Local Producers
Berkshire
Cobbs Farm have redeveloped their shop with new products and lines including a cheese and olive counter as well fresh fruits, vegetables and a variety of other foods. From September ’08 the farm shop will also include a Butchers, Bakers, Fishmonger and restaurant.
Royal Berkshire Pork is a totally free range pig farm located on the beautiful Berkshire Downlands, near Newbury. Their pure Hampshire Breed and Large White Breed pigs are raised in the traditional way, reared outside in open fields in their family groups for their entire life with lots of space to forage and meander.
Sheepdrove Organic Farm is owned by publishers and environmental campaigners Peter and Juliet Kindersley. Their vision of a holistic model of environmentally responsible farming is driven by a passionate concern for animal welfare, wildlife conservation and a sustainable rural economy.
Doves Farm is a family owned enterprise with over 60 staff, drawing the majority of these and many raw materials from the local Wessex area. They are dedicated to upholding organic, ethical and Fairtrade agricultural systems, nurturing partnerships with suppliers and customers and supporting local community projects.
Two Hoots Cheese
This company were awarded a gold in the new cheese category for Loddon Blewe, their soft blue veined cheese made with Ewe's milk. Look out too for their Barkham Chase and Barkham Blue cheeses.
Beechwood Farm Free Range Eggs
A traditional family farm dedicated to supplying high quality free range eggs. The flocks are small and the hens are able to roam from dawn to dusk in pasture and natural woodland.
Buckinghamshire
Chiltern Farm Food
Stockings Farm is a mixed arable and livestock farm set in the Chiltern Hills.Pigs and sheep are traditionally reared and fed natural diets. The farm also has its own shoot. Lamb and pork cuts, burgers, sausages, cured pork products and game are all available.
Tim's Dairy are passionate about making yogurt and are dedicated to producing fresh, live yogurt of the highest quality. Fresh live fruit yogurts, natural yogurts, creamy Greek and Cypriot yogurts, crème fraiche and soured cream are their specialities. Tim's Dairy is able to cater to all needs including food service outlets, major retailers, food manufacturers, distributors and independents across the whole of the UK.
The Fine Beef Company have a wide range of quality meat available. Their herd is reared in the village, fed on a completely natural diet and free to roam pasture between April and November.
Chiltern Natural Foods have an ever growing family of foods includes a range of Natural Crumbly Fudges, Natural Healthy Breakfast Cereals, an exciting selection of Natural Flavoured Nuts and a variety of Healthy Nut, Fruit and Seed Mixes. They also supply several flavours of Yoghurt Coated Products and an assortment of Dried Fruits.
Hampshire
A great range of delicious ready prepared dishes, exciting sweet and savoury delicacies from their new bakery and a mouth watering array of puddings.
Blackmore Game
Specialists in wild game and venison, based in Borden.
Martin Roberts and Ray Page have been brewing award winning ale for 13 years. Formerly brewers at the Cheriton Brewhouse these two master brewers have struck out on their own to create new brewsthat show huge promise.
Traditional dairy products from 'Grass to Glass' within 24 hours
Farmer Gosden's Luxury Dairy Ice Cream
Hand made ice cream made using milk and cream from their pedigree Jersey herd, together with the finest ingredients.
Hampshire Cheeses was founded in 2004 when Stacey and Julie decided to produce a cheese using the highest quality local milk.
Hill Farm Orchards award winning apple juice is made from hand picked fruit to produce a high quality, traditional apple juice with a variety of different flavours and characteristics.
At their small dairy on the northen edge of the New Forest, Loosehanger Cheeses have develops an award-winning range of original recipes.
Lyburn farm makes a variety of different hand made cheeses, all of which are made from their own cows milk.
Based near Selborne in Hampshire, Mr Whitehead's Cider Company company creates new and interesting cider blends using traditional methods.
Pollen organics only select the best organic ingredients to make their range of pestos, sauces, mayo, hollandaise, dressings, relishes, nuts and olives.
Grown and produced on the Wiltshire/Hampshire border, Pratt’s Cold Pressed Extra Virgin Rapeseed Oil is the refreshingly smooth, one-hundred per cent natural oil with a subtle nutty flavour which works well in a variety of dishes.
The Real Jam and Chutney Company
The Real Jam and Chutney Company makes preserves to recipes handed down through three generations of one family.
Rother Valley Organics was launched in early 2004. The idea was to sell organic meat direct to customers' doors - handling the entire process literally from pasture to plate and in doing so help preserve some of the mosr environemtally sensitive areas of the South Downs.
Sunnyfields specialise in fresh, local, foods including an excellent range of in season and organic. They have a farm where they grow large amounts of fresh produce, a farm shop, a market every Saturday, a home delivery service, a box scheme and a wholesale service for trade customers.
Suthwyk Ales are proud to bring you a range of bottled and cask beers brewed entirely from barley grown on their farm on Portsdown Hill, overlookng Portsmouth Harbour.
The Chilli Jam company sell their innovative chilli recipes via their website, speciality delicatessens, farm shops, farmers markets and local and county shows.
Wallops Wood Dairy is a specialist farm with a focus on the production of Gloucester Old Spot pigs.
Kent
The vineyards were established by the Barnes family in 1969. Starting with one acre the vineyards has grown to 22 acres with nine varieties of grapes grown.
Brogdale Farm is the home of the National Fruit Collections, the largest collection of fruit trees and plants in the world. Over 2,300 different varieties of apple, 550 of pear, 350 of plum and 320 of cherry are grown in here in 150 acres of beautiful orchards.
Griggs of Hythe are a wholesale fishmongers, who supply chefs with a great variety of good quality fresh, smoked and frozen fish and shellfish.
M.A. Piper & Son Farms is a family run business which has been farming in the the Wittersham area for some 50 years. In 2002 they decided to set up their own butchery business and Pipers Meats of Owley was formed.
Taywell Farmshop & Taywell Ice Creams
Taywell Farm Shop specialises in soft fruit and top fruit and aim to provide their customers with such tasty fruit that cannot be found in a supermarket.
Oxfordshire
Brookleas Fish Farm attend several farmers markets in the Thames Valley region selling whole and filleted fresh trout, smoke trout and smoked trout pate, smoked eel and cray fish.
Challow Hill Farm is a small family run farm placing high value on welfare of animals and the environment. They supply beefpork and lamb.
Having been trailblazers with additive-free pork and dry-curing of bacon since the mid-80's, Andy and Jane have developed a customer focused business, employing staff who echo their passion for quality and friendliness.
Located on the edge of the picturesque village of East Hendred, the vineyard sits in 9 acres of English coutryside. With Seyval Blanc, Madeleine Angevine and Pinot Noir vines they produce quality still and sparkling wines.
You will find a wonderful range of good old-fashioned bread at The Old Farmhouse Bakery. Everything is hand-made from scratch in small batches on the premises to traditional recipes with no added chemicals or preservatives.
Shaken Oak Products are based at Shaken Oak Farm, which is situated on the edge of the Cotswolds. They produce a range of mustards and other products for the speciality food market.
Surrey
F. Conisbee & Son pride themselves on supplying the best quality meat to their customers, so they use the best local sources, predominantly local Surrey farmers.
Fulk Brothers Butchers
Suppliers of home grown organic vegetables
Lydling Farm has one of the largest and most successful herds of free range Aberdeen Angus cows in the country. There is also a herd of rare breed Saddleback pigs on the farm.
By using traditional breeds that are suited to outdoor living, and by developing improved GM-free diets, Plantation Pigs have been able to produced the highest quality pork . The combination of traditional slow-growing breeds and a healthy outdoor lifestyle creates fine succulent pork with a superior flavour.
The Secretts name has been associated with excellence in horticulture since 1908. Today, the Farm specialises in tender market garden produce for the restaurant and farm shop markets.
Butchers of high class organic meat and game.
Sussex
Situated in the heart of rural Sussex, Bookers is a family run vineyard which has one national and international awards.
Hepworth & Co. produce beers and lagers of distinction in cask, keg and bottle, using locally sourced ingredients wherever possible.
High Weald Dairy is a family run business which produces an Award Winning range of speciality cheeses from organic goat's milk and organic cow's milk.
Network Seafoods are on eof the leading distributors of fresh and frozen seafood in the South East with a reputation for high quality and personal service.
RidgeView Estate is dedicated solely to the production of the highest quality sparkling wine from traditional Champagne varieties and methods.
The Chocolate Alchemist is an award winning organic chocolate manufacturer based in West Sussex.
The Glass Houses grow a wide range of vegetables and herbs. As well as the usual beans, leaves, lettuce, carrots, beetroot and celery they are also growing some more unusual vegetables such as aubergines, okra and tomatillos.