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Tring Guide to Local Produce – October 2009

Where you can buy locally in and around Tring

Why buy local produce?

It's your countryside, eat for it now

- maintain traditional farming & landscape
- reduce food miles
- contribute towards delivering sustainable development
- support a local food economy and businesses
- conserve wildlife and their habitats
- strengthen local food supply chains
- encourage greater food chain accountability
- redevelop links with our local countryside
- discover old and new cultural activities

Farm Shops
Dunsley Farm Shop, London Road, Tring. Eggs: free range hen and duck eggs; fresh chickens (to order); Chutney: locally produced Rapeseed Oil; Apple juice: Tring's own Apple Juice (pressed and bottled in Wilstone). New larger shop opening soon
PE Mead & Sons Farm Shop, Wilstone Green, Wilstone, Tring. 01442 828478. Open 9-5.30 Mon-Sat, 9.30-4 Sun. Meat: own beef and lamb; Eggs: free range eggs; Vegetables: sourced locally where possible; Apple juice: from own or locally grown apples; Rapeseed oil: Chiltern cold pressed rapeseed oil (home grown, pressed and bottled); our ethos is to offer local produce where possible.
Willowdene Farm, Ford End, Ivinghoe Tel. 01296 668326. Shop open Thurs 10-1, Fri 8-5, Sat 8-1 Home-produced meat, eggs, poultry and vegetables.
Pecks Farm Shop, Stockwell Farm, Eggington,Leighton Buzzard, LU7 9PA. Shop tel. 01525 211859; www.pecksfarmshop.co.uk Shop supplies a feast of high quality cuisine, much of it fresh and locally produced.
John's Lane Farm. John's Lane, Ashley Green, HP5 3PT. Tel 01442864366 or Mobile 07774 493863 Everyday 8am - 6pm Eggs. Cakes. Biscuits. Apple Juice and Ice Cream

Tring Farmers' Market
The Marketplace, Brook Street, Tring. Alternate Sats from 9.00am-12.15pm
Keith & Elizabeth Bennett, Stockings Farm, Bottrells Lane, Coleshill, Amersham. 01494 729418. Phone before calling at Farm. Meat: Free range lamb and pork, rabbit, pigeon and game in season, local venison, sausages from traditionally-reared livestock.
Alistair Blake, Holy Well Farm, Cuddington, Aylesbury. Vegetables: Seasonal organically grown vegetables.
Jonathan Lear, Potash Farm Foods, Potash Farm, Puttenham, Nr. Tring. Tel. 07725 091428. Callers by appointment Meat: local free range chickens, free range turkeys at Christmas.
Mansbridge Bakers, 47 Cowper Road, Boxmoor, Hemel Hempstead. Tel. 01442 252483/ 395754 www.mansbridgebakers.co .uk Open 8-5, Mon-Fri, 8-3, Sat Cakes: Birthday and wedding cakes, also finger buffets. (baking is on premises)
Johnnie Watherston, Seabrook Farm, Rowsham. Tel._01296 681336. Personal callers by prior appointment. Meat: Rowsham lamb locally reared on a small traditional farm. No additives or growth hormones used and fields are not treated with artificial fertiliser.
Terry Ives, East Claydon Road, Winslow. Tel 01296 712633 Meat: hand reared beef, pork and lamb butchered on the farm to ensure that you get the best cuts of the freshest meat possible. Phone to order
Catrin Clancy, Standals Farm Cottage, Bishopstone, Aylesbury Eggs: Eggs laid by rare, traditional pure-bred bantams and chickens. Hatched and reared on a free-range system on our smallholding.
Jim & Jules Big Adventures, Cheddington. Tel 07966 072414, www.jimandjules.co.uk Chutney
Vivien Gabriel, 15 Chesham Rd. Bovingdon. Tel 01442 834254. 07961 872299. Telephone to order. Cakes. fruit pies. quiches. ready meals from locally sourced ingredients.
Berry Leys Farm, Winslow.Tel 01296712633/07711 246680, ives@berry-leys.freeserve.co.uk No callers. Please telephone to order. Home produced sausages, bacon, pork, beef (pedigree Aberdeen Angus cattle), Lamb.
Nigel Nutkins, 113 Longfield Rd., Tring 01442 825110. Locally produced pasteurised apple juice. Phone to press your surplus apples.
Roy Hillsden, Chicken. ham. pork pies. eggs and vegetables.
Paul and Mandy Hodges, Rowan Tree Goat Farm, Ley Hill, Chesham. Tel. 01494 793259, www.rowantreegoats.co.uk Please do not visit as it is a working farm. Cheese: Goat's cheese and cheese tartlets. Made from pasteurised goats milk and is a deliciously mild creamy cheese. We also make fruit tea loaves and a non-dairy chocolate fudge.
J. Stupples, Berkhampstead Lodge, Ashridge Park. Tel 01442 842252 Preserves, pickles, Ashridge honey and organic baked products. All produce is grown, handmade at home, or picked wild. No sprays or chemical fertilizers are used. tringfarmersmarket.co.uk/stallholder/horiz/Stupples. Callers by appointment only (please telephone first to ensure produce is available.
Isalie. The Fine Food Company. Tel 07757 494010 www.isalie.co.uk Free delivery for Tring/Berkhamsted, with a small charge for other areas. Soups, sauces, hand-made pizza, meals and hummous, real tomato ketchup, cakes, bakes, ready meals and event catering. All of the ingredients are fresh, seasonal and locally sourced, where possible.
KiwiChik. Tel 0772 083 6930 www.groovycart.co.uk/kiwichik Chocolates and baked goods, all home made (in Tring).we will make all chocolates to order so please allow 3-5 days for delivery.
Jackie Cornthwaite, Ledgemore Farm, Gt Gaddesden. Tel 01442 244447: Fruit and vegetables in season.
Traditional Dairy Produce Co., Ricksmanworth. Tel 07855 456321 www.cheesestall.com Cheese: All our English cheeses are made in small quantities on farms using their own milk or neighbouring farms'.
Gade Valley Game www.gadevalleygame.co.uk Tel 07866 765383. Ashridge venison and game in season.
Chilli Ho Ho, Aston Clinton Tel 07976 572544 Fresh homemade Sri Lankan & Thai food.

Beers & Ciders
Tring Brewery Company Limited, 81-82 Akeman Street, Tring. HP23 6AF. Tel. 01442 890721. The Brewery Shop opens: Mon-Tue 11am-5pm (closed 1.30pm-2.30pm), Wed -Fri 9am-6pm (closed 1.30pm-2.30pm), Sat-9am-1pm. Tring Brewery is one of many craft brewers of real ale to be found in the British Isles.
Millwhites Cider, April Cottage, Boxmoor HP3 9BD Tel 01442 399909 www.millwhites.co.uk Locally produced cider, fermented and matured in oak barrels using English apples.

Wendover Farmers' Market
Off High St, Wendover. 3rd Saturday of month. 9.30am-11.00pm
Brynmoor Conserves (Mrs S Doidge) Tel 01235 521896 Homemade chutneys, conserves, curds, jellies, marmalades, pate, pickles and sauces.
Chiltern Natural Foods Tel 07745 768151 www.chilternnaturalfoods.com Nuts, fruit & seed mixes, mueslis and granolas.
Collings Hanger Farms 01494 867154 (part of Organic Farms Network). Flour and pasta (local ingredients). Home produced beef. Phone to visit.
The Complete Pig emaillcumb@ukonline.co.uk Bacon. pork pies, ham, beer and meat from Oxfordshire
Debbie's, Edgcott, Aylesbury Tel 01296 770196 www.debbiesfood.co.uk Home cooked meals, soups, vegetable dishes, sauces and desserts. Many vegetarian, gluten and dairy free, 50% of ingredients locally sourced. Phone or on line ordering.
Grove Farm Meat, Gt Gaddesden Tel 07989 945454 Traditionally reared, grass fed lamb and beef. Educational visits.
Rani Jadavji, Gt Kimble Tel 01844 274009 Homemade Indian chutney from local ingredients
Just Biscuits, Layby Farm Stoke Mandeville Tel 07930 540683 Sweet and savourv biscuits produced at the Goat Centre using Heygates flour.
The Old Farm Shop Abingdon Tel 01235 831247 Chemical free seasonal veqetable and meat boxes, eqgs and seasonal fruits.
Spinney's Harvest, Edlesborough Tel 01525 221106 Honey. preserves and beeswax, all local hives and ingredients

Pick Your Own
Grove Farm PYO, Ivinghoe, Leighton Buzzard. Tel. 01296668175. www.grovefarmpyo.co.uk/pickyourown Fruit and vegetables: A wide range of produce on offer, with over 30 different fruits and vegetables during the season, Pick Your Own enables you to select your product fresh from the field at a low cost. Baskets, bags, barrows and forks are provided. Ample parking and open every day in season.

Tring & District Shops & Suppliers
Waterton Butchers, Dolphin Square, Tring Meat: Venison (from Ashridge Estate when in season), pheasant (from Waddesdon), local lamb.
Atkins Bakery, 68 Western Road, Tring Tell Fax 01442 823392 Bread baked in Chesham, celebration cakes made to order.
The Fine Beef Company, (including Butcher's Shop), 9-11 Wycombe Road, Prestwood, nr Great Missenden Tel. 01494 863662. Meat: From a small beef herd near Great Missenden since the 1970s. The herd is free range, and stress free. Completely natural, no hormones or unnecessary antibiotics used. Online shop at www.thefinebeefcompany.co.uk/catalog/
Claire Waite, The Hermitage, Aylesbury Road, Tring, Tel. 07871 728316. Available to callers but please phone first. Honey & honey cakes (to order), Preserves inc. jams, crab apple jelly and pickles.
Cherry Tree Farm, Wigginton, nr. Tring. Tel. 01494758594. By phone only. Home catering and cakes made to order.
Sunnyside Rural Trust, Northchurch site: Upper Allotments, New Road, Northchurch Tel/Fax 01442 872114 Eggs, vegetables and preserves. On site shop and in summer a twice-weekly stall at Berkhamsted market selling free range eggs, vegetables, homemade pickled beetroot, piccalilli, jams and marmalades.
Ford End Watermill, Station Road, Ivinghoe. Approx 600 yards from Ivinghoe Church Tel 01442 825421. www.fordendwater mill.co.uk Stoneground wholemeal flour is on sale during milling Demonstrations (see website).
Philip Denwood Tel 01442827603. Locally produced honey. Please phone for availability.

About This Leaflet
This Guide has been produced for Tring in Transition by the Justice & Peace Group, affiliated to Churches Together in Tring. Tring in Transition is a non-political, non-religious and not for profit group concerned with the challenges of Peak Oil (rising price and running out) and Climate Change. For further details see www.tringintransition.orq.uk. The Justice & Peace Group meets in Tring on the last Wednesday of each month: for details contact the Secretary on 01442 823514. Although every effort has been made to ensure that the information given is correct, the Justice & Peace Group and Tring in Transition accept no responsibility for any errors nor give any guarantee as to the quality of the produce mentioned.