Last year we told you how Len was helping restore the walled garden one brick at a time Work is progressing on the Georgian Walled garden and the new section of restored wall looks fantastic. The volunteers, led by Len and his father have now started to restore one of the original doorways into the
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Low Stress, High Welfare
Due to recent concerns in the press about the provenance and welfare of how meat is slaughtered and as a farm that prides itself on traceability and creating food you can trust, we wanted to detail the story behind our slaughter methods. We wish to reassure customers that all our poultry and animals are pre-stunned
Continue reading »Simple Seasonal Wild Garlic Roast Chicken
Simple Seasonal Wild Garlic Roast Chicken This simple recipe lets the ingredients speak for themselves. A combination of Swillington Farm’s deliciouslyorkshire award winning organic chicken, flavourful organic butter and seasonal foraged wild garlic make a uniquely flavoured spring roast chicken. Ingredients 1.5-2kg Swillington Farm free range organic chicken 1-2 tablespoon finely shredded foraged organic wild garlic 100g
Continue reading »Help Protect Swillington Farm from HS2 destruction
Swillington Organic Farm and Swillington Park Fishing are threatened by the proposed High Speed Rail route. Watch the video and read below to find out more and how you can help to save this valuable wildlife habitat and resource for people of Yorkshire. 1. Respond to the route consultation by 31 January 2014. This is the most
Continue reading »Help Restore the Walled Garden One Brick at a Time
Swillington Garden Growers Member Len Forbes tells us how he is helping restore our historic walled Garden where we grow our veg, fruit and flowers. Len is a long term supporter of the farm and has been working on restoring the walled garden with his father, more volunteers are welcome just contact us and we’ll
Continue reading »Christmas is Coming
You can now pre-order everything you need for a local organic Christmas. Just browse the categories above, add the products and checkout. The shop will also be open throughout December selling our locally grown Christmas Trees. More details to follow. Make sure you give your family something special this Christmas, don’t settle for a tasteless
Continue reading »Return of the Butcher
Simon has returned to Swillington Organic Farm as our Butchery and Shop Manager. Simon has years of experience from starting out on Butcher’s Row in Leeds Kirkgate Market to working in local butchers shops around Leeds and preparing meat for Yorkshires top restaurants when working as a catering butcher. Simon brings this experience and desire
Continue reading »River Cottage & Marriott Put Swillington on the Menu
There’s been a renaissance in British restaurant cookery in recent years. Not just in the style and techniques being employed, but also also in the approach to sourcing food. We are delighted to see our work with Marriott reflected in their new seasonal menus, which in turn will help support the local growers and artisan
Continue reading »Double Success at The Local Food Awards
We’re celebrating after being a finalist in and then winning two categories at this year’s deliciouslyorkshire awards which were held at the National Railway Museum in York as part of York Food Festival. Our produce came out top in both the Best Meat and Best Fresh Produce categories, beating off strong competition from around the region.
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