Today at the shop.... people are spreading the word on our behalf. Thankyou Graham Porter at the Weekend Huddersfield Examiner for featuring us in the Gardening section and highlighting our British and local food.
It's difficult at this time of year and in such a cold winter, but we do currently have a range of fruit and vegetables, some organic, that have been grown in the UK (in addition to some imported 'staples'). We have had apples from Lincolnshire since the summer, as well as potatoes, roots and brassicas; beetroot and spring greens from near Wakefield; and right now, as we have mentioned once or twice but in case you missed it... premium forced rhubarb from Westwood's in the Yorkshire Rhubarb Triangle (now with designated protected status, so you can be sure it is actually the real thing).
It'll be a little while before we can source 'summer' crops such as soft fruit and tomatoes, but rest assured we'll be hunting them down as soon as they're available, to get the very freshest produce for our customers and minimise our food miles.
Read Graham's article here: www.examiner.co.uk/leisure-and-entertainment/gardening-tips/2010/02/27/graham-porter-s-gardening-back-british-fruit-and-vegetables-86081-25923906/
To help identify the different produce we stock, we have started to signify 'local' food (grown or produced within 30 miles) with green/yellow labels, UK-grown with blue labels and imported produce with country of origin written on the signs.
