by Imogen Stanley | May 6, 2022 | Uncategorised
Bring your little ones for a tour of our new adventure playground and let us take care of their teatime while you enjoy a nice cuppa! Don’t forget to try out our new milk vending machine, and take a short walk to the rhubarb fields for some PYO.
by Imogen Stanley | May 6, 2022 | Uncategorised
It’s great to have Ben and Julia from Rethink Cooking back at the farm, scouring the fields and farm shop to create delicious, inspiring and low waste meals from our seasonal produce. Ingredients: ¼ cup rhubarb, chopped ¼ cup yellow bell pepper, chopped ¼ cup...
by Imogen Stanley | Apr 29, 2022 | Uncategorised
You might have spotted a bright pink milk vending machine to the right of the farm shop if you’ve visited us recently. We’ve now had our first delivery of pasteurised, non-homogenised, DELICIOUS creamy milk from North Cotswolds Dairy Co in Oxfordshire and the machine...
by Imogen Stanley | Apr 25, 2022 | Uncategorised
Sara Strong, volunteer at Oxford Food Hub, kindly wrote this little piece about our handling of food waste. Rectory Farm PYO in Stanton St John is one of a number of businesses that supply the Oxford Food Hub, an innovative local charity, to get perishables that would...
by Imogen Stanley | Apr 25, 2022 | Uncategorised
Choosing local and in-season produce is a double whammy of sustainability. Seasonal cooking means using foods that are readily available during the month/season you’re in. This is also when these foods are at their best, so get them while you can! Although many...
by Imogen Stanley | Apr 14, 2022 | Uncategorised
Ukrainians as well as Belarusians, Moldovans, and Russians, have worked at Rectory Farm and at nearly all other UK fruit and vegetable farms. When the EU brought in its “Community Preference” rules over ten years ago they were stopped coming and UK farms relied on EU...
