Showcase attractions

Food & Drink Marquee
Links to the producers who were in the marquee at the kilnsey show.

Cookery Theatre
The cookery theatre was a popular area at the showcase event last year. Here's a list of the chefs and experts who will take part this year.

Harvesting the Sun
Join Mike Keeble for a fascinating insight into working farm animals and machinery. Children can enjoy pony rides with Kilnsey Trekking Centre.

Arts & Culture Marquee Experience the ‘Celebration of Women in the Hill Farming Community’ photographic exhibition.

Food & Farming for REAL Marquee
A list of the organisations and companies taking part in the REAL showcase.

ABOUT REAL
REAL stands for all the different areas to which hill farming communities contribute:

Rural & Regeneration
Education & Environment
Agriculture & Arts
Local & Leisure

What is the Showcase?

The aim of the showcase is to demonstrate all the positive contributions which hill farming communities make to modern life. It covers everything from food stalls to cookery demonstrations, rural art and craft stands to a chance to "meet the workers" through a show of farm animals and activities.
The Showcase will delight and entertain - and in entertainment, it also aims to educate.

Food & Farming for REAL at the Kilnsey Show in the Yorkshire Dales.

The first Showcase was at Kilnsey Show on Tuesday 28th August 2007. Set against the magnificent backdrop of Kilnsey Crag, the event was well supported despite restrictions brought about by the foot and mouth outbreak.

The event was officially opened by the Duke & Duchess of Devonshire who gave their full support to the event and to Food and Farming for REAL.

For this years event:

The Northern Dales Farmers' Market has a fantastic range of delicious produce for visitors to taste and buy - the NDFM food & drink marquee is a great way to take away a taste of the Northern Dales.
In the cookery theatre some handy tips will be available from leading local chefs and producers.
"Harvesting the Sun" ably demonstrates the importance of farm animals.
A "Celebration of Women in the Hill Farming Community" photography will be displayed in the arts and culture marquee.
Visitors will be able to discover why hill farming communities are so important in the Food & Farming for REAL marquee.

NEWS

Upland families 'earned less than labourers'

MOST upland farming families in Yorkshire were earning less per head than the average farm labourer over 2006-7 even before movement restrictions slashed prices and Government policy cut their subsidies.

Read the article >>

Duke and Duchess open showcase.

Duke and Duchess of Devonshire The Duke & Duchess of Devonshire opened the showcase and made clear their wholehearted support for the uplands.

Thanks to our sponsors

The Food & Farming for REAL Showcase would like to thank the following organisations for their support:

Hill Farming Initiative, Northern Dales Farmers’ Market, Bolton Abbey Estate, CLA Charitable Trust, Craven District Council, Littoral, North Yorkshire County Council, Skipton Building Society, Tarmac, Wensleydale Creamery and Yorkshire Forward.

The Food & Farming for REAL Showcase is supported by the following

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