Buying locally produced food, drink and products supports small scale, sustainable farming and helps conserve and sustain the landscape. This site includes businesses who sell local products or are members of the Shropshire Hills Sustainable Business Scheme.
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Shropshire Food, Beautifully cooked Shropshire’s new cookery school lies in the heart of the agricultural land that makes this region’s food so special. You’ll see the ingredients growing and grazing in the fields around the kitchen. And have a chance to pick wild foods from the lane and hedgerows. It’s the ideal place to learn and enjoy great food: here’s just a taste of what you’ll eat. Mortimer forest venison. People travel the world to bag Shropshire’s ...
This report below offers encouraging evidence that Sustainable Tourism Initiatives, like the Shropshire Hills Sustainable Business Scheme have a positive effect both for the businesses and visitors. Sustainable practices create added value for businesses and visitors in protected natural areas The project ‘Sustainable Tourism in Enterprises, Parks and Protected Areas’ (STEPPA) comes to a close this month. The results of the research carried out within STEPPA show that the performance ...
Hedge Laying with David Marpole at the Shropshire Hills Discovery Centre Saturday 14 January 9.00am - 4.00pm Suitable for complete novices and beginners, enjoy a practical, hands-on experience laying a hedge. Restore a hedge that has grown without being trimmed, thickening it to provide a better habitat for wildlife. You will need to bring your own billhook, loppers, strong thorn proof gloves and some kind of saw e.g. a bow saw. Come dressed to be outdoors, whatever the weather! ...
Much Wenlock Festival Fair 2012 – book your stall now! The Much Wenlock Festival Fair, Saturday 2nd June 2012, is now taking stall holder bookings. If you book and pay before the end of January there is an early bird discount. The Much Wenlock Festival is a bi-annual event, with activities and events happening through out the town. The Festival Fair signals the start of the 3-week Festival, and gets the town in the carnival spirit. Kate Griffith, Fair organizer, says “We had ...
Final free walking workshop for local tourism businesses This is the last chance for local tourism businesses to sign up for a free one day workshop on the Shropshire Hills and get some top tips on how to promote the great walking opportunities in your marketing. The final workshop is taking place on Wednesday 30 November, 10.30am – 3.30pm, at the Mayfair Centre in Church Stretton. The Shropshire Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty attracts many walkers on holiday and 80% of ...
Five businesses were given ‘Achiever’ awards by the Shropshire Hills Sustainable Business Scheme at a ceremony held at Cardingmill Valley last night. The Scheme is run by the Shropshire Hills AONB Partnership, and businesses of all kinds can join by making a public pledge to improve their environmental performance and links to the local economy and community. The awards were made in the five categories of the scheme: ‘Buy’ Local – Clun Valley Organics (Trevor Wheeler) ...
The town of Much Wenlock will be holding its first Food Festival in over twenty five years on the Holy Trinity Church Green on Saturday the 24th of September in order to celebrate local food. The Festival will hold a Farmers’ Market, craft fair, amateur growing competition, beer festival and “green” Market offering advice on sustainability, gardening, apple pressing, bee keeping, allotments, the tree forum and much more. We will have a selection of Farmers' ...
You can now book on the Exploring Organic event on Friday 9th September for only £15, the original price was £25. Shropshire Hills AONB Partnership and Myriad Organics are offering a special late deal on this event next Friday, which includes a tour round Hill Cottage Market Garden with Mick and Alice, to learn about their organic community supported agriculture system and how they have created an environment that benefits the local wildlife. There will also be light bites and refreshments ...
September is Organic Month! Check out Myriad Organics in Ludlow to find out more……….. Myriad Organics will be holding several events during September to celebrate all things organic. The first event which will take place on the 1st September is Organic Wine Tasting! Our representative from Vintage Roots will give a talk concerning organic wine production and its benefits and then we will taste several best selling organic wines. If you want to find out why you don’t ...