OUR YORKSHIRE STORY OF SUSTAINABILITY

Sustainability is so important to us here on the farm, we want to ensure we have everything in place to meet the demands we have today, without compromising the demands that future generations will have. We believe we can play our part to pass on the benefits to the wider environment, and where this touches our soil, our land, our water, and our production too.

Back in 2024, we entered the Deliciously Yorkshire Awards for Best Sustainable Product for our Yorkshire Rapeseed Oil. This was quite a recent new award, only in its second year, and we were keen to share our commitment and our passion with the food industry experts on the judging panel.

We were delighted to make the finalists list, though we could see we were up against some strong competition with Soanes Poultry, Source Climate Change Coffee, and Wold Top Brewery as fellow finalists.

So, one night in November we got together a few lucky members from across our team and made our way across to the Pavilions in Harrogate for a glittering, black tie awards evening, to only find out we had won! What a night for celebrations!

We were delighted to hear that the judging panel were seriously impressed by our commitment to all aspects of sustainability. And this is what they had to say…

“This year’s winner adopts multiple practices across their business that show they care passionately about the land they farm, the community in which they are based, and the wider economy in which they sit. They also happen to produce a product that is truly stunning! A very worthy winner.”

As the award was sponsored by Fix Our Food, who are a research body who aim to transform the Yorkshire food system through regenerative practices, they visted our farm to chat with the team about our sustainability methods, and we spent the day with them filming one of their Yorkshire Stories of Sustainability out in the blooming rapeseed fields.

As farmers and food producers we have want to make a difference and a change, but there’s ways we can all be environmentally friendly and aware of ways to reduce energy use. All contributing to a healthier and greener place for us all to live.