Grow and Eat Locally in Melbourne Derbyshire UK: Local Food Producers

Welcome

This is an attempt to document my efforts to grow and eat locally around Melbourne, Derbyshire. My family own a nine acre smallholding on which we grow fruit and vegetables and keep bees, and chickens, but that won't feed us alone, so the idea is to get to know our local produce and to see how easy/hard it is to follow a diet that is local to within 30 miles. The fun part is also trying some new (easy) recipes that use home-grown and local produce. Feel free to comment, send in recipes, and share your experiences of buying and eating locally.

Local food

National Forest Food Guide – a handy guide to local food in the area

Chantry Farm Shop. Local produce. Packington pork and poultry.

Standleys Barn Farm Shop. STANDLEYS BARN FARM, TICKNALL DE73 7GZ DERBY , DERBYSHIRE. Phone: 01332 862762. Farm shop open Fridays and Saturdays. Home reared, locally slaughtered beef, lamp and pork.

Scaddows Farm Shop. Ticknall DE73 7JP. Farm Shop: 01332 865709. Pick your own fruit. Shop and Cafe.

F. M. Heath & Son, Woodhouse Farm Nurseries and Farm Shop, Woodhouses, Melbourne, Derbyshire DE73 8DN. Garden plants and home-grown fresh vegetables in season. 01332 862645.

F Jackson and Son, 172 Derby Road Melbourne. Growers of seasonal veg and salads. Deliver seasonal veg boxes, attend local farmers markets and supply local pubs, restaurants and shops. Tel: 01332 862135

Diana’s Kitchen, The Common, Melbourne, DE73 8DH. At their farmshop on Melbourne Common, Diana’s kitchen supply their own free-range Eggs, Pork and Dexter Beef. They also supply Melbourne grown vegetables. Tel: 01332 863755

Blackwell produce, Blackwell Lane (near Melbourne Parish Church), Melbourne DE73 8JG. Victorian market stall selling home-grown vegetables, potatoes and eggs. Online ordering for free delivery within a 3 mile radius (minimum £5 spend).

Organic Pumpkin. Deliver organic veg boxes grown in the East Midlands. Delivery to Melbourne, Ticknall and Stanton area is on Wednesdays.

Bitter Sweet Chocolates

Bellinis Cupcakes

National Forest Spring Water

Bread First deli at Staunton Harold Ferrers Centre

Calke Abbey restaurant and cafe

Ramsley Farm Pies 01332 862619

The Mushroom Basket

Sealwood Cottage Vineyard – wine from vines grown in Swadlincote, and it’s lovely!

Derby Food Hub at Broomfield Hall local food hub for buyers and producers. Local food shop and cafe.

Mileburne Restaurant

Jose Raine catering 01332 865137

Derby Farmers Market 3rd Thursday of month 01332 255802.

Ashby Farmers Market 3rd Saturday of month Manor House School South Street 9 – 2.

Derbyshire Food Festival at Hardwick Hall

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