On the morning of my visit to Pextenement Farm I came, by chance, upon an article in the US Farmers Weekly headed ‘Cheese producers urged to focus on breed for carbon reduction’. Not all cows, it seems, are the same. The lighter weight Jersey versus the Holstein uses significantly less land and water resulting in [...]
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Pextenement Cheese Company – a Calder Valley food find and carbon friendly cows too
Posted in Cheese and Dairy, Yorkshire Food and Drink
Posted by pundles on 3 February 2012
http://pauseforfood.com/2012/02/03/pextenement-cheese-company-a-calder-valley-food-find-and-carbon-friendly-cows-too/
Yorkshire Forced Rhubarb – an amazing local product with a fascinating history
The Yorkshire rhubarb season is now in full swing but it was in the late 19th century when forced rhubarb first took off with zeal in what became known as The Rhubarb Triangle – draw a line from Bradford to Wakefield to Leeds and back and you have the location of an important part of [...]
Tagged Ark of Taste, artisan food, Christmas, food communities, micro climate, PDO, rhubarb, Slow Food, Yorkshire
Posted by pundles on 8 January 2012
http://pauseforfood.com/2012/01/08/yorkshire-forced-rhubarb-an-amazing-local-product-with-a-fascinating-history/
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