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Happy herds and lucky ducks

Posted on 8 July 2010

The guys about to leave to visit our farmers

Last week, Graham, Gaz and Clauds packed their rucksacks and went off to talk to and shoot (with a camera) Abel & Cole’s dairy, fish and meat suppliers. It was a right animal adventure!

We watched the fishing boats come in to Looe, Cornwall.

Natalie the fishing boat

And met Chris, who catches our scallops.

Chris with his catch

At Higher Fingle Farm in Dartmoor we  met Rona and Nevil and their practically wild ducks.

Rona took us to see Freddie’s very free range chickens, who have the best view in Devon…

We got to wear some very fetching hats whilst Lloyd Green, from Green’s of Glastonbury, showed us how he makes  organic cheddar.

Lloyd and his organic cheddar

We dropped in on the dairy herd at Berkeley Farm….

Dairy cows at Berkeley farm

And chewed the cud with Nick Gosling…

Nick Gosling - our dairy hero

Then we got the cows at Box Farm to strike a pose.

Cattle at Box Farm

The sheep were less interested in the camera…

Almost wild sheep at Box Farm

Before we went home, we had time to say hello to Biscuit, the pet pig at Box Farm.

Biscuit the pet pig

All the animals were so happy and healthy.  It made us very proud to work with such brilliant, dedicated farmers and fishermen.

The quote of the trip came from Rona at Higher Fingle Farm, “I think my phone’s stopped working – must have got some hay in it!’

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Silvia
Silvia said,
19 Jul 2010 at 22:18

Lovely to see the pictures, especially those dark brown cows!

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