Local Food Directory

Local food suppliers
With the increasing importance attached to locally produced food for ecological and animal welfare reasons, SoS is setting up a directory of producers and suppliers of local food. The directory will be held on www.southherefordshiresos.blogspot.com and will be updated on a regular basis. We are very aware that our first draft is far from complete so please help by contributing to the list - we welcome additions to the directory as well as any amendments or comments (lesleysos@hotmail.co.uk)

Producers

Beer
Freeminer Brewery (www.freeminer.com) Cinderford The Forest of Dean's only surviving brewery. Real ales in cask and bottle.


Bread and Cakes
Authentic Bread Company (www.authenticbread.co.uk), Newent. Bread, cakes, croissants and pastries. Available from Budgens Newent


Cheese
Charles Martell, DymockCheeses include Single Gloucester, May Hill Green and Stinking Bishop. Charles Martell is patron of the Gloucester Cattle Society and one of the few producers in the UK making cheese from Gloucester milk.

Smarts Traditional Gloucester Cheese (www.smartsgloucestercheese.com) Chapel Lane, BirdwoodWorking farm making traditional Double and Single Gloucester cheeses. Also home cured bacon and sausages made from pure pork (Smart's farm also has several Gloucester Old Spot pigs fed partly on whey). Available direct.


Cider and Perry
Broome Farm Cider (www.rosscider.com) Peterstow, Ross on Wye
Cider and perry made from 100% pure fruit juice pressed on the farm and mainly from apples & pears grown on the farm. Available direct from the farm & other specialist retailers

Days Cottage Apple Juice (www.applejuice.care4free.net) BrookthorpeGloucester Apple juice, cider and perry from a fruit farm that has been in the same family for generations. Available direct (Upton Lane, Brookthorpe) or online

Minchews Real Cyder and Perry (www.minchews.co.uk), Aston Cross Nr Tewkesbury Large range of single variety Cyders and Perries. All produced from traditional varieties of apples & pears using natural methods & without additives or chemicals. Available from Shambles, Gurneys, Basket for All Seasons, Newent

Desserts & Ice Cream
Just Rachel (www.justrachel.com) Bromsberrow.
Producers of ice cream and other desserts. Users of recycled paper and energy generated solely from renewable sources. Wherever possible, ingredients locally sourced from welfare-friendly producers. Products widely available including Budgens in Newent


Fish
Severn and Wye Smokery MinsterworthSmoked local eels, salmon and a wide variety of other fish, also game in season. Small restaurant open during shop hours


Meat
Birdwood House Farm, Birdwood
Meat producers (free range) particularly Gloucester Old Spots and Tamworths. Also rear Cotswold and Jacobs sheep and a mixed herd of rare-breed cattle. Purchase meat from the farm shop.

Huntsham Farm, (www.huntsham.com) Goodrich, Ross on Wye
Richard Vaughan specialises in producing meat from pedigree animals, specifically Longhorn Beef, Middle White Pork and Ryeland Lamb. His customers include Heston Blumenthal (Fat Duck at Bray), Michel Roux (La Gavroche) and Rose Gray (River Café). See website for further details & how to buy.

The Country Butcher (www.countrybutcher.co.uk) Huntley
Home cured bacon, and hand made sausages. Accredited supplier of meat from rare breeds. Available at the shop or online.

Smarts Farm (see entry under ‘Cheese’)


Wine
St Anne's Vineyard, Oxenhall, NewentGrape and country fruit wine.

Three Choirs Vineyard (www.three choirs.com) NewentSeventy-acre vineyard producing award-winning English wines. Red, white, sparkling wine and beer. Tours, shop, restaurant, café


Where to Buy
(in addition to outlets mentioned for particular producers)

Gloucester Farmers market Every Friday 9 am - 3 pm around Northgate/Southgate & Eastgate/Westgate cross

Millers Cheesehouse, Newnham-on-SevernSells cheese!

Over Farm Market, Over Gloucester
Variety of local farm produce particularly fruit

Shepherd’s Farm Shop Hazelfield Garden World, Newent
Offers a range of local cheeses, including Charles Martell’s infamous Stinking Bishop, well matured beef from the rare Old Gloucester breed (when available),
local free range Gloucester Old Spot pork and local lamb. Also pies, ready meals and cakes, all hand made in Gloucestershire,

Where to Eat

New Harp Inn (www.newharpinn.co.uk) Hoarwithy
Users of local suppliers eg. game from local estates, beef from local butchers who use farms in Herefordshire & the Wye Valley, organic vegetables from Whitethorn Farm in Carey, cider from Broome Farm in Peterstow (see above). One of only 4 finalists in 2006 Pub Food Awards


The Yew Tree Inn Clifford's Mesne
“Specialises in local produce: Hereford beef and Gloucester Old Spot sausages, as well as rabbit and bacon pudding, which is an absolute belter“. Matthew Fort, Guardan 7/10/06