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Our Black Bacon Steaks are legendary. To get the distinctive taste our pork loins are cured for over a month. Firstly they're treated with sea salt and dark brown sugar, a little Yorkshire ale, plus a secret blend of spices.

There's been some terrific news this morning about one of our favourite breeds here at Farmison & Co, the lovely Herdwick, has been paid a visit by his HRH Prince Charles. The Prince of Wales is in our neck of the woods visiting the state...

At Farmison & Co we often get asked why eat rare (and native) breeds, if they're so rare. It might sound a little strange, but it is precisely because they're so rare we should eat their meat. That's because if there is shown to be a...

Decent chicken can be an difficult to find at times despite the fact we as a nation are eating so much of it these days, 25kg each on average. In contrast, in 1950 British people only ate on average a kilo a year of chicken. You can be sure...

One of our favourite breeds we sell here at Farmison & Co has got to be the Dexter. Firstly it tastes absolutely fantastic, often with buttery and nutty notes, and boasting the kind of marbling in its small neat cuts which makes rare and native...

Beef, as a meat, offers great variety though it's very important to understand your cuts and how to cook them in your kitchen. A carcass is divided into three main areas: Fore end The fore end of the animal is the hard working...

So Valentine's Day is coming up…and here's betting you haven't got round to booking a table. The thing is, you don't have to! It's not the only way to wisely woo your loved one, as eating in is the new eating out. We've rustled up the perfect...

I am always relieved to leave January behind and drift into the second month of the New Year. We are still cloaked in the depths of dank winter, and the comfort of stews, soups, braises and casseroles is ever necessary to save spirits. ...

Our new Detox Box is a fun way to make sure you get all your essential vitamins, coming crammed full of fresh seasonal greens, and lending itself to healthy eating and dieting. Inside here you'll find hand picked produce specially selected to suit...

We're well into January now, so if you hadn't yet started to act on those New Year's resolutions to get the juicer out and cut down on your sugar intake you probably thought you were going to get away with it… However over the weekend, Oxford...