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Blog Post
25th Jun 2025

In Summer, every bite should tell a story.

We work with a careful selection of hardy northern breeds to supply our business with the best beef our land can produce.
Blog Post
28th May 2025
Lambing Season
We work with a careful selection of hardy northern breeds to supply our business with the best beef our land can produce.
Blog Post
12th Jul 2021
Joy of imperfection
Bing Cao and Cara Ou are the innovators behind Wabi Sabi, the Ambleside restaurant that brought sushi and ramen to our Services.
Blog Post
9th Jul 2021
We’re on TV
We are delighted to be the subject of a new four-part documentary series on Channel 4. A Lake District Farmshop, made by Purple Productions, airs from Saturday 10 July at 8pm.
Blog Post
28th May 2021
A fruitful partnership
Chef Jake Winter is the new face of Wild & Fruitful, the West Cumbrian jam-making business behind our Farmshop preserves and seasonal fruit compotes.
Blog Post
14th May 2021
Tastes of the plain
Cheesemaker Carolyn Fairbairn and her daughter Leonie Fairbairn produce unique Cumbrian cheeses at Thornby Moor Dairy on the Solway Plain.
Blog Post
19th Apr 2021
Herd community
We work with a careful selection of hardy northern breeds to supply our business with the best beef our land can produce.
Blog Post
14th Apr 2021
Scents of place
The story behind our bespoke bath and body products, handmade in partnership with Pure Lakes in the Lake District.
Blog Post
14th Apr 2021
Loaf and soul
Award-winning baker Patrick Moore has been supplying our Farmshop & Kitchen with sourdough loaves and other slow-fermented speciality breads since the earliest days of his business. The founder of More? The Artisan Bakery talks bacon butties, the gift of great toast and his latest starring roll.
Blog Post
14th Apr 2021

Bottling biodiversity

We meet Robert Simpson, juice maker and grower at Eva’s Organics, the family-owned organic market garden and box scheme whose wildlife-friendly handmade organic juice is in a class of its own.