REAL Food and Farming

One of the best things about farmer’s markets is that they allow food producers to have important contact with end users of their products.
This is, of course, a two way street and customers have a chance to meet the farmers, growers and cooks who put their knowledge and passion into the products on offer. We [...]

 

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A visit to the kitchen at Bendgate house gave us a new way to use rump steak.
Earlier this week Stewart and I, accompanied by a hungry young apprentice on holiday from school, traveled to Long Preston to film Julia Marley of Bendgate Foods for our forthcoming podcast series. Julia cooked a number of dishes for [...]

Craven District Council’s Economic Development unit will be exhibiting at Kilnsey Show in the REAL business marquee.
The Council is offering people a chance to have their say about what they want to happen in Craven in terms of economic development. Visitors will be invited to write and draw their ideas on an interactive board [...]

A Sunday lunch turns Italian

Today was the farmer’s market day in Grassington and so I made the trip to find something local for Sunday lunch. In all honesty, my intention was to buy something a little different like venison but the stall selling such products was not there. Instead I bought some Bolton Abbey mince [...]

A chance for farmers to sell to a wider market
Someone who is passionate about local produce, particularly meat, is Chris Wildman, who has left the security of a full time job to concentrate his efforts on his internet business, Paganum Produce.
Chris comes from a family of butchers going back five generations and is returning to [...]

To kick off our filming for the new podcast series we paid a visit to the farm of Robert Philip in Hellifield. Despite the rain soaked morning we were given a warm and enthusiastic welcome by Robert, who keeps a fold (correct term for a herd) of Highland cattle, which he grazes on the hills [...]

As part of the build up to this year’s Kilnsey Show we are going to produce a series of audio and video podcasts highlighting issues around our Yorkshire Dales uplands and the fantastic array of people and products that bring it to life.
Business Link Yorkshire have generously sponsored the first series, enabling us to produce [...]

There will be a children’s cookery theatre at the show this year with award winning chef Andrew Wood.
Andrew won a Gold medal in the 2006 Salon Culinaire de Londres competition, one of the world’s most prestigious professional culinary competitions.

Following the success of the REAL showcase at Kilnsey Show, where in excess of 2000 people signed a petition pledging their support of the English Uplands, and an attendance at Masham Sheep Fair where the public also gave generous support to the petition, 5 members of the REAL and Kilnsey Show committees traveled to London. [...]

It’s perfectly possible now for businesses to exist and thrive in remote rural locations, where many advantages exist over competitors in towns and cities. One of the most cost effective ways of promoting yourself is by leveraging existing technology and strategic use of the internet.