehouse Community Centre in Newtown and the Wesley Methodist Church Hall in Queens Road. For more information about the organisation’s work and its suppliers, opening hours and market days, call 0845 330 8272 or visit www.truefood.coop
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Dairy & Eggs
Dairy & Eggs Beechwood Farm Free Range Eggs
The Oxford Cheese Company Oxfordshire Contact: Robert Pouget Address: 15 Woodstock Road Oxford Oxfordshire OX2 6HA Tel: 01865 316228 Fax: 01844 338054 Email: sales@oxfordfinefood.com Website: www.oxfordfinefood.com
Berkshire Contact: Nathan Rice Address: Beechwood Farm Hampstead Norreys Near Thatcham, Newbury Berkshire RG18 0TL Tel: 01635 201163/07810 518497 Email: beechwoodeggs@aol.com Website: www.beechwoodeggs.co.uk About Us: High quality producer of free range eggs. Flocks are kept small and the hens are allowed to roam from dawn to dusk in pasture and natural woodland. All eggs are produced and packed on the farm. Each egg is stamped with our own unique producer code for guaranteed traceability.
About Us: Oxford Blue cheese, Oxford Isis cheese, Oxford sauce. Sales: Suppliers to the retail and catering trade; also to institutions and colleges. Own shops in the Covered Market and on 15, Woodstock Road in Oxford.
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Godwin’s Ice Cream Farm
Two Hoots Cheese
Oxfordshire
Berkshire
Contact: Neil Godwin Address: Manor Farm Weston-on-the-Green Bicester Oxfordshire OX25 3QL Tel: 01869 351647 Fax: 01869 350354 Email: neil@godwins.biz
Contact: Sandy Rose Address: Feathercot School Road Barkham Berkshire RG41 4TP Tel: 0118 976 0401 Fax: 0118 976 1960 Email: twohoots.fc@btinternet.com Website: www.twohootscheese.co.uk
About Us: Fresh-made ice cream direct from farm to local customers including restaurants and local shops. Sales: Open daily 9 am to 5.00 pm.
Simon Weaver Cotswold Organic Dairy
About Us: Producers of Gold Award-winning (cows and ewes milk) soft blue cheeses, Barkham Blue, Barkham Chase, Loddon Blewe, suitable for vegetarians. Additional Information: 2008 Supreme Champion Cheese Awards. Sales: Farmers’ Markets, direct deliveries, mail order, delis and farm shops.
Gloucestershire Contact: Simon Weaver Address: Kirkham Farm Upper Slaughter Gloucestershire GL54 2JS Tel: 01451 870852 Email: info@turnstonefarming.co.uk Website: www.simonweaver.net About Us: Award-winning Brie from Friesian herds. We’ve developed our cheese-making skills and have searched this country to find the right knowledge. Additional Information: Soil Association Sales: Direct delivery, Farmers’ Markets; own and other local shops. Own shop open Mon to Fri, 9 am to 5 pm.
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• Fresh Local Yogurt made in Chalfont St Peter, Buckinghamshire • Made using fresh, British milk • Made only with natural ingredients • Made using live and bio-live cultures • No artificial colours, preservatives or additives • Family run business with over 60 years heritage
www.timsdairy.co.uk
Tims Dairy
See also… • Boycott Farm Shop • Cumbers of Theale • Peach Croft Farm • Flexmore Farm • Horridge Meadows Goose & Poultry • Pastures Farm Poultry • Rockwell End Farm Shop • Worton Organic Garden • Wm Vicars & Son
Buckinghamshire Contact: Chris Timotheou Address: Anglo House Bell Lane Office Village Little Chalfont Buckinghamshire HP6 6FA Tel: 01494 541890 Fax: 01494 541891 Email: info@timsdairy.co.uk Website: www.timsdairy.co.uk About Us: Producers of fresh ‘live’ dairy products, including fruit, natural & Greek style yogurt, soured cream and crème fraîche. Sales: Wholesale and retail distribution.
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Community Supported Agriculture
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t takes dedication to keep up a regime of early mornings, twice-daily milking and caring for your “girls” no matter what the weather, or the season. You’re unlikely to make your fortune, either - so why would anyone take up small-scale dairy farming? That’s a question Matt Dale, the man behind the celebrated North Aston Dairy, admits he’s asked himself on many a cold winter’s day, but he wouldn’t swap what he’s doing for life in an office. He’s been on Radio 4’s Food Programme and some of his principles will be familiar to followers of the long-running radio soap, The Archers. Now, inspired by eco-pioneers Pam and Nick Rodway, of Findhorn in Scotland, Matt is offering cow bonds – shares in his herd, to people who want to invest in his vision.
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The investor receives a return on their money and gets to name their cow – or cows, which, in turn are all known individually to Matt and are monitored through his close daily contact with the small herd. There’s plenty of demand for North Aston Dairy products. Those lucky enough to live within two-and-a-half miles get a doorstep delivery while other customers receive their milk with North Aston Organics veg boxes. Some of the milk is sold at Wolvercote Farmers’ Market. “They are getting milk from the cow that morning. It’s very fresh and totally traceable. I think there are a lot of people interested in buying local produce, organic and non-organic, direct from the producer,” says Matt.
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finance and avoids going through a middle man or a bank,” explains Matt.
He’s happy to share his knowledge – and mistakes with anyone wanting to try a similar set-up, but he warns it’s a hard – if rewarding – way of life. North Aston Dairy can be contacted through North Aston Organics on 01869 347702. www.northastonorganics.co.uk
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Fruit Cross Lanes Fruit Farm
Waterperry Gardens
Berkshire
Oxfordshire
Contact: Gillian Franklin Address: Mapledurham Reading Berkshire RG4 7UW Tel: 0118 972 3167 Email: apples@crosslanesfruitfarm.co.uk Website: www.crosslanesfruitfarm.co.uk
Contact: Susie Hunt Address: Waterperry Gardens Near Wheatley Oxfordshire OX33 1JZ Tel: 01844 339254 Fax: 01844 339883 Email: office@waterperrygardens.co.uk Website: www.waterperrygardens.co.uk
About Us: Family run fruit farm, growing 70 varieties of traditional English apples, plums, pears and quince including Cox and Russet. All grown to maximise flavour. Own freshly pressed apple juices. Honey.
About Us: Quality apple, pear and plum producer. 22 apple varieties. 18 apple juice varieties. Home-baked cakes and preserves from the teashop. Caterer.
Sales: Farm Shop open: Wed to Sun 10 am to 6 pm from mid-Aug to mid-Jan. Special Farm open days: Blossom Day, Apple Day. Farmers’ Markets, mail orders. School and other group visits by appointment.
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Sales: Direct deliveries. Wholesale and retail. Tea Shop open 10 am to 5 pm daily.
See also… • Shops category • Vegetables and box schemes category
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arracks Lane Community Garden is a community-run green space off the Cowley Road in Cowley/East Oxford. The space the garden now inhabits has been transformed by local effort from a toxic waste-filled old garage site into a beautiful garden open to all to visit and enjoy. The garden runs a range of events and workshops throughout the year. In 2010 the garden received funding from the Big Lottery Fund’s Local Food scheme, which enabled the garden to run a threeyear project celebrating local food for the project ‘Eat what you sow’.
In 2011 the garden will host a range of workshops ranging from foraging and wild cooking, to seed and plant swaps and an annual harvest festival.
The garden works with local people to develop events. Cornfield Bakery and the Oxford Bread Group joined for a bread-making event and with Oxford Permaculture for the seed and plant swaps. Members are always looking for locals interested in working with them and would welcome enquiries from smallscale food producers and cooks, from vegetable growers to jam makers. Visit the website for information on upcoming events.
Events held in 2010 included workshops on keeping chickens, beekeeping, seed swaps, and breadmaking.
The garden is also available for bookings. For a small donation, which helps with the running costs of the garden, you can book the garden as a venue for your own workshops.
Contact us Barracks Lane Community Garden Barracks Lane, off Cumberland Road, Oxford OX4 2AP Web: www.barrackslanegarden.org.uk Email: barrackslanegaren@yahoo.co.uk Tel: 01865 236 088 (Coordinator)
Charity No: 1116544 Company No: 05945388
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Challow Hill Meats
Chiltern Farm Food
Oxfordshire
Buckinghamshire
Contact: Lucy Blackwell Address: Challow Hill Farm East Challow Wantage Oxfordshire OX12 9PD Tel: 01235 765792 / 07899 981551 Fax: 01235 765461 Email: info@challowhillmeats.co.uk Website: www.challowhillmeats.co.uk
Contact: Keith & Elizabeth Bennett Address: Stockings Farm Bottrells Lane Coleshill, Amersham Buckinghamshire HP7 0JX Tel: 01494 729418 / 07773 088154 Fax: 01494 729418 Email: chilternfarmfood@yahoo.co.uk About Us: Traditionally reared free-range pork, lamb and game in season, fed natural diets free from antibiotics, artificial hormones and growth promoters. Bacon, sausages and burgers.
About Us: Mixed family run farm. Pedigree Dexter cattle producing beef for Farmers’ Markets. Home reared seasonal lamb and rare breed pork also available. Additional Information: FABBL. Free Range Eggs.
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Additional Information: Free Range. Sales: Farm gate, Farmers’ Markets.
Sales: Farmers’ Markets. Visits by appointment.
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Christmas Farm
Coldharbour Lamb
Berkshire
Buckinghamshire
Contact: Phil Palmer Address: Church Lane Enborne Newbury Berkshire RG20 0HB Tel: 01635 547351/07876 594501 Email: phil@christmas-farm.com Website: www.christmas-farm.com
Contact: A.J & M.J Gregory Address: Coldharbour Farm Stewkley Lane, Mursley, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire MK17 0JD Tel: 01296 720554 / 07885 429374 Email: tony.coldharbourfarm@gmail.com Website: www.coldharbour-charollais.co.uk
About Us: Savoury bakery, meat, poultry, free-range eggs, preserves. Additional Information: We swapped the West End of London for West Berkshire in 2009 to produce a delicious range with a traceable provenance you can trust. Our range is small and constantly changing and only includes items that we can produce on our small farm or that contain key ingredients that we have grown. Sales: Farm gate. Farmers’ Markets.
About Us: A family run business producing top quality meat from prize-winning flocks. Naturally reared lambs, processed through a local abattoir guaranteeing traceability and minimum transportation. Hung on farm, then cut to customers’ requirements. Additional Information: EFSIS, FABBL. Sales: Farm gate, own shop, open from 8 am to 6 pm, 7 days per week. Phone to check beforehand. Supplying private consumers, restaurants and catering outlets, butchered as required.
For help and guidance on business and consumer matters Oxfordshire Trading Standards Service’s Business Advice Team offers advice to manufacturers, wholesalers, importers and new businesses of all descriptions and sizes on Trading Standards laws. We can also assist your business if something goes wrong (e.g. with product recalls). Advice and guidance is available on Trading Standards Laws relating to the following areas: Food labelling and standards, weights and measures, product safety, pricing, descriptions, selling on the Internet.
Contact us at: Graham Hill House Electric Avenue Ferry Hinksey Road Oxford OX2 0BY Mon - Fri 8:30 am - 5:00 pm Tel: 0845 051 0845 Fax: 01865 783106
The Team also assists by examining packaging, labels and descriptions before you market your goods or services. They may also visit you to look at products and equipment to ensure that it meets legal requirements.
Email: tradingstandards@oxfordshire.gov.uk
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Dews Meadow Farm Oxfordshire Contact: Andrew and Jane Bowler Address: Oxford Road East Hanney Wantage Oxfordshire OX12 0HP Tel: 01235 868634 Fax: 01235 868947 Email: bowler.jane@btinternet.com Website: www.dewsmeadowfarm.co.uk
Now delivering to a doorstep near you!
About Us: Pig farmers producing additive-free pork since 1986. Award winning dry cured green and smoked bacon and hams. Speciality sausages and burgers, pork pies, including gluten-free products. Now selling local vegetables. Sales: Farmers’ Markets, own shop, small village and farm shops. Shop open: Mon to Thur, Sat: 8.30 am to 5 pm. Fri: 8.30 am to 6 pm.
Award winning pork, locally sourced meats, milk, bread and much, much more...
Call our hotline:
01235 868634 and place your order
www.dewsmeadowfarm.co.uk Oxford Road, East Hanney, Wantage OX12 0HP
Cumbers of Theale
Flexmore Farm
Oxfordshire
Buckinghamshire
Contact: Mrs Janey Cumber Address: Manor Farm, Mill Road Marcham Abingdon Oxfordshire OX13 6NZ Tel: 01865 391327 / 01865 391840 Fax: 01865 391164 Email: janey.cumber@tiscali.co.uk Website: www.cumberfarms.co.uk About Us: Delicious organic lamb and mutton. Freerange home-bred beef and veal. Pork, sausages and bacon from our family farms in Oxfordshire and Berkshire. Ready-packed and frozen. Our own freerange eggs.
Contact: Stephen Hinds Address: Flexmore House Hill Farm Lane Chalfont St Giles Buckinghamshire HP8 4NT Tel: 01494 874826 / 07973 737107 Fax: 01494 8742421 Email: farm@flexmore.org Website: www.flexmorefarm.co.uk About Us: Award winning sausages (including gluten free). Rare breed, free range woodland reared, pork. Low cholesterol water buffalo meat. Occasionally goat meat. Eggs and occasional vegetables.
Additional Information: Soil Association; FABBL; ABM. Free Range Eggs.
Additional Information: Free Range Eggs. See also our other website at www.flexmorefarmshop.co.uk
Sales: Farm Gate and own shop. Open Mon to Sat mornings: 10 am to 1 pm
Sales: Farm entrance in Bottrells Lane. Open to the public on Wed 2 pm to 7 pm or by appointment. Online shop. Nationwide deliveries.
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Foxbury Farm Butchery, Farm Shop and Tearooms
Harlesford Farm Organic Meat Oxfordshire Contact: Rachel Stoakes Address: Harlesford Farm Tetsworth Thame Oxfordshire OX9 7BX Tel: 01844 281514 Email: rachel.stoakes@btinternet.com Website: www.harlesfordfarm.co.uk
Oxfordshire Contact: Colin Dawes Address: Burford Road Brize Norton Oxfordshire OX18 3NX Tel: 01993 867385 Fax: 01993 867385 Email: shop@foxburyfarm.co.uk Website: www.foxburyfarm.co.uk About Us: Premium beef, lamb and pork all reared on the farm. Local vegetables, poultry, venison and many tasty local products and bakery products, cooked on premises. Fresh fish counter. Pig roast and outside catering service. Large British cheese and pie counter. Largest home produced meat counter in the area. Over 100 local/ British products. Additional Information: Les Routiers Accreditation. Rick Stein’s Food Heroes. LEAF. Eblex Quality Assured. Regular Events Calendar. Educational / group visits welcome by arrangement Sales: Own shop and tearooms open Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri and Sat 9 am to 6 pm, Sun 10 am to 4 pm. Home delivery, mail order, farmers’ markets, village shops.
About Us: A family-run farm producing home bred, top quality organic beef, lamb and mutton. Meat is hung, cut and packaged on farm, ready for delivery to the customer. Additional Information: FABBL, OF&G. Sales: Direct delivery. Tetsworth Farmers’ Market held every 3rd Saturday. Wolvercote Farmers’ Market every 3rd Sunday.
Meadowsweet Farm Shop Oxfordshire Contact: Emma Hamer Address: Meadowsweet Farm Horton Lane, Horley Oxfordshire OX15 6BL Tel: 01295 730668 Fax: 01295 738879 Email: meadowsweetbeef@btinternet.com Website: meadowsweetfarmshop.co.uk About Us: Village Farm Shop sells beef and pork produced on the farm, with other meats sourced locally. We also sell fruit, vegetables, dairy products, breads, groceries and a magnificent array of cards. Butchery is now open on site so any meat can be prepared to your specifications. Traditional sausages are our speciality! Additional Information: FABBL, ACCS. Sales: Shop open 9.00 am to 1.00 pm Mon to Wed & Fri. 9.00 am to 6.00 pm Thursdays. 9.00 am to 3.00 pm Saturdays. £55 and £110 boxes of beef delivered free of charge locally.
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Meat & Fish The Meat Joint
Parrott Brothers
Oxfordshire
Buckinghamshire
Contact: Sebastian Peissel Address: Iron Down Farm Deddington Banbury Oxfordshire OX15 0PJ Tel: 01869 338115 / 01869 338635 Email: mail@themeatjoint.co.uk Website: www.themeatjoint.co.uk
Contact: Phillip Parrott Address: Beechmoor Farm Cublington Road Whitchurch, Aylesbury Buckinghamshire HP22 4LG Tel: 01296 641207 / 640562 (answerphone) Fax: 01296 641207 Email: parrottbros@parrott-bros.co.uk Website: www.parrott-bros.co.uk
About Us: Pork joints, sausages, burgers and bacon as well as lamb joints, chops and other cuts. Pork from a herd of pedigree Gloucester Old Spot pigs reared outdoors. Beef cuts, pies and pasties from Duns Tew Organic Beef. Sales: Farmers’ Markets at Banbury, Bicester, Charlbury, Chipping Norton, Deddington, Didcot, Newbury, Witney, Woodstock, and Wolvercote. Also direct from our on-farm butchery. Your Guide to Community Food
About Us: Home produced meat from our prize winning farm. Winner of Chilterns Hills Agricultural Association ‘Best Farm’ and winner of Best Beef Finishing Herd for 2009. Additional Information: FABBL Sales: Shop open:- Tue, Wed: 8 am to 1 pm, 2 pm to 5 pm. Thur, Fri: 8 am to 5 pm. Sat: 7:30 am to 1 pm.
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Royal Berkshire Pork
Upton Smokery
Berkshire
Oxfordshire
Contact: Russell Kilvington Address: PO Box 6109 Newbury Berkshire RG14 9DA Tel: 01488 638155 Fax: 01488 638155 Email: info@royalberkshirepork.co.uk Website: www.royalberkshirepork.co.uk
Contact: Chris Mills Address: Hurst Barn Farm Burford Oxfordshire OX18 4TH Tel: 01451 844744 Email: chris@uptonsmokery.co.uk Website: www.uptonsmokery.co.uk
About Us: Free range outdoor pigs/pork. We have our own recipe speciality sausages. Award-winning dry cured bacon, delicious fresh pork all delivered to your door. Additional Information: RSPCA Freedom Food accredited. CMi Certified. Check our website for details and opening times. Sales: Box scheme, direct deliveries, mail orders, farm gate.
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About Us: We are a small, family-run business. We only use high quality, traceable raw materials which are then smoked by traditional methods. We only smoke to order so that you can be sure that when you receive your smoked meat, it is in prime condition. Sales: Direct delivery.
See also… • Boycott Farm • Sandy Lane Farm • Waltham Place Farm • Wm Vicars & Son
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upporting the community around me has been as second nature as putting on my farmer’s boots on a morning.
At Foxbury we act as a food hub for local community and village shops. Each week as well as ordering Foxbury own produce, they can order locally produced foods. Putting the feel good factor into our business has never been more evident than in our community fund raising. It is not only about raising money but also giving local causes exposure to their cause. From the Foxbury Annual Farm Open day with gate money donated to Brize Norton church roof restoration fund, to an annual second-hand book sale where customers bring their unwanted books and then come and purchase
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replacements at £3 per carrier bag raising money for the RABI. Foxbury is a very popular living classroom to playgroups, primary schools, brownie groups and university graduates who are studying food and farming. From the butchers demonstrating how to make sausages or the shop staff explaining how vegetables are grown to teaching the lifecycle of farming from growing the crops to rearing the livestock. We all take the countryside for granted but it would be a very quiet place without your local farmer. He is everyone’s friend and neighbour and a very important food producer. That is why everyone should be supporting local food.
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Poultry & Game
Poultry & Game Copas Traditional Turkeys Berkshire Contact: Jodie Cavaye Address: Kings Coppice Farm Grubwood Lane Cookham Berkshire SL6 9UB Tel: 01628 499980 Fax: 01628 474679 Email: turkeys@copas.co.uk Website: www.copasturkeys.co.uk
Family Roasts & Accompaniments for all* your Very Very Special Meal Occasions! * Turkey availability from January to November - While Stocks Last
About Us: Copas Free-Range Bronze, Free Range Organic and Traditional White turkey are available from independent retailers throughout the UK or direct from the farm either by collection or home delivery. Turkey Crowns and Breast Roasts are also available for smaller households. Additional Information: TFTA. OF&G. SALSA. Sales: Farm gate, online sales, nationwide stockists; quality butchers, farm shops and speciality food stores. Visits by appointment. 32
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Peach Croft Farm Oxfordshire
Traditionally reared turkeys and geese for Christmas.
Contact: Kim Homewood Address: Radley Nr Abingdon Oxfordshire OX14 2HP Tel: 01235 520094 / 01235 539613 Email: info@peachcroft.co.uk Website: www.peachcroft.co.uk
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About Us: Asparagus, strawberries, raspberries, potatoes, pumpkins. Free range traditionally reared Christmas turkeys and geese. Additional Information: TFTA, BGPA, Free Range.
Full of farm fresh flavour and goodness. ORDER ONLINE AT: www.peachcroft.co.uk PEACH CROFT FARM, RADLEY,ABINGDON, OXFORDSHIRE OX14 2HP
Tel: 01235 520094 Horridge Meadows Goose & Poultry Buckinghamshire Contact: Andy & Sue Smith Address: Horridge Meadows Oxford Road Dinton, Aylesbury Buckinghamshire HP17 8TU Tel: 01296 748616 Fax: 01296 748616
Sales: PYO, farm gate, mail order. Shop open 7 days: June, July, Aug. Mon to Sat 9 am to 5.30 pm.
Pastures Farm Poultry Northamptonshire Contact: James Evans Address: Pasture Poultry Farm Olney Road Yardley Hastings Northamptonshire NN7 1HL Tel: 01604 696586 / 07870 266157 Fax: 01604 696075 Email: james.pastures@virgin.net About Us: All year round - Free Range Chicken, Duck, Turkey and Guinea Fowl. Christmas - Free Range Norfolk Bronze Turkeys, Free Range Geese and Cockerels. Slow growing strains of birds in small batches. Free Range Eggs and Home Made Sausages.
About Us: Goose, turkey, hen eggs. Our birds enjoy a free-range lifestyle and grass for that special flavour.
Sales: Sales: Opening Thur, Fri and Sat 10 am to 4:30 pm. We also sell at local Farmers’ Markets
Sales: Farm Gate.
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Rockwell End Farm Shop Oxfordshire Contact: David Emmett Address: Rockwell End House Farm Hambledon Henley-on-Thames Oxfordshire RG9 6NF Tel: 01491 571347
Are you a “foodie”? Interested in food provenance, recipes, biodiversity and flavour?
About Us: Hens kept to DEFRA welfare standard, fed a vegetarian diet. Free range eggs, new potatoes, bedding plants, vegetables, including tomatoes grown directly in soil.
You can become part of an exciting local Slow Food club and learn all about it.
Additional Information: Free Range Eggs.
Attend one of our events and see how much more exciting food shopping, travel and cooking can be!
Sales: Farmers’ Markets. Shop open 7 days: 9 am to 5 pm.
Check www.slowfoodoxon.org.uk or email us for details of the next event.
Contact: Paul Sykes Address: West Mill Farm Watchfield Swindon Oxfordshire SN6 8TH Tel: 01793 782505 Fax: Email: info@westmillpoultry.co.uk Website: www.westmillpoultry.co.uk
West Mill Poultry and Game Oxfordshire
Slow Food brings together pleasure and responsibility, and makes them inseparable.
About Us: A small family run farm producing free range chicken and guinea fowl for the table. Purveyors of local high quality game for both retail and wholesale customers. Additional Information: Free Range Sales: Local delivery. Box Scheme. Farmers’ Markets. Retail and wholesale.
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ove Food Hate Waste is the government’s modern day ‘waste not, want not’ campaign. It provides tips, advice and recipes to help us use food more wisely – from better storage solutions to portion control and meal planning – and reduce the amount of food we needlessly throw away.
XX If you defrost raw meat and then cook it, you can freeze it again. Before using, be sure to defrost carefully and re-heat until piping hot. Do not refreeze cooked foods or raw meat. XX Freezing even small amounts of leftovers, labelled in plastic bags, helps create soup, babies’ and children’s meals, and light lunches for another day.
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Smart freezers save £ash and reduce waste Using your freezer more efficiently is a great way to reduce food waste, and save time. Creating meals from what’s already in your freezer saves money, cuts down on shopping trips and frees up space for new homemade meals, valuable leftovers and seasonal foods which might be on offer or growing in abundance in the garden. The key to efficient freezer use is organisation. By keeping similar foods together, rotating stock and proper labelling, you’ll always have a tasty homemade meal to hand, and there will be no more groping in its icy depths for long-forgotten Unidentified Frozen Objects. The website lovefoodhatewaste.com is an excellent source of tips and recipes to inspire you, but below are a few Essential Freezer Facts: XX Food can be frozen at any point up to the end of the “use by” date. XX Even tomatoes and foods with a high water content can be frozen. Use for soups and sauces, rather than throwing them away. XX Hot food should be cooled before being frozen. XX It is safe to defrost food at room temperature, provided it’s prepared and eaten within a couple of hours. Or defrost items in the fridge overnight and eat them within two days.
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Preserves, Oils & Sauces From Rani’s Kitchen
Chiltern Cold Pressed Rapeseed Oil
Buckinghamshire Contact: Rani Jadavji Address: 6 Hill View Great Kimble Aylesbury Buckinghamshire HP17 9TP Tel: 01844 274009 / 07930 913381 Email: fromraniskitchen@hotmail.co.uk
Hertfordshire
About Us: Home-made Indian style chutneys, pickles, relish and sauces. No artificial colours, preservatives or additives. Fresh produce locally sourced, suitable for vegetarians; also free from wheat, dairy and gluten. All the products are handmade in small batches to produce products of real character, quality and freshness, and this accounts for a clean and refreshing taste. If you are having a celebration dinner, party or just a get together then why not call Rani for your catering needs. Homemade Indian food just the way her mum used to make it!
Contact: Simon Mead Address: Wilstone Green Wilstone Tring Hertfordshire HP23 4NT Tel: 01442 828478 Fax: 01442 824005 Email: simon_mead@hotmail.co.uk Website: www.pemeadandsons.co.uk About Us: Family business selling Chiltern cold pressed rapeseed oil, own meat, juice and locally sourced produce. Additional Information: ACCS, Cmi Certification. Sales: Shop open: Mon to Sat 9 am to 5.30 pm; Sun 9.30 am to 4.30 pm
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Buckinghamshire Contact: Lucy Young Address: Watercroft Church Road Penn Buckinghamshire HP10 8NX Tel: 01494 816535 Fax: 01494 816535 Email: dressings@maryberry.co.uk Website: www.maryberry.co.uk
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Mary Berry and Daughter
About Us: Mary Berry’s salad dressings and sauces are available from most good quality farmshops, delicatessens and other retailers. Sales: Direct delivery to trade customers.
Quince Products Oxfordshire Contact: Elspeth Wainwright Address: Watcombe Manor Ingham Lane Watlington Oxfordshire OX49 5EB Tel: 01491 614664 / 07836 364540 Fax: 01491 614664 Email: sales@quinceproducts.co.uk Website: www.quinceproducts.co.uk About Us: Specialising in English Quince preserves. Quince Jellies; various Quince Marmalades; Chutney; Quince Cheeses, including Award winning Quince and Damson Cheese; Quince, Fig and Balsamic Vinegar Cheese; Quince and Black Cherry Fruit Cheese; Quince, Rhubarb and Stem Ginger Fruit Cheese. Sales: Nationwide delicatessens, cheese shops, farm shops, mail order, online sales, farmers’ markets, exhibitions and shows.
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usie’s S Preserves Ltd
Just Jams & Jellies Marvellous Marmalades Perfect Pickles
Order on-line at: www.susiespreserves.co.uk or Tel: 07909 995353
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Susie’s Preserves
Oxfordshire
Berkshire
Contact: Bruce Young Address: Shaken Oak Farm Old North Leigh Lane Hailey, Witney Oxfordshire OX29 9UX Tel: 01993 868043 Fax: 01993 868043 Email: mustard@shakenoak.co.uk Website: www.shakenoak.co.uk
Contact: Susie Kensett Address: Unit A, Cold Ash Farm Long Lane, Hermitage Nr Newbury Berkshire RG18 9LT Tel: 07909 995353 Email: info@susiespreserves.co.uk Website: www.susiespreserves.co.uk
About Us: Manufacturer and supplier of hand made mustards, salad dressings and preserves. No artificial ingredients, colours or preservativesare added to any of our products. Sales: Locally by manufacturer. Nationally by carrier. Visits by appointment.
About Us: Susie’s Preserves taste delicious. We supply a large range of jams, marmalades, jellies, chutneys and pickles. Gifts for Christmas, birthdays and other occasions. Winner of the only GOLD awarded in the competition for Clementine Marmalade, at the 6th Annual World’s Original Marmalade Festival, held at Dalemain Mansion, Cumbria. Sales: Mail orders, direct deliveries, online sales, shops, farm shops.
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The Real Organic Foods Company
Oxfordshire
Oxfordshire
Contact: Helen Sanderson Address: Sarsens, Stainswick Farm Shrivenham Oxfordshire SN6 8LO Tel: 07920 224587 Email: stainswickfarm@farming.co.uk Website: www.stainswickfarm.co.uk
Contact: Amanda Humble Address: Couching House Watlington OX49 5PX Tel: 01491 615280 Email: info@realorganic.co.uk Website: www.realorganic.co.uk
Additional Information: ACCS
About Us: Real Organics has a passion for pure tastes and inspirational recipes. Vibrant Thai and aromatic Indian sauces and award-winning luxuries. Cooked in small batches, capturing “home-made” freshness in a jar.
Sales: Direct deliveries, other shops, Farmers’ Markets.
Additional Information: Soil Association Organic approved
About Us: Rapeseed oil. A British alternative to olive oil. Grown, pressed and bottled on the family farm. Our products are local with full field traceability.
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Stainswick Farm Oil
Sales: Direct deliveries, online sales, other shops
Tasty Morsels Oxfordshire
Well Preserved
Contact: Suzanne Crafer Address: 3 All Saints Close Marcham Abingdon Oxfordshire OX13 6PE Tel: 01865 392012 Fax: 01865 391186 Email: info@tastymorsels.co.uk Website: www.tastymorsels.co.uk
Contact: Jeanette Howse Address: Treetops Ashfield Lane East Hanney Oxfordshire OX12 OHN Tel: 07771 967633 Email: jeanette@well-preserved.co.uk Website: www.well-preserved.co.uk
Oxfordshire
About Us: A discerning selection of ingredients and kitchen equipment for food lovers. We specialise in sourcing mainly local and UK deli products; although unique products from further afield, including glutenfree macadamia muesli. Cooking demonstrations with Thermomix - the super-fast food processor that weighs, blends, kneads, cooks and steams! Dates of shows, events and demonstrations can be found on the website; or call for a list to be sent to you. Sales: Farmers’ Markets. Visits by appointment.
About Us: Jam, chutney, marmalades, curds, preserves, using local and organic produce made in small batches in the traditional way. No additives, colourings or preservatives, just the natural ingredients in season. Award winning Seville Marmalade Damson jam and Mustard Piccalilli. Hampers made to order. Gifts for all occasions. Sales: Farmers’ Markets, by order and local shops: Q Gardens, Hanney Community Shop, Town Garden in Summertown.
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Energy-wise food for thought
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fter several years promoting the three Rs of energy conservation – reduce, reuse, recycle – Abingdon Carbon Cutters have created a sub-group to advance energy-wise food production. Growing your own fruit and vegetables and buying local are just two ideas the group is promoting. Gardening expert Robert Longstaff’s planting and growing workshop have proved popular and there are plans for more in 2011. Schoolchildren and teenagers are being encouraged to get involved, which in turn gets parents interested and brings a family focus to the subject of carbon emissions. “When people told us they couldn’t get to a Friday farmers’ market because they were working, we became involved in setting up a new three-monthly Saturday market selling locally produced food and crafts,” says group spokesperson Anthea Pearson. “ACC have a stall on the market to promote their objectives. We had an apple press there in the autumn, using donated windfalls. Children could have a go and drink the 40
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juice they pressed. It generated a lot of interest and discussion. Soup, made with locally grown ingredients, was on offer at the latest market along with the recipes.” “Buying local may not be as expensive as people think,” says Anthea, citing the example of a local producer whose free-range chickens are cheaper than supermarket-produced poultry, because he rears, plucks and sells them himself, cutting out all the other people in the supply chain and keeping his transport costs to a minimum. “One of the things we are trying to get across to people is that cutting carbon doesn’t mean having to wear a hair shirt. Growing and cooking your own food is fun, it’s cheap and it’s nutritious – and it tastes really great.” Abingdon Carbon Cutters is one of an increasing number of Oxfordshire Community Action Groups whose common purpose is to reduce the amount of energy we demand and use. Though their activities and events are various, they all promote more sustainable ways of living. You can learn more by visiting www.cagoxfordshire.org.uk.
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Vegetables & Box Schemes
Vegetables & Box Schemes Coleshill Organics
North Aston Organics
Oxfordshire
Oxfordshire
Contact: Sonia Oliver Address: 59 Coleshill Highworth Swindon Oxfordshire SN6 7PT Tel: 01793 861070 Fax: 01793 861070 Email: sonia.oliver@btinternet.com Website: www.coleshillorganics.co.uk
Contact: Mark Stay Address: The Bakery Office Somerton Road North Aston Oxfordshire OX25 6HX Tel: 01869 347702 Email: northastonorganics@googlemail.co.uk Website: www.northastonorganics.co.uk
About Us: Vegetable box delivery, fruit and eggs. Farm shop within walled garden. All organic and homegrown. Organic seasonal home grown vegetables, fruit, free range organic eggs, groceries. Additional Information: Soil Association. Sales: Own shop, direct deliveries, on-line sale, Farmers’ Markets, some wholesale, Box Scheme. Your Guide to Community Food
About Us: We grow a wide range of organic vegetables, many harvested on the day of delivery. We offer a flexible scheme with fruit and local eggs. A truly local box scheme! Additional Information: Soil Association. Sales: Deddington Farmers’ Market. Box scheme. Open days - please telephone for details.
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Riverford Organics Oxfordshire Contact: Jake Swinhoe Address: 18 Tyndale Road St Clements Oxford Oxfordshire OX4 1JL Tel: 01865 249854 Email: jakeswinhoe@riverfordhomedelivery.co.uk Website: www.riverfordnorton.co.uk About Us: Organic vegetables, fruit, drinks, meats and other treats grown regionally to support farming communities. When we need to bring fruits in from warmer climes we never air freight. Additional Information: Soil Association Sales: Vegetable box scheme on a weekly, fortnightly or monthly basis.
Waltham Place Farm Berkshire
Colne Valley Food offers you access to the best food produced on your doorstep.
Contact: The Estate Office Address: Church Hill White Waltham Maidenhead Berkshire SL6 3JH Tel: 01628 825517 Fax: 01628 825045 Email: estateoffice@walthamplace.com Website: www.walthamplace.com
Everything we sell comes from in and around the Colne Valley.
About Us: Organic producers of fruit and vegetables, rare-breed lamb, beef and pork, bread, honey, preserves and wool - available from our estate farm. Organic tea room in summer season. Additional Information: Soil Association, Demeter. Sales: Farm shop and tea room open May to end September, Tue to Fri 10 am to 4 pm. Gardens open Tues and Thur by appointment. Walks at 11 am and 2 pm. Fri - NGS Open Day. Training courses available. Please see website. Farmers’ Markets – Beaconsfield and Maidenhead.
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You can order a complete Sunday roast box, other fresh food meal boxes and larder items. Fresh, local and sustainable food also tastes better! Contact us: 01895 839859
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Oxfordshire Contact: Charles & Sue Bennett Address: Tiddington Thame Oxfordshire OX9 2LA Tel: 01844 279269 / 07711 606980 Email: enquiries@sandylanefarm.net Website: www.sandylanefarm.net
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Sandy Lane Farm
About Us: Livestock and organic vegetable farm. Vegetables, meat, eggs, cakes, jams, etc. Additional Information: OF&G. Sales: We host a local co-operative market every Thursday 2 pm to 6 pm. Visits by appointment.
Worton Organic Garden Oxfordshire Contact: David Blake Address: Worton Cassington Oxfordshire OX29 4SU Tel: 07718 518964 Email: info@wortonorganicgarden.com Website: www.wortonorganicgarden.com
Tolhurst Organic Produce Oxfordshire Contact: Iain Tolhurst Address: West Lodge Hardwick Estate Pangbourne Oxfordshire RG8 7RA Tel: 01189 843428 / 07770 316008 Email: info@tolhurstorganic.co.uk Website: www.tolhurstorganic.co.uk
About Us: Seasonal home grown organic vegetables, fruit, herbs, cut flowers and eggs. Additional Information: Soil Association. Sales: Farm Shop open Thursday 10 am to 5 pm (June to October), Friday 10 am to 5 pm (all year) and Saturday 10 am to 2 pm (all year).
About Us: Organic since 1976. Delivering our own vegetables in a box scheme to all areas of Oxford and Reading. Fruit also supplied. Additional Information: Soil Association. Stockfree Organic. Sales: Sold weekly through Box Scheme in Reading and Oxford areas. Visits by appointment.
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See also… • Emmett’s Farm Shop • Cobbs Farm Shop & Kitchen • Millets Farm Shop • Peterley Manor Farm • Shops Category
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s a long strip of green space west of London, stretching from Rickmansworth in Hertfordshire to Slough in Berkshire, Colne Valley Park offers its nearby urban population outdoor leisure facilities and nature conservation through the woodland, farmland and waterways on their doorsteps.
However, Colne Valley Park’s proximity to London’s urban sprawl puts its green space under constant development pressure. But those same neighbours are the perfect market for food produced within the valley. Since farmers felt they were too small, individually, to sell to supermarkets, and too time-constrained to sell at another farmers’ market, Colne Valley Food was set up and is being organised with the help of a manager, Debbie Valman.
Unlike some schemes, which offer customers a choice of produce, regardless of origin, the Colne Valley Food boxes will only supply food sourced within the park’s 43 square miles and from a limited range beyond. “I don’t want to bring in things from say, Dorset and I won’t be buying things out of season,” explains Debbie.“ We will offer complete meal boxes – like a roast box complete with joint, vegetables, fruit pie and cream, a casserole box or a barbecue box in the summer.” As the seasons change, so the boxes’ contents will change, to hold spring and summer vegetables and fruits, like strawberries and apples, spring lamb or game plus locally-made pudding or cake and cream. An afternoon tea box, or a breakfast box is also a possibility. To cut down on delivery miles and costs, the boxes will be delivered on a local milk round or dropped off at central collection points – an office, playgroup, cookery club or book group, for example.
“We’re running a roving market stall, advertising local food to local families and we are also running a box scheme,” says Debbie, emphasising the green credentials behind the group’s ventures.
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If you’re interested in being part of the scheme, contact Debbie Valman, Colne Valley Food Manager on 01895 839859 or visit www.colnevalleyfood.org.uk.
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Wine
Wine Bothy Vineyard
Stanlake Park Wine Estate
Oxfordshire
Berkshire
Contact: Sian Liwicki Address: Frilford Heath Nr Abingdon Oxfordshire OX13 6QW Tel: 01865 390067 Fax: 01865 390067 Email: office@bothyvineyard.co.uk Website: www.bothyvineyard.co.uk
Contact: Annette Dart Address: Twyford Berkshire RG10 0BN Tel: 01189 340176 Fax: 01189 320914 Email: info@stanlakepark.com Website: www.StanlakePark.com
About Us: Six acres of vines in beautiful, sheltered setting. Bothy Vineyard produces the highest quality wines using traditional, environmentally friendly methods. Three whites, sparkling, red and rose wines. Additional Information: WFA and UK Vineyards Association.
About Us: Largest vineyard and winery in Berkshire/ Thames Valley. Producing and selling white wine, rosĂŠ, sparkling and red wine. Large shop. Additional Information: Open 11 am to 5 pm Mon to Sat. 12 to 5 pm Sun. Sales: Own shop, on line, direct deliveries.
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Brightwell Vineyard
OXFORDSHIRE’S LARGEST VINEYARD PRODUCES AWARDWINNING RED, WHITE, ROSÉ AND SPARKLING WINES
Oxfordshire Contact: Bob and Carol Nielsen Address: Brightwell Vineyard, Rush Court Shillingford Hill Wallingford Oxfordshire OX10 8LJ Tel: 01491 832354 Fax: 01491 832354 Email: wines@brightwines.co.uk Website: www.brightwines.co.uk About Us: Oxfordshire’s largest vineyard produces red, white, rosé and sparkling wines in classically balanced, elegant styles. Bronze medals winners: Decanter World Wine Awards, International Wine Challenge and International Wine and Spirit Competitions.
Open for sales and tastings every Friday, Saturday & Sunday 12 – 6pm Vineyard tours and groups by appointment
Additional Information: EWP, UKVA Sales: Farm gate store open for tastings and sales Fri, Sat, Sun 12-6 pm, mail order, selected shops and restaurants. Vineyard tours last Sun of every month May-Sept, group tours and wine tastings by appointment.
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fter small beginnings three years ago, Thame Food Festival 2010 attracted so many people into the town that some of the stall holders participating had sold out by the afternoon. Its rising popularity is due in part to the backing of Thame’s town centre traders, says Sally Dorling, whose food marketing expertise has been brought in to promote the event. “The festival has been very successful on each occasion it’s been held,” she says. “Thame supports a lot of independent shops, which have supported the festival, which in turn is good for the people of the town.”
good, there’s a healthy market there, it’s got a really long High Street with excellent food outlets at each end. You can come to Thame and shop for almost everything you need. It’s also a beautiful town with quite a buzz. It’s one of the most successful market towns in the country.” Lucky locals also have good restaurants and gastro pubs nearby, including The Nut Tree and The Thatch. World-renowned chef Raymond Blanc will be sending a team from Le Manoir, which is just seven miles away in Great Milton, to join the 2011 event. Other towns looking to emulate Thame Food Festival’s increasing success might note that while strategic marketing and promotion is raising its profile and footfall, good organisation enables stallholders and visitors to get the most from the day.
Tens of thousands of visitors travel from miles around to Abergavenny and Ludlow food festivals and if such success can be emulated, as the Thame organisers hope, it could benefit foodies and food producers throughout the year, and raise the town’s profile.
“If you want to be a stallholder get in touch,” says Sally.
“At the moment we have a big build up to this one day, then it’s gone,” explains Sally. “Thame has quite a good few things going for it - the parking is
To get a snapshot of the event in action visit Thame Food Festival on Youtube, or www.thamefoodfestival.co.uk.
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Fantastic food festival
The 2011 Thame Food Festival is scheduled for September 24.
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Hospitality
Hospitality The Farmers’ Bar
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Buckinghamshire Address: Tel: Email: Website:
The Chiltern Brewery’s historic courtyard inn in the heart of Aylesbury
King’s Head Passage Market Square Aylesbury Buckinghamshire HP20 2RW 01296 718812 info@farmersbar.co.uk www.farmersbar.co.uk
About Us: Dating from 1455, The Farmers’ Bar is a hidden gem in the heart of Aylesbury. This historical pub is owned and run by the Chiltern Brewery and offers fine real ales, select Rothschild wines and classic food from its bill of fare using locally sourced ingredients. Sales: Open Mon to Sat 11 am to 11pm; Sun 12 noon to 10:30 pm. Lunch is served Mon to Fri 12 noon to 2 pm and Sat 12 noon to 3 pm. Evening meals Wed to Sat 6 pm to 9 pm.
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Enjoy fine English ales from our own brewery in the Chiltern Hills Savour fresh regional recipes from our seasonal Bill of Fare
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Seasonal local food for corporate events, conferences and business breakfasts
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Local Flavours Treat your delegates to a buffet with a difference with Local Flavours Catering. Not only do we bring you the best in local and seasonal food and drink, but you also get to meet the producers in a market-place setting! Let them talk you through their fare and tell you everything about growing, preparing and eating it.
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Call 01865 328786 now to book your event
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The Late Chef
The Oxford Centre
Oxon
Oxfordshire
Contact: Paul Bellchambers Address: Sowberry Cottage Moulsford, Wallingford Oxon OX10 9JG Tel: 07724 250116 Email: paul@thelatechef.com Website: www.thelatechef.com
Contact: Andrew Lund-Yates Address: 333 Banbury Road Oxford Oxfordshire OX2 7PL Tel: 01865 554719 Fax: 01865 559072 Email: andrew@the-oxford-centre.co.uk Website: www.the-oxford-centre.co.uk
About Us: ‘Buy local, cook local, eat local’. The Late Chef offers fresh (and frozen) prepared food, using local and seasonal ingredients wherever possible, for delivery. The Late Chef also caters for Private and Business events. Additional Information: Check out the website for the latest details of what dishes are available and to place and order. Please call to discuss any requirements you may have for a special event.
About Us: The Oxford Centre offers some of the most flexible meetings and events facilities in the City, with the capacity to cater for up to 300 people. Conference Facilities for Business. Party Venue for Social Events.
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About Us: Lakeside setting, local food. Cotswolds. Sales: Open daily.
Collect pre-ordered organic, locally, and ethically sourced nurtitious groceries from Oxford Castle every Monday!
See also… • Boycott Farm • Burgers of Marlow • Cobbs Farm Shop • Foxbury Farm • Millets Farm Shop • Palace Cuisine • Rumsey’s Hand Made Chocolates • The Waltham Place • Waterperry Gardens
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Seasons Café Deli Buckinghamshire Contact: Fleur Belsham Address: 6 Market Square Old Amersham Buckinghamshire HP7 0DQ Tel: 01494 728807 Email: produce@Seasons-cafe-deli.com Website: www.seasons-cafe-deli.com About Us: An award winning café and deli selling a variety of foods and produce offering daily specials, takeaway, catering, local foods, wines, on and off licence, hampers. Sales: Open Mon to Fri 7 am to 6 pm, Sat and Sun 8 am to 6 pm. Open late on Thursday nights for Tapas till 10 pm. Please see our website for more details.
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ommitment, dedication and enthusiasm. These were just three of the qualities Bradfield Southend residents exhibited to keep a shop and Post Office running in their village. Back in 2004, given a few weeks’ notice that the existing Post Office and shop would be closing, villagers rallied around to set up an alternative in a temporary building the following year. In 2009, their ongoing efforts were rewarded when larger, purposebuilt premises were opened. Julie Noakes explains that more than 500 locals bought a £10 share to raise capital, a sum boosted by a series of grants and fund raising activities. After negotiating a deal with housing group Sovereign, new apartments and the permanent Post Office and village store were built next to the village hall.
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A new village hub “When we moved into the new shop there was such a positive feeling about what we were doing,” says Julie. She was made an MBE in the New Year Honours List in recognition of services to the community, but stressed the award recognised the group’s hard work, not just her own. Paid staff and volunteers help keep the place running, but key to the venture’s success is the number of people who use it and its secondary role as a social hub. “We have most of the things you would expect a convenience store to sell,” says Julie. “Newspapers, magazines, fruit, vegetables, tinned food, flour, eggs, sweets, alcohol and including local produce too. We provide photocopying, faxing and dry cleaning and a recycling point for old batteries. We also have a coffee machine.” Now the committee is looking forward to the longterm future. “We can’t stand still, we have to think about things all the time. We’ve just bought a second computerised till, for example, to ensure that we can reduce queues and keep people coming to us,” says Julie. The village store and post office tagline is “Owned by the community, for the benefit of the community, to serve the community.” For more information call 01189 745312 or visit www.bradfield-parish.co.uk
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Shops Butchers
Delis & Farm Shops
Boycott Farm Shop
Burford Garden Company
Buckinghamshire
Oxfordshire
Contact: Richard Hilsdon Address: Welsh Lane Stowe Buckingham Buckinghamshire MK18 5DJ Tel: 01280 812031 Email: shop@boycottfarm.co.uk Website: www.boycottfarm.co.uk
Contact: Paul Gingell Address: Shilton Road Burford Oxfordshire OX18 4PA Tel: 01993 823117 Fax: 01993 823529 Email: info@burford.co.uk Website: www.burford.co.uk
About Us: Home reared Aberdeen Angus Beef and Gloucester Old Spot Pork. Butchery selling full range of own and local meats and meat products. Home cooked ready meals, cakes and puddings using our own and local produce. Fresh, free range eggs. Shop also sells wide range of fresh bread, dairy, vegetables, preserves, cooking ingredients and gifts. Local beers, wine and cider. The Hayloft restaurant serves brunch, lunch, afternoon tea, English breakfast, Sunday lunches and Friday Fish Specials. Waitress service and fully licensed.
About Us: Fresh fruit and vegetables, meats and smoked fish, local and regional cheeses, organic wines and one of the largest delicatessen selections in the region. Set in 15 acres, with garden centre, house interiors shop, art gallery, children’s shop and fresh food cafÊ. Sales: Open Mon to Wed and Sat 9 am to 6 pm. Thur and Fri 9 am to 8 pm. Sun 11 am to 5 pm.
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Shops Much of the food in the Farm Shop is grown on our farm or baked on site that day. We believe in quality fresh local produce and work closely with local suppliers wherever possible to bring our customers the benefits of low food miles. • Fresh fruit and vegetables • Tasty bakery
• Premium butchers • Wines and ales
• Delicatessen • Expert fishmonger
www.milletsfarmcentre.com Millets Farm Centre, Frilford, Oxfordshire, OX13 5HB.
Cobbs Farm Shop & Kitchen
Emmett’s Farm Shop
Berkshire
Buckinghamshire
Contact: Charlotte Howard Address: Bath Road Hungerford Berkshire RG17 0SP Tel: 01488 686770 Fax: 01488 681380 Email: charlotte@foodanddining.co.uk Website: www.cobbsfarmshop.co.uk
Contact: Phillip Emmett Address: Wilton Farm Marlow Road Little Marlow Buckinghamshire SL7 3RR Tel: 01628 484094 / 07939 142480 Fax: 01628 890466 Email: wcemmett@btclick.com
About Us: For fresh, local, seasonal produce visit our Farm Shop and Deli, on site Butchers, Fishmongers, and Florist. Seasonal Pick Your Own. Café (fully licensed) with terrace and childrens play area.
About Us: Fresh fruit and vegetables. Local meat. Seasonal game. Craft breads. Free Range eggs. Bags of potatoes. Pumpkin grotto. Home-grown asparagus.
Sales: Open Mon to Sat 9 am to 6 pm. Sun 10 am to 5 pm.
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The Granary Delicatessen
Millets Farm Shop
Oxfordshire
Oxfordshire
Contact: Francesca & Robin Holmes-Smith Address: 30 High Street Watlington Oxfordshire OX49 5PY Tel: 01491 613585 Email: granarydeli@btinternet.com Website: www.granarydeli.co.uk
Contact: Nigel Carter Address: Kingston Road Frilford Abingdon Oxfordshire OX13 5HB Tel: 01865 391555(info) 01865 392200(farm shop) Fax: 01865 391557 Email: carter@milletsfarmcentre.com Website: www.milletsfarmcentre.com
About Us: The Granary is a cornucopia of delicious specialities and foods, many from local producers. Renowned for their cheeses for 20 years, they have 170 to choose from! A foodie’s heaven. Additional Information: Member of The Guild of Fine Food Retailers. Sales: Own shop, online sales, mail order, direct delivery.
About Us: Set in acres of unspoilt farmland and easily accessible from the country’s major routes, Millets Farm Centre offers visitors a taste of the countryside at its natural best. Fresh fruit, vegetables, bakery, delicatessen, fishmonger, wine, butchery, garden centre, restaurants and children’s farm zoo. Sales: Open 7 days a week 9 am to 5 pm. Millets maize maze and PYO open each year during the summer holidays.
Peterley Manor Farm Buckinghamshire Contact: Jane Brill Address: Peterley Lane Prestwood Great Missenden Buckinghamshire HP16 0HH Tel: 01494 863566 Fax: 01494 862959 Email: jane@peterley.co.uk Website: www.peterleymanorfarm.co.uk About Us: Farm shop with fresh and local produce. Pick your own fruit and vegetables. Bedding plant growers and hanging baskets. Home grown Christmas trees. Sales: PYO open Tue to Sat 8.30 am to 5 pm. Sun 9 am to 1 pm.
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ORGANIC YOUR ONE-STOP SHOP FOR AL WHOLEFOODS AND LOC PRODUCE.
The Shop: Emmer Green
Contact: Alex Trott Address: 61 Grove Road Emmer Green Reading Berkshire RG4 8LJ Tel: 0845 330 8272 Email: organics@truefood.coop Website: www.truefood.coop
Shops
TRUE FOOD
True Food Community Co-op
About Us: We are community co-op providing affordable access to organic, local and seasonal foods. We stock a large range wholefoods and general groceries. We operate a shop and weekly evening markets.
Weekly Markets: Queens Road, Newtown and Earley T: 0845 330 8272 www.truefood.coop
Additional Information: Markets Manager is Chris Aldridge (same contact details)
Stables Farm Shop & Kitchen Buckinghamshire
Sales: Shop at Emmer Green open Mon 8:30 to 8 pm; Tue and Fri 8:30 to 5:30 pm; Sun 10 am to 4 pm. Mobile markets; Wednesday: Wesley Methodist Hall, Queen’s Road, RG1 4BW, 5 pm to 8:15 pm. Thursday: Wycliffe Church Hall, Newtown, RG1 3LB, 5 pm to 8:15 pm. Friday: Silverdale Centre, Silverdale Road, Earley, RG6 7HS, 5 pm to 8:15 pm.
Contact: Kirsty Morris/ Lucy Murray Address: Woodway Farm Bicester Road Long Crendon Buckinghamshire HP18 9ED Tel: 01844 20299/07920 521484 Fax: Email: shop@stablesfarmshop.com Website: www.stablesfarmshop.com About Us: Seasonal fruit and vegetables; local sausages ham, bacon, and pate; smoked meats and fish; regional cheeses; free range eggs and local yogurts, milk, and cream. Also seriously good, homemade, ready meals, pies and cakes - to eat in or to take home. Sales: Mon 9 am to 2 pm. Tues to Sat 9 am to 4 pm.
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Wm Vicars & Son
Woodlands Quality Butchers
Berkshire
Oxordshire
Contact: Tony Hayward Address: 20 West Street Reading Berkshire RG1 1TT Tel: 0118 9572904 / 07703 328578 Fax: 0118 9594060
Contact: David Woodward Address: 7 Bicester Road Kidlington Oxordshire OX5 2LA Tel: 01865 373136/ 07845137948 Email: dave@woodlandsqualitybutchers.com Website: www.woodlandsqualitybutchers.com
About Us: Traditional family butcher. Well hung beef, hand-made sausages, local lamb and pork, local venison and game. Eggs. Additional Information: BMQSM; Free Range eggs. Sales: Shop open Mon to Sat 7.30 am to 5.30 pm.
About Us: High quality locally produced meat. Lamb and pork from Woods Farm, Watlington. Beef from Corner Farm, Kirtlington. Free-range chickens from Gloucestershire. Oxfordshire free-range eggs. Award winning sausages. Additional Information: Free-range. EBLEX. Sales: Tuesday to Friday 8am to 5pm. Saturday 8am to 2pm. Closed Sunday and Monday. Outside catering - lamb and pig spit roast.
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Oxfordshire Contact: Address: Tel: Fax: Email: Website:
Julia Colegrave Wykham Park Farm Banbury Oxfordshire OX16 9UP 01295 262235 01295 252323 info@wykhampark.co.uk www.wykhampark.co.uk
About Us: Home-bred Aberdeen Angus and Longhorn beef, lamb and Gloucester Old Spot pork. Home-grown seasonal vegetables. Asparagus our speciality. Wide range of farmhouse cheeses, homemade cakes, preserves etc. Additional Information: LEAF, Farm Assured, Les Routiers. Sales: Farmers Markets. Own shop open Mon to Fri 8:30 am 5:30 pm; Sat 8:30 am 3:00 pm, Sun 10:00am 1:00 pm.
• Brightwell Vineyard • Bothy Vineyard • Cumbers of Theale • The Chiltern Brewery • Chiltern Cold Pressed Rapeseed Oil • Chocolate Blush • Coldharbour Lamb • Coleshill Organics • Dews Meadow Farm • Foxbury Farm • FWP Matthews • Gorvett & Stone • Meadowsweet Farm Shop • Millets Farm Shop • Peach Croft Farm • Peterley Manor Farm • Rockwell End Farm Shop • Sandy Lane Farm • Stanlake Park Wine Estate • Waltham Place Farm • Worton Organic Garden
Shops
Wykham Park Farm Shop
Grove Road Car Park Second Sunday of the month 10.00am -1.00pm
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Community Markets
Creating a market trend W
hen schoolgirl Annabel Chaffey said in a Parish Plan questionnaire she would like Hamstead Marshall to have its own shop she prompted Sue Watts, Anne Budd and Lanie Allen to investigate its feasibility. Though a shop proved unsustainable, the three women began a monthly community market, attracting a few diverse stalls before developing into a monthly produce market. “After a while we realised we had made a difference to the village. People who had lived next door to each other for years and barely exchanged a word are now meeting at the market and having a chat. The noise levels at those first few markets were so high we couldn’t hear ourselves think,” laughs Lanie. The market has adapted to suit its customers and signals a change in buying habits, Lanie believes. “The trend is for people to want to know where their food comes from,” she says. Now known as
Hamstead Marshall and Enborne Village Market to reflect support and interest from neighbours, including market stalwarts and owners of Christmas Farm Mike and Phil, the venture is inspiring adjacent parishes. “They’ve taken our model and changed it slightly to suit their needs. We’re happy to offer advice – for example, get lots of people involved and have a rota of assistants,” says Lanie, who admits the team behind Hamstead Marshall and Enborne had to learn from their early mistakes. Pre-Christmas 2010, the market was held at nearby Elm Farm Organic Research Centre, showcasing a greater number of local crafts and gifts, besides the usual local farm produce, artisan-made bread, cakes, preserves and game and proved a huge success. “One couple who came to support us and planned to spend 20 minutes at the market left two hours later and £100 poorer,” says Lanie. Money made from the markets is put back into village projects and events making it a real benefit to the community on all fronts. The market is held at Hamstead Marshall Hall on the second Saturday of every month 10am–1pm. For more information visit the market pages at www.parish-council.com/Enborne.
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Aldworth Saturday Stalls
Aldworth Village Hall Every Saturday 9.00am – 12.00 noon
Pauline Sheppard Tel: 01635 578177 Email: paulineshep@btinternet.com
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Car Park 3 Ascot Racecourse Third Sunday of the month 9.30am -1.00pm
TVFMC (www.tvfm.org.uk) – Diane Harker Tel: 01628 670272
Hamstead Marshall
Village Hall, Park Lane 2nd Saturday of month 10.00am-1.00pm
Sue Watts Tel: 01488 6588932 m: 07884004418 E mail: soow@onetel.com Lanie Allen Tel: 01488 658168 Email: laonee@btopenworld.com
Hungerford 3
Car park High Street, Hungerford Fourth Sunday of the month 10.00am -1.30pm
TVFMC (www.tvfm.org.uk) – Peter Williams Tel: 01865 820159
Maidenhead 3
Grove Road Car Park Second Sunday of the month 10.00am -1.00pm
Diane Harker Tel: 01628 670272
Newbury 3
Market Place First and third Sundays of the month 9.00am - 1.00pm
TVFMC (www.tvfm.org.uk) Jack McLeod Tel: 07709 517895
Purley-on-Thames 3
Big Barn, Goosecroft Recreation Ground Second Saturday in month 8.30am -12.00 noon
TVFMC (www.tvfm.org.uk) Jack McLeod Tel: 07709 517895
Reading 3
The Cattle Market Gt Knollys Street First and Third Saturdays of the month 8.30am -12.00 noon
TVFMC (www.tvfm.org.uk) John Rawlinson Tel: 0118 961 0173
Windsor 3
St Leonard’s Road First Saturday of the month 9.00am -1.00pm
TVFMC (www.tvfm.org.uk) Susan Gowland Tel: 01753 864300
Wokingham 3
Market Place First Thursday of the month 9.00am -2.00pm
Wokingham Town Council Tel: 0118 9740880
Woolton Hill
Woolton Hill church hall Last Saturday of the month 10am - 1.00pm
Jenny or Teresa E mail: whvillagemaraket@aol.co.uk
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Contact
Aylesbury
Old Market Square 4th Tuesday of the month 9.00am – 2.00pm
Diane Fawcett Tel: 01296 585880 Email: dfawcett@aylesburyvaledc.gov.uk
Beaconsfield 3
Windsor End, The Old Town Fourth Saturday of the month 9.00am - 12.30pm
TVFMC (www.tvfm.org.uk) – Diane Harker Tel: 01628 670272
Buckingham
Old Cattle Pens, High Street 1st Tuesday of the month 7.30am - 1.00pm
P J Heath Tel: 01280 816426
Little Chalfont 3
Village Hall car park, Cokes Lane 2nd Saturday of month 9am - 1pm
TVFMC (www.tvfm.org.uk) - Minnie Gloor Tel: 0788 400 5346
Marlow
Dean Street Car Park Every Sunday 10.00am – 1.00pm
David Emmett 01491 571347 www.marlowfarmersmarket.co.uk
Newport Pagnell
Market Hill on the High Street 3rd Friday of each month 9am to 2pm
Leigh White Tel: 07841 612469 E-mail blueberrycountry@aol.com
Olney 3
Market Place First Sunday in month 10am-2pm
Olney Town Council Gill Edmondson Tel: 01234 711679
Prestwood
Hildreths Garden Centre, Wycombe Road Every Friday 8.00am – 1.00pm
Ian Rogers Tel: 01494 774975
Princes Risborough
High Street Third Thursday of the month 8.30am - 1.30pm
Cllr Dennis Green Tel: 01844 343198 E-mail dennis_green@wycombe.gov.uk
Stony Stratford
Market Square Last Friday of month 8.30am-1.30pm
Leigh White Tel: 07841 612469 E-mail blueberrycountry@aol.com
Wendover 3
Off High Street Third Saturday of month 10am-1pm
Wendover Parish Council Tel: 01296 623056
Winslow
Market Square First Sunday in month 10am-2pm
Winslow Town Council Tel: 01296 712448 www.winslowbucks.org
Wolverton
Market Halls Car Park, Town Hall, Stratford Road First and Third Saturdays in month 9am-1pm
Alissa Pemberton Tel: 07801 368027 E-mail: alissa@foodtrain.org.uk www.foodtrain.org.uk
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Description
Contact
Abingdon 3
Market Place Third Friday of month 8.30am - 1.30pm
TVFMC (www.tvfm.org.uk) – Peter Williams Tel: 01865 820159
Appleton 3
Village Hall Second Sunday of month 10.00am - 1.00pm
William Black Tel: 075000 56622 wmblk@btinternet.com
Banbury 3
Cornhill, Marketplace First Friday of month 8.30am - 1.30pm
TVFMC (www.tvfm.org.uk) – Peter Williams Tel: 01865 820159
Bicester 3
Sheep Street Second Thursday of month 8.30am - 1.30pm
TVFMC (www.tvfm.org.uk) – Peter Williams Tel: 01865 820159
Charlbury 3
The Playing Close Quarterly: Saturdays 12 March, 11 June, 10 September, 10 December 9am -1
TTVFMC (www.tvfm.org.uk) Nick Potter Tel: 01608 810388
Chipping Norton 3
Market Square Third Saturday in month 8.30am - 1.30pm
TVFMC (www.tvfm.org.uk) – Peter Williams Tel: 01865 820159
Deddington 3
The Market Place Fourth Saturday of month 9.00am - 12.30pm
Geoff Todd Tel: 01869 338532 E-mail: geoff.deddingtonfarmersmarket@yahoo.co.uk Web: www.deddington.org.uk
Didcot 3
Market Place Second Saturday of month 8.30am - 1.30pm
TVFMC (www.tvfm.org.uk) – Peter Williams Tel: 01865 820159
East Oxford
East Oxford Primary School, behind Tesco, off Cowley Road Every Saturday 10.00 am – 1.00pm
Josie Webber 01865 725740 www.eastoxfordmarket.org.uk
Faringdon
Market Place First Tuesday of month 8.30am - 1.00pm
Mrs R Packer Tel: 01367 710445
Fernham
Farmer Gow’s Farmers’ Market Longcot Road, Fernham, nr Faringdon, SN7 7PR 3rd Sunday of the month 10.00 am – 1.00pm
Tel: 01793 780 555 enquiries@farmergows.co.uk
Headington
62 Kennett Road Fourth Friday of month 8:00am - 12:30pm
Cllr Ivan Coulter Tel: 07910 817313 www.headingtonmarket.net
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Henley
Market Place Fourth Thursday and Fifth Sunday of month 8.30am - 1.30pm
Caroline Tyler Tel: 07860 129508
Lewknor
Lewknor C of E School playground Second and Fourth Friday of month 2.30pm - 4.00pm
Simon Brignall sbrignall@psaconnect.net
Oxford
Gloucester Green First and Third Thursday of month 8.30am onwards
E G Skett & Company Tel: 01789 267000
Tetsworth
Village Hall Third Saturday of month 9.30am - 12.30pm
Rachel Stoakes E-mail: rachel.stoakes@btinternet.com
Thame
Upper High Street Second Tuesday of month 8.30am - 1.30pm
Cassie Pinnells Tel: 01844 212833
Tiddington
Sandy Lane Farm Every Thursday 2.00pm - 6.00pm
Charles Bennet Tel: 01844 279 269 enquiries@sandylanefarm.net
Wallingford
Market Place Third Tuesday and fifth Saturday of the month 8.30am - 1.30pm
Theresa Whittle Tel: 01491 682568 Mob: 07811864991 E-mail: theresa@rangerorganics.co.uk
Wallingford
Local Producers’ Market The Regal Centre St Martins Lane Every Saturday 10.00am - 1.00pm
Caron Spence Tel: 01491 825034
Wantage
Market Square Last Saturday of month 8.30am - 1.00pm
Wantage Town Council Tel: 01235 763459
Witney 3
Market Place Third Wednesday of month 8.30am - 1.30pm
TVFMC (www.tvfm.org.uk) Peter Williams Tel: 01865 820159
Wolvercote
Wolvercote School, First Turn Every Sunday 10.00am - 1.00pm
Ruth West Tel: 01865 318997 E-mail: info@wolvercotefarmersmarket.co.uk www.wolvercotefarmersmarket.co.uk
Woodstock 3
In front of Town Hall First Saturday of month 8.30am - 1.00pm
TVFMC (www.tvfm.org.uk) – Peter Williams Tel: 01865 820159
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Fruit & Vegetables
Fish & Meat
January
Cabbage, Cauliflower, Celeriac, Forced Rhubarb, Leeks, Parsnips, Turnips, Shallots, Squash
Goose, Lobster, Scallops
February
Cabbage, Cauliflower, Celeriac, Chard, Chicory, Forced Rhubarb, Kohlrabi, Leeks, Parsnips, Spinach, Turnips
Guinea Fowl, Lobster, Mussels, Halibut
March
Beetroot, Cabbage, Cauliflower, Leeks, Mint, Mooli, Parsley, Broccoli, Radishes, Rhubarb, Sorrel
Lobster, Sardines
April
Broccoli, Cabbage, Cauliflower, Morel Mushrooms, Wild Garlic, Radishes, Rhubarb, Carrots, Kale, Watercress, Spinach
Cockles, Spring Lamb
May
Asparagus, Broccoli, Cabbage, Cauliflower, Gooseberries, Wild Garlic, Parsley, Mint, Broad Beans, Rhubarb, Carrots
Duck, Lemon Sole, Sardines, Sea Bass, Sea Trout
June
Asparagus, Broad Beans, Carrots, Cherries, Courgettes, Elderflowers, Lettuce, Gooseberries, Peas, Peppers, Redcurrants, Rhubarb, Strawberries, Tayberries, Tomatoes
Crab, Grey Mullet, Salmon, Welsh Lamb
July
Asparagus, Aubergine, Cabbage, Carrots, Cauliflower, Celery, Cherries, Fennel, French Beans, Gooseberries, Loganberries, Lettuce, Mangetout, Nectarines, New Potatoes, Oyster Mushrooms, Peaches, Peas, Radishes, Raspberries, Rhubarb, Spinach, Strawberries, Tomatoes, Watercress
Clams, Pigeon, Pike, Pilchards
August
Apples, Aubergine, Basil, Carrots, Cauliflower, Courgettes, French Beans, Gooseberries, Greengages, Lettuce, Loganberries, Nectarines, Peaches, Pears, Peas, Radishes, Raspberries, Rhubarb, Strawberries, Sweetcorn, Tomatoes,
Crayfish, Hare, John Dory, Skate
September
Apples, Aubergines, Blackberries, Cabbage, Carrots, Cauliflower, Cucumber, Damsons, Elderberries, Figs, French Beans, Grapes, Kale, Lettuce, Melons, Mushrooms, Nectarines, Onions, Peppers, Parsnips, Peaches, Pears, Peas, Potatoes, Pumpkin, Raspberries, Rhubarb, Spinach, Sweetcorn, Tomatoes
Brown Trout, Duck, Grouse, Mussels, Oysters, Partridge, Pigeon, Sea Bass, Venison
October
Apples, Aubergine, Beetroot, Cabbage, Carrots, Cauliflower, Courgettes, Grapes, Lettuce, Marrow, Mushrooms, Parsnips, Potatoes, Squash, Tomatoes, Watercress
Grouse, Guinea Fowl, Mussels, Oysters, Partridge
November
Beetroot, Cabbage, Cauliflower, Cranberries, Chestnuts, Leeks, Pears, Parsnips, Potatoes, Pumpkin, Quinces, Swede
Goose, Grouse
December
Beetroot, Cabbage, Cauliflower, Celeriac, Celery, Pears, Parsnips, Pumpkin, Sprouts, Swede, Turnips
Goose, Sea Bass, Turkey, Wild Duck
Seasonal Food Calendar
Eat The Seasons!
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d a re B l a e m le o h W e g ta ri He
From Doves Farm Foods
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n 2005 we were given wheat seeds that had been gathered from old seed libraries and since then we have been replanting these ancient grains on Doves Farm to build up our own Heritage seed bank. This Heritage Wholemeal Flour is ground from ancient varieties of wheat originally grown in the 16th & 17th Century. The dense, dark, flavoursome loaf it makes is very similar to the bread eaten a few hundred years ago.
Ingredients:
Original XX 1tsp Quick Yeast or st Dry Yea Water XX 360ml Luke Warm XX 450g Heritage Grain Wholemeal Flour
XX Mix together the yeast and water and leave to stand for 10/15 minutes.
XX 1tsp Salt XX 1tbsp Oil
XX In a large bowl mix together the flour and salt. XX Add the yeasted water to the flour and mix into a dough. XX Cover the bowl with oiled cling film and leave to rest again for 10 minutes. XX Knead the dough for 10 seconds then cover and leave to rest for 10 minutes. XX Now knead the dough for 15 seconds, cover and rest for 15 minutes. XX Oil the bread tin then knead the remaining oil into dough. XX Knead, shape and mould the dough to fit the oiled 1kg/2lb bread tin. XX Put the dough in the tin and cover with oiled cling film. XX Prove the until the dough reaches the top of the tin, about 40/50 minutes. XX Meanwhile put a tin of water in the oven and heat to 220째C/ Fan 200째C/425째F/Gas 7. XX Open the oven door and quickly put the bread in. XX Bake for 40/45 minutes. www.dovesfarm.co.uk
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Susie’s Garlic & Ginger Relish From Susie Kensett at Susie’s Preserves
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aving made Garlic & Ginger Relish for many years, I would like to share some ideas on how to use it to enhance your choice of vegetables, meat, cous-cous or pasta. I believe once you have tried the versatility of this relish, it will inspire you to use it with your own cooking style. For many people who have already enjoyed the taste, it has become a store cupboard favourite. The Garlic & Ginger Relish has a strong, balanced flavour so using a little adds lots of taste to whatever you add it to. XX Mix olive oil and balsamic vinegar to your taste, add Garlic & Ginger Relish to taste to create a salad dressing at any time of the year. XX Delicious served with steak or roast beef. XX Combine Garlic & Ginger Relish with your favourite mayonnaise to enjoy with salads or serve as a dip with crisps, or vegetables. XX Cook pasta. Mix olive oil and Garlic & Ginger Relish, add to the hot drained pasta, stir until it coats the hot pasta and serve. XX For baked bean fans, try adding the Garlic & Ginger Relish to them. XX Use in any way mustard is enjoyed, so it is delicious in a ham sandwich. www.susiespreserves.co.uk
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e in rr e T n o lm a S d n a t u Tro
From Paul Bellchambers, TheLateChef
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sing local fish this terrine is easy to do and is a great way to start a dinner party or just have as a light lunch with toasted granary bread. Or as a posh picnic treat! XX Pre-heat the oven to 180C. Gently fry the shallots in a little oil (do not burn) XX Remove the crusts from the bread and brush with egg white. Cut the salmon fillet into strips and place on baking tray with the bread season with salt, pepper and nutmeg. Put the bread and salmon in a processor until a puree. Add in the whipped cream and half of the dill. Cut up the smoked salmon into small chunks and add to the mixture. XX Fillet the trout (or get your fishmonger to do it) and make sure all the bones are removed, including the pin bones. Season the fillets with salt and pepper. XX Line the terrine with cling film. Place the trout fillets skin side down into the terrine making sure there are no gaps between the fillets. Fill the terrine with the mixture and with the remaining trout fillets cover the mixture so that it is completely covered. Fold the excess film over the top of the terrine. Cover with a lid or foil.
Ingredients
pressed XX Tablespoon of cold oil ed ese rap XX 40g sliced shallots ad XX 90g fresh white bre use as to ok (gluten free is well) XX 1egg white am XX 4 tbsp of single cre et fill n XX 250gm salmo tmeg XX Salt, pepper and nu cream (till XX 250ml of whipped it reaches soft peaks) pped XX 2 tbsp dill finely cho approx m XX 4 trout each 300g n XX 200g smoked salmo terrine t) pin XX 1 x 1 litre(13/4
XX Place the terrine in a roasting tin and fill with hot water (a bain marie) and cook for 40 minutes. XX Serves 12-14 depending on thickness of slices www.thelatechef.com
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atie Caldesi, local renowned chef, who runs her own cookery school Katie’s Kitchen, has worked with Tims Dairy to produce some wonderful recipes with yogurt using local and seasonal ingredients. This recipe is ideal for the summer and is a truly tasty, healthy option. XX Mix the marinade ingredients together in a bowl. XX Put the chicken, mushrooms and peppers into the marinade and leave covered in the fridge for at least 30 minutes and up to 4 hours.
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h Chicken in Pitta Bread witIngr edients Tims Dairy Yogurt
XX 300g of chicken breast, cubed XX 1 punnet of button mushrooms XX 1 red pepper, cut into mushroom sized pieces XX 1 round lettuce or 2 baby gems, shredded XX 4 wholemeal pitta breads For the marinade XX 100g Tims Dairy low fat natural yogurt XX 1 teaspoon of chilli powder
XX Thread the chicken, red pepper and mushrooms onto skewers, pour over any excess marinade and grill for 15 to 20 minutes or until the chicken is cooked through. XX Prepare the chilli sauce by mixing the ingredients together and seasoning to taste. XX Prepare the Tims Dairy yogurt dressing in the same way mixing the ingredients together. XX Warm the pitta breads in the oven or under the grill for a couple of minutes. Split them open down one long edge and fill with the shredded lettuce. XX When the chicken skewers are done, pull off the meat mushroom and pepper and stuff into the pitta pockets. Pour over a little of each sauce and serve straight away. XX Serves 4
XX Half a teaspoon of salt XX Juice of half a lemon or lime XX 1 teaspoon cumin seeds, crushed XX 1 fat clove of garlic, finely chopped Chilli sauce XX 1 teaspoon of chilli powder, to taste XX 1 tablespoon of tomato puree XX 1 teaspoon of cumin powder XX 1 teaspoon of coriander powder XX Juice of a lime XX Salt to taste XX 2 teaspoons of olive oil, optional Yogurt and Mint dressing XX 2 tablespoons Tims Dairy low fat natural yogurt XX 1 tablespoon of mint leaves, chopped XX Good pinch of salt XX Good pinch of sugar XX 1 clove of garlic, finely chopped
Photo: Debbie Jones at Imaging Essence
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Galantine of Chicken From Paul Bellchambers, TheLateChef
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galantine of chicken is an impressive dish, hot or cold. You can serve it with any side dishes you like, baked potatoes and salad, or with new potatoes and seasonal vegetables. You can vary the stuffing to any mix that you fancy, especially using in season ingredients. It is a very cost effective way of making a chicken go further. Great for picnics when cold or as a different Sunday roast lunch. XX Pre-heat the oven to 200C. XX De-bone your chicken. If you don’t want to do this ask your butcher. The process is fairly simple and as long as you have a sharp filleting and paring knife it is not a daunting job. Make sure the chicken is cold before you start.
Stuffing XX Mix chicken mince, tomato paste, pistachio nuts, herbs and seasoning in a bowl, mix XX Lay the chicken skin side down and spread half of the mixture across the centre of the chicken. Add the chopped apricots and lay the sliced ham lengthways across the chicken. Cover with the rest of the mince mixture. Roll the chicken up so that is looks like a chicken again. Secure with cooks string to hold the chicken together. Seal the ends of the chicken with cocktail sticks to prevent any stuffing from coming out of either end.
Ingredients
freeXX 1 x 1.5Kg organic or n cke chi range ve oil XX Salt, pepper and oli XX Stuffing. (breast XX 400g chicken mince o tw use st, be is meat ) without the skin and fat ked ham XX 250g chunk of coo wide sliced into strips .5cm XX 2 tbsp tomato paste ts XX 2 tbsp pistachio nu herbs XX 4 tbsp fresh mixed , – parsley, chives, thyme ely fin etc e rosemary, sag chopped t dried XX 3 tbsp chopped sof apricots XX Salt and pepper
Cooking XX Place in a roasting tin breast side up. Coat with oil and sprinkle with salt and pepper then cook for 10 minutes, then reduce to 180C for a further 20 minutes. Turn the chicken over and cook for further 40 minutes.
Serving. XX Serve hot with juices or the chicken can be left to cool and then chilled. XX Serves 6-8 depending on thickness of slices www.thelatechef.com
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d n a s k e e L h it w t le il F n o lm a S Oxford Mustard O
From Bruce Young, Shaken Oak Products ne of a number of recipes using Oxford Mustard created by Bruce to celebrate Oxfordshire’s 1000 year anniversary in 2007.
XX Mix the mustard into the crème fraiche, then stir in the sliced leeks. XX Spread the mix over the base of an ovenproof dish and place the salmon fillets on top and cook in a preheated oven at 200 c (400 f), Gas mark 6 for 10-15 minutes, or until tender but pink in the centre.
Ingredients XX 4 salmon fillets rd XX 2 tbsp Oxford Musta e XX 4 tbsp crème fraich sliced XX 2 leeks, trimmed and ves chi XX finely chopped
XX Serve the salmon with the leek and mustard sauce, sprinkled with the chopped chives. XX Serves 4
Tip Serve with fresh asparagus spears and new potatoes. www.shakenoak.co.uk
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Meadowsweet Beef in Horseradish Cream
From Emma Hamer, Meadowseet Farm
XX Cut the meat into cubes and heat gently in a large casserole until the fat starts to run out. Fry until the meat has browned on all sides. XX Add the onion, curry powder, ginger, sugar and flour and cook for a minute. XX Stir in the stock and bring to the boil, stirring until thickened. XX Add the Worcester sauce and seasoning, cover with a lid and simmer for about 5 minutes. Transfer to the oven and cook slowly until the meat is tender. XX When ready to serve, stir in the horseradish cream and sprinkle with freshly chopped parsley. www.meadowsweetfarmshop.co.uk
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Ingredients
or XX 2lb (900g) stewing braising steak pped XX 2 large onions, cho ry powder XX 1 desert spoon cur ginger XX 1 teaspoon ground vado XX 1 desertspoon musco sugar r XX 1½oz (40g) cornflou ck sto f XX ¾pint (450ml) bee ster XX 2 tablespoons Worce sauce und black XX Salt and freshly gro pepper ons of XX 1½ heaped tablespo am cre ish rad rse ho d XX A little freshly choppe sh rni ga to y parsle
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f e e b f o b ri rt o h s d e is ra b re Be
From Millets Farm Centre
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haring our passion about fresh, seasonal produce with local provenance, is the White Hart at Fyfield. We’ve been working with Mark Chandler, owner and Head Chef to produce a series of seasonal recipes for you to try and home. All dishes have been tried and tested at the White Hart, and all ingredients can be purchased at Millets Farm Shop. XX Lightly dust the ribs with seasoned flour and brown in a hot, lightly oiled pan. XX Remove from the pan and place in a casserole dish (just big enough to fit the 4 ribs snugly). Add the vegetables and garlic to the pan and sweat until golden brown. Add the tomato paste and cook for 2-3 minutes. Add the beer to deglaze the pan and bring to a simmer (do not boil). XX Pour over the ribs. Add the rosemary and thyme and if necessary top up with a little water, so the ribs are just covered. XX Cover and cook at 150C for 2 ½ hours, until the meat is soft and tender and comes away from the bone easily. XX Remove the ribs from the casserole dish and keep them warm. XX Strain the braising liquor into a saucepan and return to the heat. Reduce until the sauce has thickened (so it coats the back of a spoon) and season to taste.
Ingredients
f, on XX 4 Short ribs of bee ne bo the ng XX Plain flour for dusti XX Seasoning pped XX 1 Onion, roughly cho d ppe cho ly XX 1 Leek, rough XX 2 Carrots, roughly chopped ly XX 1 Celery stick, rough chopped led XX 4 Garlic cloves, pee and crushed XX 1 sprig Thyme XX 1 sprig Rosemary XX 1 tbsp Tomato puree XX 1 pint Dark beer
XX Serves 4
Tip Serve the ribs with horseradish mash and roasted seasonal root vegetables. Spoon the sauce over the ribs and around the plate www.milletsfarmcentre.com
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e in W e it h W h it w le ro e s s a C n e Chick and Quince Gravy From Quince Products
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uince Jelly is a very versatile ingredient. It is delicious added to a Chicken Casserole, and is renowned for its association with venison and game. It can also be served with cold meats, cheese, apple pie or as a teatime spread. XX Heat the oven to 180c/gas mark 4. XX Place wine, Quince Jelly, garlic and herbs in a large casserole dish. Add the chicken. XX Cover and cook for approx. 1 hour, then remove lid and rub butter over chicken and season.
Ingredients
XX 2kg whole chicken XX 300ml white wine y XX 4 tbspns Quince Jell shed XX 6 garlic cloves, cru ice XX Fresh herbs of cho XX 25g butter
XX Cook uncovered for a further 1 hour. XX Remove chicken from casserole and strain remaining juices for gravy. XX Serves 4 www.quinceproducts.co.uk
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n o tt u M ic n a rg O ll a h s u R Slow Cook From Janey Cumber, Cumbers of Theale
his recipe is based on one created by restaurateur Oliver Peyton for the National Dining Rooms (at the National Gallery in London), Oxfordshire Menu, using our mutton. XX Put the meat in a large roasting dish XX Add vegetables, herbs, half of the capers and enough water to cover half the joint. XX Seal with baking parchment or foil XX Cook at 140C/ F / gas mark 1 for 3-4 hours until the meat pulls away from the bone. XX Strain off the cooking liquid and pour away the excess fat. Remove joint and keep warm.
Ingredients
er on bone XX Mutton leg or should XX 3 onions XX 3 carrots XX 3 celery sticks s to taste, XX Other root vegetable roughly chopped me or winter XX Fresh rosemary, thy savoury XX 100 g capers XX 90 ml malt vinegar
XX Return liquid to pan, add the vinegar and the rest of the capers and reduce over a high heat to make a sauce. XX Serves 6 -8
Tip Serve the dish with roasted squash or baked potatoes www.cumberfarms.co.uk
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Celery, Sage & Onion Stuffing From Brenda Copas, Copas Traditional Turkeys
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he Copas family have been producing Christmas turkeys at their farm in Cookham, Berkshire ever since Tom Copas left school in 1957. Over the years, Tom’s wife Brenda has not only perfected her cooking method for their birds, but also finetuned old family recipes to create suitable accompaniments. Here we share her traditional stuffing recipe, a favourite of her three daughters. The perfect complement to poultry roasts and special family meals. XX Saute the onion and celery in butter XX Add garlic. XX Stir into the bread crumbs.
Ingredients
XX 175g white or brown breadcrumbs pped XX 3 sticks of celery, cho XX 1 onion, chopped XX 50g butter XX 1 egg, beaten fresh sage XX Handful of chopped XX 1 tsp dried sage d XX 1 garlic clove, crushe XX Salt & black pepper
XX Add sage and salt to taste and some freshly ground black pepper. XX Bind together with the egg. XX Either stuff into neck cavity of your Copas Turkey (or other poultry), or cook in a buttered casserole dish. XX If using a dish, dot the top with butter and roast in the oven for approx 45 minutes. XX Serves 6-8
Tip Don’t forget to add the weight of the stuffing (approx 250g) to the weight of your poultry and adjust the cooking time accordingly. www.copasturkeys.co.uk
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e rt o T r e rt o P te la o c o h C ry Chiltern Brewe From The Chiltern Brewery
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rom The Chiltern Brewery, this exquisite marriage of fine English ale and dark chocolate makes a really moist and delicious cake or dessert option. The beer adds a malty flavour and a rich note and should be enjoyed with a nice glass of Chiltern Ale (instead of a cup of tea). XX Preheat the oven to 170C/Gas 3/fan oven 150C. XX Grease a 23cm spring form cake tin and line the base with greaseproof paper then dust the sides with a little cocoa powder. XX Melt the chocolate and butter in a heatproof bowl over a pan of simmering water then leave to cool for a few minutes. XX Mix the egg yolks, ground almonds and Lord-Lieutenant’s Porter into the chocolate mixture and stir well. It will appear a little grainy which is fine.
Ingredients
r XX 100g unsalted butte ate col cho XX 140g 70% dark broken s) ey’ ms Ru (preferably ces pie into ted XX 6 large eggs , separa ds XX 140g ground almon n ter hil s C on po XX 3 tables ant’s ten ieu d-L Lor ry we Bre Porter Beer XX 85g caster sugar XX Pinch of salt sting XX Cocoa powder for du LordXX Crème fraiche and Beer to r rte Po t’s nan ute Lie serve
XX Whisk the egg whites, add a pinch of salt and then whisk into stiff peaks. XX Stir the sugar into the egg whites, a little at a time, then fold the egg white mixture into the chocolate just 2 or 3 tablespoons at a time. XX Bake for 30-35 minutes until well risen then leave to cool in the tin before serving. XX To serve, sift cocoa powder over the top and add a spoonful of crème fraiche which has Lord-Lieutenant’s Porter stirred through it. Enjoy… www.chilternbrewery.co.uk
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s ie n w ro B te la o c o h C e re Gluten F From Doves Farm Foods
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hen you make these delicious, squidgy chocolote brownies, no-one will guess that they are gluten free. Try stirring in some dark chocolate drops or walnuts before you put them in the oven. XX Beat the eggs together then mix in the sugar and flour. XX Stir in nuts or chocolate drops, if using. XX Gently melt together the butter and the chocolate then stir this into the egg mixture XX Pour into a 150 x 200mm/6x8” oiled and lined baking dish. XX Bake in a pre-heated oven for 30/35 minutes. Oven 180°C/Fan 160°C/350°F/Gas 4
Ingredients XX 100g butter XX 150g dark chocolate free XX 100g gluten & wheat nd ble ur self-raising flo XX 200g sugar XX 3 eggs ts XX 100g chopped walnu ps dro ate or dark chocol ) (optional
XX Cut into squares before serving warm with icecream or cold. www.dovesfarm.co.uk
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t is o M ’s y le ir h S a m d n ra G Chocolate Cake From Helen Sanderson, Stainswick Farm
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his is the best chocolate cake I have ever tasted. The cold pressed rapeseed oil gives it a delicious almost nutty taste. It is great with butter icing or even strawberries and cream sandwiched in the middle XX Heat the oven to 180 ºC (160 ºC fan oven) XX Grease and line 2 x 8” (20cm) sandwich tins XX Put all the ingredients into a bowl and beat for 2 mins XX Pour into tins and bake for about 28 mins or until the cake springs back when gently pressed with fingertips XX Turn onto a wire rack to cool XX Sandwich together with chocolate butter icing or strawberries and cream
Ingredients
ur XX 175g self raising flo XX 3 large eggs oa XX 3 tablespoons of coc k mil s XX 2 tablespoon XX 175g caster sugar ing XX 1 ½ teaspoons bak er wd po m Cold XX 100ml Stainswick Far Oil d see pe Ra d sse Pre
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e k a C te la o c o h C te u in M 10 From Mortimer Chocolate Company
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he Mortimer Chocolate Pure Dark Chocolate Powder gives a fabulous chocolate flavour to your cooking. This recipe is so easy and quick!
XX Grease an oven proof pudding basin with a little butter. XX Sieve the flour into a mixing bowl. XX Stir in the chocolate powder and sugar. XX Make a well in the centre and add the beaten egg, oil and milk. XX With a fork, stir until all the ingredients are combined. XX Pour the mixture into the pudding basin.
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XX 1 heaped tablespoon wder Mortimer Chocolate Po ur XX 75g self raising flo ar sug XX 75g caster XX 1 large egg, beaten XX 75ml vegetable oil XX 75ml milk
XX Microwave on high for 4 minutes. XX Leave to rest for 1 minute before serving with cream or custard, or serve cold. www.mortimerchocolate.co.uk
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Chocolate Sauce From Rumsey’s Handmade Chocolates
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his is a really easy recipe which is very versatile. If you want a really good chocolate, try sourcing from a specialist chocolate shop. You can keep this sauce in the fridge for a few weeks, and reheat to pour over profiteroles or ice cream. You can also use to mix with cream to use as a filling for a chocolate gateaux.
Ingredients XX 500ml water ed sugar XX 300 grams granulat er XX 175 gms cocoa powd ate col cho XX 175gms plain
XX Bring the water and sugar to boil XX Add the cocoa powder and mix with a whisk XX Bring back to the boil XX Melt the chocolate (slowly) in a microwave or bain marie XX Add the melted chocolate to the mixture XX Bring back to the boil and simmer for 5 mins XX Strain and pour into container XX Use, or store in fridge ready for future use www.rumseys.co.uk
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Alphabetical Index Name Beechwood Farm Free Range Eggs Born to be Yummy Ltd Bothy Vineyard
Page No 18
Millets Farm Shop
Oxfordshire
6
Mortimer Chocolate Company Ltd
Name
County
Page No
Oxfordshire
56
Berkshire
15 41
Oxfordshire
45
North Aston Organics
Oxfordshire
Boycott Farm Shop
Buckinghamshire
54
The Old Farmhouse Bakery
Oxfordshire
9
Brightwell Vineyard
Oxfordshire
46
The Oxford Centre
Oxfordshire
50 18
Burford Garden Company
Oxfordshire
54
The Oxford Cheese Company
Oxfordshire
Burgers of Marlow
Buckinghamshire
14
Palace Cuisine
Oxfordshire
9
Challow Hill Meats
Oxfordshire
25
Parrott Brothers
Buckinghamshire
29
Buckinghamshire
11
Pastures Farm Poultry
Northamptonshire
33
Hertfordshire
36
Peach Croft Farm
Oxfordshire
33
Chiltern Farm Food
Buckinghamshire
25
Peterley Manor Farm
Chiltern Natural Foods
Buckinghamshire
14
Quince Products
Chiltern Brewery (The) Chiltern Cold Pressed Rapeseed Oil
Buckinghamshire
56
Oxfordshire
37
Chocolate Blush
Berkshire
15
The Real Organic Foods Company
Oxfordshire
39
Christmas Farm
Berkshire
26
The Restaurant at Witney Lakes Resort
Oxfordshire
52
Berkshire
55
Riverford Organics
Oxfordshire
42
Buckinghamshire
26
Rockwell End Farm Shop
Oxfordshire
34
Berkshire
30
Cobbs Farm Shop & Kitchen Coldharbour Lamb Coleshill Organics
Oxfordshire
41
Royal Berkshire Pork
Compass Brewery
Oxfordshire
12
Rumsey’s Hand-made Chocolates
Berkshire
32
Sandy Lane Farm
Copas Traditional Turkeys Cross Lanes Fruit Farm
Buckinghamshire
16
Oxfordshire
43
Berkshire
23
Saucy Puds
Cumbers of Theale
Oxfordshire
27
Seasons Café Deli
Dews Meadow Farm
Oxfordshire
27
Shaken Oak Products
Oxfordshire
38
Berkshire
6
Simon Weaver Cotswold Organic Dairy
Gloucestershire
20
Emmett’s Farm Shop
Buckinghamshire
55
Stables Farm Shop & Kitchen
Buckinghamshire
57
Farmers’ Bar (The)
Buckinghamshire
48
Stainswick Farm Oil
Oxfordshire
39
Flexmore Farm
Buckinghamshire
27
Doves Farm Foods
Foxbury Farm Butchery, Farm Shop and Tearooms From Rani’s Kitchen
Oxfordshire
9
Buckinghamshire
52
Stanlake Park Wine Estate
Berkshire
45
Susie’s Preserves
Berkshire
38
Oxfordshire
39
Oxfordshire
28
Buckinghamshire
36
Tims Dairy
Oxfordshire
8
Tolhurst Organic Produce
FWP Matthews
Tasty Morsels
Buckinghamshire
21
Oxfordshire
43
Godwin’s Ice Cream Farm
Oxfordshire
20
True Food Community Co-op
Berkshire
57
Gorvett & Stone
Oxfordshire
15
Two Hoots Cheese
Berkshire
20
Granary Delicatessen (The)
Oxfordshire
56
Upton Smokery
Harlesford Farm Organic Meat
Oxfordshire
28
Waltham Place Farm
Horridge Meadows Goose & Poultry
Buckinghamshire
33
Waterperry Gardens
Oxfordshire
23
Just Biscuits
Buckinghamshire
8
Well Preserved
Oxfordshire
39
Oxon
50
West Mill Poultry and Game
Oxfordshire
34
Buckinghamshire
37
Wm Vicars & Son
Berkshire
58
Late Chef (The) Mary Berry and Daughter
Oxfordshire
30
Berkshire
42
Meadowsweet Farm Shop
Oxfordshire
28
Woodlands Quality Butchers
Oxordshire
58
Meat Joint (The)
Oxfordshire
29
Worton Organic Garden
Oxfordshire
43
Buckinghamshire
9
Wykham Park Farm Shop
Oxfordshire
59
Mediterranean Deli Company
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Colne Valley Food Tel: 01895 832662 www.colnevalleypark.org.uk Social enterprise led by Groundwork Thames Valley selling local food at Colne Valley Park Visitor Centre and Black Park. FACE Tel: 024 7685 8261 www.face-online.org.uk Farming and Countryside Education inspires children to learn more about food, farming and the countryside. Fun, Food & Farming Festival 16 & 17 June 2010. FARMA Tel: 0845 45 88 420 www.farma.org.uk Represents direct sales to customers through farm shops, Pick-Your-Own, farmers’ markets, home delivery, on-farm catering, and farm entertainment. Food for Life Partnership Tel: 0117 314 5180 www.foodforlife.org.uk Network of schools and communities across England committed to transforming food culture. Garden Organic Tel: 024 7630 3517 www.gardenorganic.org.uk Promotes and supports organic gardening across the world. Making Local Food Work Tel: 01993 810730 www.makinglocalfoodwork.co.uk Partnership of seven organisations supporting community enterprises reconnecting people and land and people through fresh, healthy, local food.
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National Society of Allotment and Leisure Gardeners Ltd Tel: 01536 266576 www.nsalg.org.uk Join the Grow Your Own campaign and enjoy the fun of digging, sowing, composting and harvesting with like-minded neighbours. Slow Food UK Tel: 020 7099 1132 www.slowfood.org.uk Slow Food UK works to ensure good, clean and fair food is a right for everyone. It protects traditional UK foods, defends biodiversity and promotes food education.
Useful organisations
Useful Organisations
Soil Association Tel: 0117 314 5000 www.soilassociation.org Promotes sustainable, organic farming and champions human health. South East Food Group Partnership Tel: 023 9245 2288 www.sefgp.co.uk Represents and supports local food groups and producers in the South East of England with marketing, trade development, business support and training. Sustain Tel: 020 7837 1228 www.sustainweb.org Sustain: the alliance for better food and farming advocates food and agriculture policies and practices that enhance the health and welfare of people and animals, improve the working and living environment, enrich society and culture and promote equity. Runs Children’s Food Campaign and Olympic Food.
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Afterword
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he BBO Food Group was launched as a CIC in 2008, but the Food Group in Oxfordshire has been around for much longer, with the publication of the first Oxfordshire Food Directory in 1999/2000. An office base provided by Oxford Brookes University, with financial support from Oxfordshire County Council and the district councils in Oxfordshire enabled the Food Group to appoint its first manager in 2002. With funding from SEEDA and local authorities in Buckinghamshire and Berkshire, the Food Group became the BBO Food Group in 2004, managed by Tamara Schiopu. With a membership of local food businesses from across the region, the BBO Food group was able to flourish, organising a tremendous range of activities and events across the three counties, from running Chefs tours, trade shows and meet the buyer events, to supporting new farmers’ markets across the region. Local produce is now very definitely on the map available in growing numbers of local shops and
supermarkets, as well as over 40 farmers’ markets across the region. And it’s on the menu in many more local pubs, restaurants and other catering venues. Despite the BBO Food Group’s success in generating income from marketing and events, we continue to rely on public funding. Local food groups have not escaped the cuts, and the future of the BBO Food Group is uncertain. This Food Guide is a powerful reminder that, despite the challenges that continue to face local producers and local food production, local food businesses and community food organisations have a strong presence in this region. It is vital that we give our wholehearted support to the local food sector, and continue to buy local. Susie Ohlenschlager Oxfordshire County Council Founder member of the Food Group
Glossary of acronyms ABM – Assured British Meat. From April 2010, Red Tractor Farm Assurance Beef and Lamb ACCS – Assured Combinable Crops Scheme APS – Assured Produce Scheme BDFA - British Deer Farmers Association BGPA – British Goose Producers Association BMQSM – British Meat Quality Standard Mark BQAP – British Quality Assured Pork Cmi Certification – NSF-CMi fresh produce certification & assurance CSA – Community Supported Agriculture EFSIS - European Food Safety Inspection Service FABBL – Farm Assured British Beef and Lamb FARMA – Farmers’ Retail & Markets Association
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Genesis QA – Genesis Quality Assurance Scheme LEAF – Linking Environment and Farming Audit LFHW – Love Food Hate Waste campaign NDFAS – National Diary Farmers Assurance Scheme OF&G – Organic Farmers and Growers Q Guild – The Guild of Quality Butchers RSPCA – Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals TFTA – Traditional Farmfresh Turkey Association WFA – Wholesome Food Association WFA (2) -Whole Farm Approach WSB – Wine Standards Board, part of Food Standards Agency WRAP – Waste and Resources Action Programme
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