REAL Food and Farming

Whether we like it or not change is coming to the way we buy food. Prices for foreign produced organic feed is already driving up the price of UK organic pork and poultry. Asian countries are getting richer and eating more meat and competing with the west for food traded on global markets, cheap food [...]

The latest episode of the REAL Food and Farming podcast features an interview with the Duke of Devonshire at this years Kilnsey Show, a visit to the children’s area to meet Ian Longstaff and chef Andrew Wood and an insight into the work of the ARC Addington fund.
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We’ve just completed episode 1 of our podcast series in which we introduce the series. We find out about the Kilnsey show, talk to Mike Keeble about the state of upland farming, visit a farmers market and meet Timmy the trout….
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In one of our visits to Julia Marley at Bendgate, we were given a fine demonstration of cooking a rib roast and were lucky enough to be able to sample it afterwards!
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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 [...]

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 [...]

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.

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