Farmers, growers, makers. The good ones.
Buy from them. Eat with them. Stay with them. Learn from them.
Hello, I'm Kate, the founder of Produced Near-By
Hello, from founder Kate
I grew up in rural Cumbria in the 1970s and 1980s.
Milk came from Tom Pearson's cows in the village (that's him, here outside his farmhouse, photographed by me when I was about seven). Beef came from Airey's Farm Shop on Lindale hill because they could tell my dad which field the cow had grazed in. Lobsters came from Stan Mulgrew on Walney Island. Meat and potato pies came from Greens Bakery in our town, Barrow-in-Furness.
Nowadays, knowing where you can find good local produce has become more and more difficult, wherever you grow up. So I created Produced Near-By to make it easier - a guide to the people doing it properly and how you can go and meet them.
Look them upProducers worth knowing about
Hodmedods
Work with farmers to grow pulses, grains, seeds and more - fair, sustainable, primarily British, organic where possible.
Sea Sisters
A craft cannery based in Bridport, West Dorset, specialising in preserving British fish, in season, so you can eat it whenever you fancy.
Lake District Tweed
Sustainably hefted cloth produced from farms specific to each Lake District valley.
Scotland the Bread
A collaborative project to grow better grain and bake better bread with the common purposes of nourishment, sustainability and food sovereignty.
Stay where the work happens: cottages, huts, rooms and pitches at places in the guide.
The Hog House
Hidden high up in the Lake District's fells, discover peace, quiet and calm and never-to-be forgotten views.
Ten Acres Vineyard Camping
Between the rugged North Devon coastline and the wild Dartmoor National Park, discover traditional camping, boutique glamping amid a working English vineyard.
Greenhill Farm Glamping
Shepherd's huts in the Alkham Valley near Dover. Quiet, comfortable, properly run.
Steeple Leaze Farm Camping
Along the dramatic Jurassic Coast, in the Isle of Purbeck's Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, this is proper countryside camping.
Who locals go to: local produce guides by the people who live there.
South Downs by Amy Lambert
Nestled in the depths of Sussex, the rolling South Downs provide the perfect backdrop for local producers.
Anglesey by Jess Lea-Wilson
I live on Ynys Môn, the wild Welsh island of Anglesey, and work for my family’s business, Halen Môn sea salt.
The Isle of Wight by Hannah Rochell
There's something about being surrounded by a body of water that makes your locality feel even more... well, local.
The Thames Path
Every couple of minutes a jumbo jet roars overhead, bringing visitors to London’s Heathrow airport.
Know a local producer worth knowing?
The best ones are often the hardest to find. Why? Because they are, more likely than not, too busy growing, raising, baking or making to spend much time online.
If there's one near you I should know about please let me know. I’ll look them up and, if they’re one of the good ones, I’ll add them to the guide.
Recommend a producerBe in the guide
Produced Near-By is a guide to people making things properly across Britain and Ireland - and to the markets, shops, kitchens and stays where their work belongs.
If you grow, raise, brew, bake, weave, throw, carve or spin - or you run somewhere their work belongs, I'd like to include you too.
Join the guideBrowse the guide by what you're looking for
Cheesemakers
Fishmongers
Farmers Markets
Farm Shops
One guide. Four Uses.
Buy from them.
Find the local producers near you and the markets, shops and delivery boxes that stock them.
Eat the produce.
Restaurants, pubs, pop ups and supper clubs that buy from and support their local producers.
Stay with them.
Cottages, huts, rooms and pitches at farms, vineyards, bakeries, workshops and rural residences of local producers.
Learn from them.
Foraging walks, farm tours, baking days, butchery courses, cheese tastings - time spent with the people who do this work.