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We work with a small number of local producers who share the same vision as we do - seasonal, local fresh food.

All our fresh fruit, veg and meat is English and sourced as close to our Highbury depot as possible.  We spend a lot of time talking to our producers to bring you to best seasonal produce available. 
Each week in our newsletter we bring you news from our farmers and what they are able to bring us for that week. To keep up to date sign up to our weekly newsletter using the link on the left of the screen.




Frome, Somerset - 116 miles from the Farm Direct Depot

 

Ivy House Organic Dairy Farm is a family run business, they set up their dairy in the early 1980s. Choosing to shun high­ intensity methods in favour of sustainable systems, they run a herd of 160 Jersey cows that they milk only once a day. The cows eat the clover that grows in abundance on the farm. ‘It’s how everyone used to farm sixty years ago,’ says Geoff.

 

When they first made the transition to organic in 1998, Geoff would rise at 5am to milk the herd, often working a twenty­ hour day with help from Kim and their three children. Sixteen years on, Ivy House Farm supplies organic dairy products to over 150 farm shops and cafés. Now Geoff is able to relax a little, as his son Darren has taken over the milking. The farm also employs people from the local village of Beckingham – up to ten on a good day.

 

Ivy House’s products are all organic, unhomogenised, pasteurised and produced to order from the morning’s milking. Their clotted cream butter is a favourite with the punters, and to Kim and Geoff there is no better accolade than the appreciation of returning customers. ‘Bless them all,’ they say.

Geoff likes nothing better on a frosty morning than a steaming bowl of porridge with thick Jersey cream from his own cows.

 

Ivy House Dairy Farm

● Organic, unhomogenised, pasteurised dairy products

● Members of The Soil Association and Organic Farmers and Growers

● Part of a countryside stewardship scheme to replant old hedge lines and encourage indigenous plant species

 

 

More from Ivy House Farm Dairy:

  • Picture of Clotted Jersey Butter
    250g
    £6.38
    Qty.

    From Geoff & Kim Bowles, Ivy House Farm, Beckington, Somerset


    Organic, Vegetarian, Grass Fed

  • Picture of Clotted Jersey Cream
    Select :
    £2.55
    Qty.

    From Geoff & Kim Bowles, Ivy House Farm, Beckington, Somerset


    Organic, Vegetarian, Grass Fed

  • Picture of Double Cream
    142ml
    250ml
    £1.50
    Qty.

    From The Northiam Dairy, Rye, Kent


    Vegetarian, Grass Fed

  • Picture of Full Fat Jersey Milk
    568ml
    1 litre
    2 litre
    £1.37
    Qty.

    From Geoff & Kim Bowles, Ivy House Farm, Beckington, Somerset


    Organic, Vegetarian, Grass Fed, Unhomogenised

  • Picture of Full Fat Jersey Milk Glass Bottle
    250ml
    500ml
    750ml
    £1.94
    Qty.

    From Geoff & Kim Bowles, Ivy House Farm, Beckington, Somerset


     

    Please return bottles for re-use.

     


    Organic, Vegetarian, Grass Fed, Unhomogenised

  • Picture of Jersey Buttermilk
    568ml
    1 litre
    2 litre
    £2.18
    Qty.

    From Geoff & Kim Bowles, Ivy House Farm, Beckington, Somerset


    Organic, Vegetarian, Grass Fed, Unhomogenised

  • Picture of Jersey Double Cream
    Select :
    £2.55
    Qty.

    From Geoff & Kim Bowles, Ivy House Farm, Beckington, Somerset


    Organic, Vegetarian, Grass Fed

  • Picture of Longley Farm Jersey Double Cream
    250ml
    £2.49
    Qty.

    From Longley Farm, Holmfirth, Yorkshire


    Vegetarian, Grass Fed

  • Picture of Madagascan Vanilla Custard
    500g
    £4.55
    Qty.

    From Geoff & Kim Bowles, Ivy House Farm, Beckington, Somerset


    Organic, Vegetarian, Grass Fed

  • Picture of Pouring Cream
    250ml
    260ml
    250ml glass
    £4.13
    Qty.

    From Geoff & Kim Bowles, Ivy House Farm, Beckington, Somerset


    Organic, Vegetarian, Grass Fed

  • Picture of Salted Jersey Butter
    250g
    1Kg
    £6.27
    Qty.

    From Geoff & Kim Bowles, Ivy House Farm, Beckington, Somerset


     

    Not suitable for home freezing.


    Organic, Vegetarian, Grass Fed

  • Picture of Semi-Skimmed Jersey Milk
    568ml
    1 litre
    2 litre
    £1.29
    Qty.

    From Geoff & Kim Bowles, Ivy House Farm, Beckington, Somerset


    Organic, Vegetarian, Grass Fed, Unhomogenised

  • Picture of Semi-Skimmed Jersey Milk Glass Bottle
    250ml
    500ml
    750ml
    £1.76
    Qty.

    From Geoff & Kim Bowles, Ivy House Farm, Beckington, Somerset


     

    Please return bottles for re-use.

     


    Organic, Vegetarian, Grass Fed, Unhomogenised

  • Picture of Semi-Skimmed Milk
    568ml
    1 litre
    2 litre
    £0.86
    Qty.

    From The Northiam Dairy, Rye, Kent


    Vegetarian, Grass Fed, Unhomogenised

  • Picture of Single Jersey Cream
    Select :
    £1.71
    Qty.

    From Geoff & Kim Bowles, Ivy House Farm, Beckington, Somerset


    Organic, Vegetarian, Grass Fed

  • Picture of Skimmed Jersey Milk
    568ml
    1 litre
    2 litre
    £1.19
    Qty.

    From Geoff & Kim Bowles, Ivy House Farm, Beckington, Somerset


    Organic, Vegetarian, Grass Fed, Unhomogenised

  • Picture of Skimmed Jersey Milk (750ml - Glass Bottle)
    £2.11
    Qty.

    From Geoff & Kim Bowles, Ivy House Farm, Beckington, Somerset


     

    Please return bottles for re-use.

     


    Organic, Vegetarian, Grass Fed, Unhomogenised

  • Picture of Skimmed Milk
    568ml
    1 litre
    £0.99
    Qty.

    From The Northiam Dairy, Rye, Kent


    Vegetarian, Grass Fed, Unhomogenised

  • Picture of Unsalted Jersey Butter
    250g
    1Kg
    £6.27
    Qty.

    From Geoff & Kim Bowles, Ivy House Farm, Beckington, Somerset


     

    Not suitable for home freezing.


    Organic, Vegetarian, Grass Fed

  • Picture of Whipping Cream
    2000ml
    £13.29
    Qty.

    From The Northiam Dairy, Rye, Kent


    Vegetarian, Grass Fed

  • Picture of Whipping Jersey Cream
    250ml glass
    260ml
    1 litre
    £4.55
    Qty.

    From Geoff & Kim Bowles, Ivy House Farm, Beckington, Somerset


    Organic, Vegetarian, Grass Fed

  • Picture of Whole Milk
    568ml
    1 litre
    2 litre
    £0.99
    Qty.

    From The Northiam Dairy, Rye, Kent


    Vegetarian, Grass Fed, Unhomogenised

  • Picture of Langage Clotted Jersey Cream
    113g
    200g
    £2.19
    Qty.
    Available from Thursday 19 Dec

    From Geoff & Kim Bowles, Ivy House Farm, Beckington, Somerset


    Organic, Vegetarian, Grass Fed



 

Somerset - 128 miles from the Farm Direct Depot


Hurdelbrook dairy is a family run business led by Dave Paull. Their dairy and products has been a leading light in the production of high quality milk and cheese from award winning Guernsey cows. They sell their home rich Guernsey milk, cheese and yoghurt at various farmers’ markets and exclusive outlets in London, such as Le Fromargerie in Marylebone. Their yoghurt is 100% natural and contains “pro-biotic cultures". 

 

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Chalfont St Peter, Buckinghamshire - 24miles from the Farm Direct Depot



Tim's Dairy was founded 60 years ago in 1949 and has continued to be a family business run with family values. The team there really do love making yoghurt and believe in the many health benefits of eating it. All the yoghurt are fresh and live, made from using only natural ingredients such as fresh cream and milk, plus natural fruit compotes. You certainly will not find any artificial colours, additives or preservatives added to these wonderful yoghurt. You will, however, find fun facts on the packaging so make sure you read inside and outside the pots before throwing them away!




Oxford - 60 miles from the Farm Direct Depot

When Robert Pouget and Gerry Stevens opened their first cheese shop in Oxfords covered market in 1983 they had no idea the fame it would bring them (well in Oxford anyway). The Cheese shop was an instant hit as at the time there were very few specialist cheese shops in Oxford, and it proved to be a welcome novelty. In 1995 Robert Pouget began production of Oxford Blue a cheese in the tradition of Stilton (it was produced in a Stilton dairy ) but with a creamier consistency especially when the cheese was allowed to mature. Oxford Blue, College White and Isis have become some of the most popular cheeses in England and are widely available on sale at good independent food retailers.
  • Picture of Alice Goat's Cheese Log (150g)
    £5.45
    Qty.

    From Robert Pouget of the Oxford Cheese Company.


    Made from 100% Oxfordshire Goat's Milk.


    Vegetarian, Gluten free

  • Picture of Baby Burrata
    250g
    £6.99
    Qty.

    From Simona Di Vietri of La Latteria, Acton, London.


    Freshly shredded mozzarella mixed with creamy panna, shaped in a purse.


    Gluten free

  • Picture of Baby Burrata
    125g
    £3.69
    Qty.

    From Simona Di Vietri of La Latteria, Acton, London.


    Freshly shredded mozzarella mixed with creamy panna, shaped in a purse.


    Gluten free

  • Picture of Baron Bigod Cheese
    230g
    1Kg
    £10.00
    Qty.

    From Fen Farm Dairy, Bungay,Suffolk.


     

    The finest traditional Brie-de-Meaux style cheese produced in the UK.

     

     


    Vegetarian, Gluten free

  • Picture of Bocconcino Mozzarella
    300g
    £6.29
    Qty.

    From Simona Di Vietri of La Latteria, Acton, London.


    Small handmade balls of our fresh, artisanal cow’s milk mozzarella.


    Gluten free

  • Picture of Burrata
    400g
    £10.85
    Qty.
    Available from Friday 13 Dec

    From Simona Di Vietri of La Latteria, Acton, London.


    Freshly shredded mozzarella mixed with creamy panna, shaped in a purse.


    Vegetarian, Gluten free

  • Picture of Campagnola
    400g
    £8.29
    Qty.
    Available from Friday 13 Dec

    From Simona Di Vietri of La Latteria, Acton, London.


    Freshly shredded mozzarella mixed with creamy panna, shaped in a purse.


    Gluten free

  • Picture of 'Cerne Abbas Man' Vintage Cheddar
    150g
    £3.49
    Qty.

    From Robert Pouget of the Oxford Cheese Company.


    An extra mature cheddar


    Vegetarian, Gluten free

  • Picture of Extra Mature Cheddar
    200g
    1Kg
    £22.45/Kg
    £4.49
    Qty.

    From Keens Cheddar, Moorhayes Farm, Wincanton, Somerset.


     

    Aged for 18 months


    Vegetarian, Gluten free

  • Picture of Fresh Goat's Curd
    200g
    500g
    £6.09
    Qty.

    From White Lake Cheeses, Higher Bagborough Farm, Shepton Mallet, Somerset.


    Gluten free

  • Picture of Green's Double Gloucester
    200g
    £3.39
    Qty.

    Vegetarian, Gluten free

  • Picture of Marksbury Double Gloucester
    200g
    £4.49
    Qty.

    Part of the Provender range from the Oxford Cheese Company.


    Vegetarian, Gluten free

  • Picture of Marksbury Farmhouse Cheddar (200g)
    £4.85
    Qty.

    Part of the Provender range from the Oxford Cheese Company.


    Vegetarian, Gluten free

  • Picture of Marksbury Goats Cheese (200g)
    £6.90
    Qty.

    Part of the Provender range from the Oxford Cheese Company.


    Vegetarian, Gluten free

  • Picture of Marksbury Smoked Cheddar (200g)
    £4.49
    Qty.

    Part of the Provender range from the Oxford Cheese Company.


    Vegetarian, Gluten free

  • Picture of Nodini & Cream
    250g
    £5.79
    Qty.
    Available from Friday 13 Dec

    From Simona Di Vietri of La Latteria, Acton, London.


    Small knots of our fresh, artisanal mozzarella manually intertwined by the skilful hands of our artisans.


    Gluten free

  • Picture of Nodino Mozzarella
    250g
    £5.19
    Qty.

    From Simona Di Vietri of La Latteria, Acton, London.


    Small knots of our fresh, artisanal mozzarella manually intertwined by the skilful hands of our artisans.


    Gluten free

  • Picture of Oxford Blue Wedge (150g)
    £4.59
    Qty.

    From Robert Pouget of the Oxford Cheese Company.


    A full fat cambozola style blue cheese


    Vegetarian, Gluten free

  • Picture of Oxford Isis
    (apx.) 220g
    £6.49
    Qty.

    From Robert Pouget of the Oxford Cheese Company.


     

    A divine honey-washed soft cheese


    Vegetarian, Gluten free

  • Picture of Peri Peri Sauce
    £3.35
    Qty.

    From Norfolk Sauce Co. Downham Market, Norfolk.


    Vegetarian, Gluten free

  • Picture of Perline fior di latte
    250g
    £4.99
    Qty.
    Available from Friday 13 Dec

    From Simona Di Vietri of La Latteria, Acton, London.


    A versatile soft cheeses, with a milky flavor and best served at room temperature.


    Gluten free

  • Picture of Primo sale soft cheese
    250g
    £4.29
    Qty.
    Available from Friday 13 Dec

    From Simona Di Vietri of La Latteria, Acton, London.


    A semi-soft cheese made from cows’ milk


    Gluten free

  • Picture of Ricotta fior di latte
    250g
    £4.19
    Qty.

    From Simona Di Vietri of La Latteria, Acton, London.


    Gluten free

  • Picture of Scamorza Bianca
    300g
    £9.66
    Qty.
    Available from Friday 13 Dec

    From Simona Di Vietri of La Latteria, Acton, London.


    A stretched curd cheese salted, dried and ripened for c.72 hours


    Gluten free

  • Picture of Smoked Perline di Scamorza fior di latte
    300g
    £6.99
    Qty.
    Available from Friday 13 Dec

    From Simona Di Vietri of La Latteria, Acton, London.


    Literally “little cherries”, but surprisingly made of our soft artisanal mozzarella.


    Gluten free

  • Picture of Smoked Scamorza Cheese
    250g
    £6.30
    Qty.
    Available from Friday 13 Dec

    From Simona Di Vietri of La Latteria, Acton, London.


    Scamorza is the only stretched curd cheese salted, dried and ripened for c.72 hours


    Gluten free

  • Picture of Somerset Solstice (200g)
    £8.89
    Qty.

    From White Lake Cheeses, Higher Bagborough Farm, Shepton Mallet, Somerset.


    Vegetarian

  • Picture of Stinking Bishop cheese
    500g
    £28.99
    Qty.

    From Robert Pouget of the Oxford Cheese Company.


    Vegetarian, Gluten free

  • Picture of Stracciatella soft cheese
    375g
    £8.14
    Qty.
    Available from Friday 13 Dec

    From Simona Di Vietri of La Latteria, Acton, London.


    A unique soft cheese with an unimaginable savory / sweet flavour.


    Gluten free

  • Picture of Tunworth Cheese
    250g
    £8.59
    Qty.

    From Stacey Hodges & Charlotte Spruce, Scratchface Lane, Herriard, Hampshire.


    A British style camembert.


    Vegetarian, Gluten free

  • Picture of Winslade Cheese
    230g
    £8.99
    Qty.

    From Stacey Hodges & Charlotte Spruce, Scratchface Lane, Herriard, Hampshire.


    Soft cow's cheese - cross between Vacherin & Camembert.


    Vegetarian, Gluten free

  • Picture of Woodstock Goat Camembert (150g)
    £5.45
    Qty.

    From Robert Pouget of the Oxford Cheese Company.


    Made from 100% Oxfordshire Goat's Milk.


    Vegetarian, Gluten free

  • Picture of Worcester Hops
    150g
    £3.39
    Qty.

    Vegetarian, Gluten free

  • Picture of Yarlington Cheese
    (apx.) 220g
    £9.49
    Qty.

    From King Stone Dairy Ltd, Manor Farm, Chedworth, Gloucestershire.


    Organic, Vegetarian




Alford, Lincolnshire - 138 miles from the Farm Direct Depot

Simon and Tim Jones, produce award-winning handmade Lincolnshire Poacher Cheese on their dairy farm situated on the edge of the beautiful Lincolnshire Wolds. The use of freshly produced unpasteurised milk from their own dairy herd which graze on the rolling hills of the farm is the basis for the distinctive characteristics of their cheese.This is, of course in conjunction with the care and attention taken during the making of each individual batch of hand-made cheese. To ensure their milk is of the highest quality, their ‘girls’ are treated like royalty. They've even got their own happy cow brushes so they can give themselves a really good scratch!
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Woodbridge, Suffolk - 81 Miles from the Farm Direct depot

Located in the heart of the Suffolk countryside next to the ancient Anglo-Saxon National Trust site, Sutton Hoo Free Range Chickens are chickens with a difference.

A traditional slow growing breed, the birds roam freely on 40 acres of pasture overlooking the River Deben.

Sutton Hoo firmly believes in the slow process of rearing birds in the traditional way, as such, all Sutton Hoo Chickens are completely free range.


The birds live in small groups and shelter from the elements in mobile houses that have no artificial lighting and are naturally ventilated.

From about two weeks of age the happy chicks venture outside to enjoy exploring under Suffolk’s vast open skies. From then on all feeding takes place outside by hand with additional nutrients foraged from the surrounding vegetation.

Charles and Belinda were farmers with a mission which was to rear truly free range chicken in the Suffolk countryside they loved. Their poultry would enjoy an additive free diet without antibiotics or drugs of any kind. The birds have gained a national reputation for the quality of the product and the unsurpassed welfare.


Buy Sutton Hoo Farm Chickens:
  • Picture of Chicken Breast Fillet
    (apx.) 280g x 1
    £17.79/Kg
    £4.98
    Qty.

    From The Kimbers Family Farm, Wincanton, Somerset.


    Free Range

  • Picture of Chicken Carcass
    £2.50
    Qty.

    From The Kimbers Family Farm, Wincanton, Somerset.


    Free Range

  • Picture of Chicken Drumsticks
    450g
    £7.02/Kg
    £3.16
    Qty.

    From Bridget Borlase of Sacombe Hill Farm, Watton Le Stone, Herts.


    Free Range, Frozen

  • Picture of Chicken Drumsticks
    450g
    £7.02/Kg
    £3.16
    Qty.

    From The Kimbers Family Farm, Wincanton, Somerset.


    Free Range

  • Picture of Chicken Leg Quarter
    (apx.) 300g
    £9.00/Kg
    £2.70
    Qty.

    From The Kimbers Family Farm, Wincanton, Somerset.



    Free Range

  • Picture of Chicken Livers
    (apx.) 500g
    £7.20/Kg
    £3.60
    Qty.

    From The Kimbers Family Farm, Wincanton, Somerset.


    Free Range, Frozen

  • Picture of Chicken Livers
    (apx.) 500g
    £7.20/Kg
    £3.60
    Qty.

    From The Kimbers Family Farm, Wincanton, Somerset.


    Free Range

  • Picture of Chicken Mince
    (apx.) 500g
    £11.50/Kg
    £5.75
    Qty.

    From The Kimbers Family Farm, Wincanton, Somerset.



    Free Range

  • Picture of Chicken Thighs x 2
    (apx.) 300g
    £10.35/Kg
    £3.11
    Qty.

    From The Kimbers Family Farm, Wincanton, Somerset.


    Free Range

  • Picture of Chicken Thighs x 2
    (apx.) 300g
    £10.35/Kg
    £3.11
    Qty.

    From The Kimbers Family Farm, Wincanton, Somerset.


    Free Range, Frozen

  • Picture of Chicken Wings
    (apx.) 440g
    £5.64/Kg
    £2.48
    Qty.

    From The Kimbers Family Farm, Wincanton, Somerset.


    Free Range

  • Picture of Chicken Wings
    (apx.) 440g
    £5.64/Kg
    £2.48
    Qty.

    From The Kimbers Family Farm, Wincanton, Somerset.


    Free Range, Frozen

  • Picture of Duck Carcass
    (apx.) 450g
    £4.50
    Qty.

    From The Kimbers Family Farm, Wincanton, Somerset.


    Free Range

  • Picture of Marinated Spatchcock Chicken
    (apx.) 2Kg
    £9.35/Kg
    £18.70
    Qty.

    From The Kimbers Family Farm, Wincanton, Somerset.


     

    Marinated with Suma, garlic puree, and lemon.


    Free Range

  • Picture of Skinless & Boneless Chicken Thighs
    (apx.) 400g
    £12.00/Kg
    £4.80
    Qty.

    From The Kimbers Family Farm, Wincanton, Somerset.


    Free Range

  • Picture of Skinless & Boneless Chicken Thighs
    (apx.) 400g
    £12.00/Kg
    £4.80
    Qty.

    From The Kimbers Family Farm, Wincanton, Somerset.


    Free Range, Frozen

  • Picture of Turkey Breast, diced
    (apx.) 500g
    £19.30/Kg
    £9.65
    Qty.

    From The Kimbers Family Farm, Wincanton, Somerset.


    Free Range

  • Picture of Turkey Escalope
    (apx.) 500g
    £21.60/Kg
    £10.80
    Qty.

    From The Kimbers Family Farm, Wincanton, Somerset.


    Free Range

  • Picture of Turkey Mince
    (apx.) 500g
    £15.60/Kg
    £7.80
    Qty.

    From The Kimbers Family Farm, Wincanton, Somerset.


    Free Range

  • Picture of Whole Spatchcock Chicken, Large
    (apx.) 2Kg
    £9.81/Kg
    £19.62
    Qty.

    From The Kimbers Family Farm, Wincanton, Somerset.


    Free Range

  • Picture of Whole Spatchcock Chicken, Large
    (apx.) 2Kg
    £9.81/Kg
    £19.62
    Qty.

    From The Kimbers Family Farm, Wincanton, Somerset.


    Free Range, Frozen

  • Picture of Whole 100 day old Chicken
    (apx.)
    3.5Kg
    4.5Kg
    5.5Kg
    £11.50/Kg
    £40.25
    Out of stock

    Reared by Oliver Parker, Beamure, Laurel Farm, Wenhaston, East Suffolk


    Giblets included.


    Free Range

 

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Littlewindsor, Dorset 148 Miles From Depot



Formerly a mixed agricultural Farm, Dorset Farm now specialises in the rearing and curing of ham and bacon.

While modern methods of ham production often use chemicals and systems to enhance the weight and appearance of the product. Dorset Farms award winning hams are made using time-honoured methods and are individually cured by hand without extra water or additional additives.





 

Dorset Farms supply us with our oh so popular pack of ham, while at Christmas we offer their whole hams and gammon joints.


Buy Dorset Farms Ham:
  • Picture of Cured Ham Hock
    (apx.) 1Kg
    £6.35/Kg
    £6.35
    Qty.

    From The Kimbers Family Farm, Wincanton, Somerset.


    Frozen

  • Picture of Cured Ham Hock
    (apx.) 1Kg
    £6.35
    Qty.

    From The Kimbers Family Farm, Wincanton, Somerset.

  • Picture of Kentish Smoked Ham
    (apx.) 160g
    £23.75/Kg
    £3.80
    Qty.

    From The Kimbers Family Farm, Wincanton, Somerset.

  • Picture of Kentish Woodchurch Ham
    (apx.) 160g
    £27.88/Kg
    £4.46
    Qty.

    From The Kimbers Family Farm, Wincanton, Somerset.

  • Picture of Smoked Ham Hock
    (apx.) 1Kg
    £6.95/Kg
    £6.95
    Qty.

    From The Kimbers Family Farm, Wincanton, Somerset.


    Frozen

  • Picture of Smoked Ham Hock
    1Kg
    £6.95
    Qty.

    From The Kimbers Family Farm, Wincanton, Somerset.

  • Picture of Traditional Cooked Ham
    (apx.) 130g
    £30.00/Kg
    £3.90
    Qty.

    From The Kimbers Family Farm, Wincanton, Somerset.

  • Picture of Traditional Cooked Ham
    (apx.) 130g
    £30.00/Kg
    £3.90
    Qty.

    From The Kimbers Family Farm, Wincanton, Somerset.


    Frozen

Looe, Cornwall - 267 miles from the Farm Direct Depot


Bocaddon Farm Veal was born in 2006, when Jon and Vicky Brown moved to Bocaddon, Vicky’s family farm in Cornwall.

Vicky’s brother Rob had a dairy herd on the farm but, as often happens on dairy farms, most of the bull calves were unwanted and were being disposed of at birth.

Jon and Vicky decided to try rearing some calves for veal – in the open air, with a varied diet – to see if they could establish a market for this misunderstood meat.




In 2008 Rob took on rearing the calves, allowing Jon and Vicky to concentrate on the preparation and selling of the meat. As well as rearing all of the bull calves from Bocaddon for veal, they were also able to make use of unwanted calves from nearby farms. We built a butchery on the farm in order to have more control over the finished product, and continued expanding slowly, picking up multiple awards and plaudits for their fantastic meat.

In 2010 their lives and business were turned upside-down when Rob was killed in an accident. With no-one able to take on Rob’s enormous work-load on the farm, the dairy herd was eventually dispersed, and the last of the Bocaddon veal calves were slaughtered in summer 2011. Jon and Vicky decided to continue the work that had been started with the veal business, and we found a local farmer, Darrin Hooper, to rear calves for us to our specifications on his farm at nearby Tideford.

The philosophy of the business remains exactly the same – unwanted dairy bull calves reared in small groups, in the open air and with a varied diet. Cornish calves, reared and slaughtered in Cornwall, and all cut and prepared in our farm butchery at Bocaddon. With Darrin’s help we will be sure to provide the same quality product and the same personal service to new and existing customers across the UK.


Buy Bocaddon Veal:
  • Picture of Best Diced Rose Veal
    (apx.) 500g
    £18.20/Kg
    £9.10
    Qty.

    From The Kimbers Family Farm, Wincanton, Somerset.


     

    From welfare friendly unwanted bull dairy calves


    Free Range

  • Picture of Rose Veal Blade Roll
    (apx.)
    1Kg
    1.5Kg
    2Kg
    £16.70/Kg
    £16.70
    Qty.

    From The Kimbers Family Farm, Wincanton, Somerset.


     

    From welfare friendly unwanted bull dairy calves


    Free Range

  • Picture of Rose Veal Brisket
    Select (apx.):
    £14.95/Kg
    £14.95
    Qty.

    From The Kimbers Family Farm, Wincanton, Somerset.


     

    From welfare friendly unwanted bull dairy calves


    Free Range

  • Picture of Rose Veal Burgers
    (apx.) 235g x 2
    £11.70/Kg
    £2.75
    Qty.

    From The Kimbers Family Farm, Wincanton, Somerset.


     

    From welfare friendly unwanted bull dairy calves


    Free Range

  • Picture of Rose Veal Chops x 1
    (apx.) 250g
    £32.80/Kg
    £8.20
    Qty.

    From The Kimbers Family Farm, Wincanton, Somerset.


     

    From welfare friendly unwanted bull dairy calves


    Free Range

  • Picture of Rose Veal Cote de Veau
    Select (apx.):
    £32.00/Kg
    £32.00
    Qty.

    From The Kimbers Family Farm, Wincanton, Somerset.


     

    From welfare friendly unwanted bull dairy calves


    Free Range

  • Picture of Rose Veal Escalope x 2
    (apx.) 300g
    £30.87/Kg
    £9.26
    Qty.

    From The Kimbers Family Farm, Wincanton, Somerset.


     

    From welfare friendly unwanted bull dairy calves


    Free Range

  • Picture of Rose Veal Escalope x 2
    (apx.) 300g
    £30.87/Kg
    £9.26
    Qty.

    From The Kimbers Family Farm, Wincanton, Somerset.


     

    From welfare friendly unwanted bull dairy calves


    Free Range, Frozen

  • Picture of Rose Veal Fillet Steak
    (apx.) 227g
    £54.98/Kg
    £12.48
    Qty.

    From The Kimbers Family Farm, Wincanton, Somerset.


     

    From welfare friendly unwanted bull dairy calves


    Free Range

  • Picture of Rose Veal Foot
    (apx.) 1.5Kg
    £7.50
    Qty.

    From The Kimbers Family Farm, Wincanton, Somerset.


     

    From welfare friendly unwanted bull dairy calves


    Free Range

  • Picture of Rose Veal Heart (1/4)
    £3.00
    Qty.

    From The Kimbers Family Farm, Wincanton, Somerset.


     

    From welfare friendly unwanted bull dairy calves


    Free Range

  • Picture of Rose Veal Kidney
    500g
    £19.90/Kg
    £9.95
    Qty.

    From The Kimbers Family Farm, Wincanton, Somerset.


     

    From welfare friendly unwanted bull dairy calves


    Free Range

  • Picture of Rose Veal Mince
    (apx.) 500g
    £13.40/Kg
    £6.70
    Qty.

    From The Kimbers Family Farm, Wincanton, Somerset.


     

    From welfare friendly unwanted bull dairy calves


    Free Range

  • Picture of Rose Veal Osso Bucco
    (apx.) 250g
    £22.00/Kg
    £5.50
    Qty.

    From The Kimbers Family Farm, Wincanton, Somerset.


     

    From welfare friendly unwanted bull dairy calves


    Free Range

  • Picture of Rose Veal Rolled Rib
    Select (apx.):
    £16.70/Kg
    £16.70
    Qty.

    From The Kimbers Family Farm, Wincanton, Somerset.


     

    From welfare friendly unwanted bull dairy calves


    Free Range

  • Picture of Rose Veal Rump Steak
    (apx.) 227g
    £31.63/Kg
    £7.18
    Qty.

    From The Kimbers Family Farm, Wincanton, Somerset.


     

    From welfare friendly unwanted bull dairy calves


    Free Range

  • Picture of Rose Veal Short Ribs
    (apx.) 1Kg
    £14.40/Kg
    £14.40
    Qty.

    From The Kimbers Family Farm, Wincanton, Somerset.


     

    From welfare friendly unwanted bull dairy calves


    Free Range

  • Picture of Rose Veal Shoulder Joint
    Select (apx.):
    £15.55/Kg
    £15.55
    Qty.

    From The Kimbers Family Farm, Wincanton, Somerset.


     

    From welfare friendly unwanted bull dairy calves


    Free Range

  • Picture of Rose Veal Sirloin
    Select (apx.):
    £35.00/Kg
    £35.00
    Qty.

    From The Kimbers Family Farm, Wincanton, Somerset.


     

    From welfare friendly unwanted bull dairy calves


    Free Range

  • Picture of Rose Veal Sirloin Joint
    Select (apx.):
    £32.00/Kg
    £32.00
    Qty.

    From The Kimbers Family Farm, Wincanton, Somerset.


     

    From welfare friendly unwanted bull dairy calves


    Free Range

  • Picture of Rose Veal Sirloin Steak
    (apx.) 227g
    £35.02/Kg
    £7.95
    Qty.

    From The Kimbers Family Farm, Wincanton, Somerset.


     

    From welfare friendly unwanted bull dairy calves


    Free Range

  • Picture of Rose Veal Skirt
    (apx.) 500g
    £9.20
    Qty.

    From The Kimbers Family Farm, Wincanton, Somerset.


     

    From welfare friendly unwanted bull dairy calves


    Free Range

  • Picture of Rose Veal Stir Fry
    300g
    £6.66
    Qty.

    From The Kimbers Family Farm, Wincanton, Somerset.


     

    From welfare friendly unwanted bull dairy calves


    Free Range

  • Picture of Rose Veal Topside
    Select (apx.):
    £22.50/Kg
    £22.50
    Qty.

    From The Kimbers Family Farm, Wincanton, Somerset.


     

    From welfare friendly unwanted bull dairy calves


    Free Range

  • Picture of Veal Chipolatas
    (apx.) 350g
    £12.00/Kg
    £4.20
    Qty.

    From The Kimbers Family Farm, Wincanton, Somerset.



     

The Old Chapel, Bishopstone, Wiltshire - 100 miles from the Farm Direct Depot

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Keith and Karen Hitchings, together with a small but dedicated team we have been running the successful family business of Chalke Valley Watercress since 1991.

Keith took over from his father, becoming the fifth generation of the Hitchings family to farm watercress at Broadchalke.

10 miles west of Salisbury, Broadchalke is one of several small villages that form the beautiful Chalke Valley. In 1880 his Great Great Grandfather chose this site because of the beautiful spring water resource that naturally rises there, the water is filtered by the Chalke hills that form this lovely valley and provide all the natural nutrients and minerals that our watercress requires to flourish to the quality it is nationally renowned for.

Many changes and improvements have been made to the site over the last 120 years; in 1976 his father was the first grower in England to pass the NFU code of practice, which they still hold today. More recently they have gained a certificate of conformity to the Assured Produce Standards scheme, and Nature's Choice. The watercress is still traditionally grown using the natural water resource that the Chalke Valley provides, but they now harvest the watercress with a mechanical harvester.

In the past they sold bunched watercress to the wholesale markets throughout the UK, which finds its way to street markets, greengrocers, hotels, restaurants and catering companies. This was predominately harvested by hand, which was painful work, bending over cutting with a carving knife for up to seven hours per day. This is skilled work taking several years to perfect, however he found with the onset of RSI injuries in his wrists, shoulders, back, hips and the reluctance of new labour to harvest in the old manual way, they had to change our methods.

They now grow in the same way as before, in the same spring water as before, but they now mechanically harvest the watercress loose, early in the morning while temperatures are still cool. The cress is packaged loose into plastic bags.



Stour Valley, Kent - 63 miles from the Farm Direct depot

Ripple Farm Organics Home Farm is a small horticultural farm of 14 acres situated in the Stour Valley, Kent at Crundale.

The free draining soils, blessed by the warmer climate of the Southeast, produce exceedingly tasty veggies.

As well as their Home Farm, they also rent a Victorian Walled Garden at Olantigh near Wye and fields below Wye Crown, including an old' Spartan' orchard.

Ripple Farm has been certified Organic since 1989 and holds an Organic Symbol from the Soil Association.

The farm itself is essentially a market garden producing a wide range of vegetables, salad, herbs and some soft fruit.

Buy Ripple Farm Fruit & Veggies:
  • Picture of Charlotte Salad Potatoes
    500g
    1Kg
    £2.49
    Qty.

    From Martin & Sarah, Ripple Farm Organics, Crundale, Kent.


    Organic

  • Picture of Cos Lettuce
    £2.19
    Qty.

    D & J Hayward Growers, Pinelands Farm, Salisbury, Wilts.


    Pesticide free

  • Picture of Flat Parsley
    100g
    £1.29
    Qty.

    From Walmestone Nursery, Wingham, Kent.


    Pesticide free

  • Picture of Fresh Sorrel Leaves
    £1.99
    Qty.

    From Walmestone Nursery, Wingham, Kent.


    Organic, Pesticide free

  • Picture of Mixed Winter Kale
    225g
    £2.49
    Qty.

    From Martin & Sarah, Ripple Farm Organics, Crundale, Kent.


    Organic

  • Picture of Mixed Winter Salad
    100g
    £2.59
    Qty.

    From Martin & Sarah, Ripple Farm Organics, Crundale, Kent.


    Organic

  • Picture of Perpetual Spinach
    (apx.)
    225g
    400g
    £1.69
    Qty.

    From T Williams, Stanhill Farm, Wilmington, Kent.


    Organic

  • Picture of Rainbow Chard
    200g
    400g
    £1.19
    Qty.

    From Alister Barten, Mallards Farm, Waterham, Kent.


    No Fertiliser

  • Picture of Rainbow Chard
    (min.) 225g
    £2.49
    Qty.

    From Martin & Sarah, Ripple Farm Organics, Crundale, Kent.


    Organic

  • Picture of Sarpo Mira Roasting Potatoes
    500g
    1Kg
    5Kg
    £1.09
    Qty.

    From Lauriston Community Farm, Goldhanger, Essex.


     

     


    Organic, Biodynamic

  • Picture of Seasonal Mixed Kale
    300g
    £2.19
    Qty.

    From Peter & Cheryl Lydiate of Royal Oak Farm, Ormskirk, Liverpool.


    Organic

  • Picture of Swiss Chard
    (min.) 225g
    £2.49
    Qty.

    From Martin & Sarah, Ripple Farm Organics, Crundale, Kent.


    Organic

  • Picture of Winter Stir fry Pack
    £2.39
    Qty.

    From Martin & Sarah, Ripple Farm Organics, Crundale, Kent.


    Organic

Home / Meet Your Farmer / Fish(9 products)

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Father & Son Chris & Dylan Bean run a cooperative of boats based in near Helston, Cornwall. They fish in Falmouth Bay, and fish in small day boats, using static gear and lines.

Because the boats return to port each day the fish is extremely fresh. And because they use static nets and lines to catch their fish, they are far more likely to catch what they want and so their level of discards are very low. These two factors mean that their fish is as sustainable as sea-fishing can be, and we are extremely proud that they supply us.


Market Hill Orford - 95 Miles from the Farm Direct depot


Pinney's of Orford was born in the 1950's when Richard Pinney decided he had had enough of London and headed for the countryside.


He found a derelict cottage just outside Orford next to the Butley Creek on the Suffolk coast. He began to look for ways of making a living and turned his attention to the river, where he set about restoring oyster beds that had lain derelict.

Oysters had been cultivated here for centuries and had a fine reputation but the trade had died down at the end of the 19th Century. He started laying down oysters from Portugal, which grew and fattened very well, and the oyster business began despite being warned by local fishermen, that if you want to lose all of your money, oysters was a good way of doing it!

At the same time, being a keen fisherman, he caught some large sea trout off Orford beach. Not knowing what to do with it, he began experimenting with smoking in a disused outhouse at the end of the cottage. The results were so good that he decided to buy some salmon, and the smoking business began from there. He developed a unique system of burning whole oak logs, a system which has been refined but hardly changed to this day.

The smokehouses are still situated at Butley Creek near to the oyster beds. Trout, mackerel, cod roe, wild and farmed salmon, kippers and eels are among the products that are now available through Farm Direct.


Buy Pinney's Smoked Fish:
  • Picture of Smoked Prawns
    (apx.) 225g
    £19.20/Kg
    £4.32
    Qty.
    Available from Friday 13 Dec

    From Pinneys of Orford, Woodbridge, Suffolk.



Cock Clarks, Chelmsford - 48 miles from the Farm Direct Depot

The Maldon Oyster Company was first established in 1960 and was originally run as a cooperative between several local fishermen, under the leadership of Clarrie Devall.  

During the hard winter of 1963, most oyster beds in Essex were devastated by ice and the company became dormant for a few years, until Mr Devall started growing new stocks of Pacific Oysters in Goldhanger Creek
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In the early eighties, Mr Devall took on David Coward-Talbott as a partner and they successfully grew several million Pacific Oysters on the traditional beds in Goldhanger Creek and established some small quantities of native flat oysters in the main Blackwater River.

After Mr Devall’s death in 2002,  Mr Coward-Talbott formed the Maldon Oyster Company with Richard Emans the partnership was set up with the sole intention of revitalising oyster farming in the River Blackwater to its former glory, this work is now continuing following David’s retirement in 2008.

The Maldon Oyster Company now has a large area of the River Blackwater under their management and has re-established a native oyster fishery as well as being one of the largest producers of Pacific Oysters in the UK.
 
One of their primary aims is to utilise this Essex estuary to its best advantage without harming the delicate eco-system and its salt marshes.  For it is an area swathed in natural beauty, supports a wide variety of flora and fauna and plays an important role providing wintering grounds for many migratory birds.

 The area is now enshrined as a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) and is also protected and registered under the European Union’s Shellfish Waters Directive (79/923), whereby it has the distinction of being one of only a very few shell fish growing waters in the UK.
 

Buy Maldon Oyster Shellfish:
  • Picture of Jersey Rock Oysters x 12
    £14.79
    Qty.

    From The Jersey Oyster Company, La Ferme, Grouville, JERSEY

  • Picture of Line-caught Smoked Haddock fillets
    (apx.) 400g
    £24.00/Kg
    £9.60
    Qty.
    Available from Friday 13 Dec

    From the Bellus Family of Celtic Fish & Game, St. Ives, Cornwall


    Wild

  • Picture of Line-caught Smoked Haddock Portion
    (apx.) 330g
    £26.91/Kg
    £8.88
    Qty.
    Available from Friday 13 Dec

    From Pinneys of Orford, Woodbridge, Suffolk.

  • Picture of Live Whelks
    (apx.) 1Kg
    £7.00
    Qty.

    From Scottish Shellfish, Bellshill, Lanarkshire, Scotland

  • Picture of Maldon Rock Oysters
    6
    12
    25
    £8.20
    Qty.

    From Richard Emans of The Maldon Oyster Company, Essex

  • Picture of Scottish Mussels
    (apx.) 1Kg
    £5.79
    Qty.

    From Scottish Shellfish, Bellshill, Lanarkshire, Scotland

  • Picture of Whole Smoked Mackerel
    (apx.) 350g
    £12.60/Kg
    £4.41
    Qty.

    From Richard Emans of The Maldon Oyster Company, Essex


    Frozen

  • Picture of Whole Smoked Mackerel
    (apx.) 350g
    £12.60/Kg
    £4.41
    Qty.

    From Richard Emans of The Maldon Oyster Company, Essex