The Black Swan at Oldstead Oldstead It was just a neglected pub in a remote village when local farmers Tom and Anne Banks bought the Black Swan with a view to finding a future outside farming for their teenage sons…
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The cookery school
Arches Cookery School Grinkle Park Farm Grinkle Park Farm sits majestically on the side of a stunning valley with moorland on one side and long views to the sea on the other. Once the ancestral seat of industrialist Sir Charles…
The ice cream maker
Ryeburn Ice Cream Helmsley David Otterburn is a happy man; word has just come through that his Mint Choc Chip has won gold at the National Ice Cream Competition, the Oscars of the ice cream world and he’s also nailed…
The coffee roasters
Roost Coffee & Roastery Malton When David and Ruth Elkington were looking for a new home for their roastery, Talbot Yard seemed ideal. They were running the CottonHouse Coffee Shop in Helmsley and took a stall at the Malton Food…
The vegetable grower
Newfield Organics Fadmoor You could easily miss the shop at Newfield Organics. It’s no more than a shed in the farmyard, so modest that you’d never guess that it’s the front end of one of Yorkshire’s most impressive food enterprises.…
The poultry farmer
Loose Birds Harome Not all free range chickens range quite as freely as you might imagine but Loose Birds really do live up to their name, running around a sizeable field on the outskirts of Harome. ‘They are happy chickens,’…
The beekeeper
Westfields Honey Fadmoor For honey connoisseurs, North York Moors’ heather honey is simply the best honey in the world, and arguably no-one makes it better than Chris Smailes. Chris started making honey when he was just nine years old, helping…
The microbrewery
Whitby Brewery Whitby Richard Wells began his brewing career at university in Cumbria; ‘I discovered I was quite good at making beer, and it saved money!’ he smiles. Originally from Sleights, he returned home in 2012 after graduating and was…
The fishermen
John Cole and Darren Hanson Staithes At the turn of the 20th century, there were 80 full-time fishing boats putting out from Staithes harbour, once the largest fishing port in the north east. Many of the cottages in the village…
The cheesemaker
Botton Creamery Botton It’s a long and winding road up beautiful Danby Dale in the heart of the National Park to find Botton Village and its award-winning cheeses. Botton is part of the Camphill Community where adults with special needs…