Farm shops (see also butchers)
Blacklake Farm
01404 812122
East Hill, Ottery St Mary, EX11 1QA
www.blacklakefarm.com
Fine-quality organic meats from traditional breeds of cattle
and sheep. All born, bred and 100% grass-fed on its farm,
and locally butchered and hung in an abattoir less than 2
miles from the farm.
Budleigh Salterton Farmers Market
Every last Friday of the Month
9am - 1pm
Rolle Mews Car Park
Info:01395 446806
On Fore Street at the bottom of the High Street, with up to 15 local producers of meat, fish, fruit, vegetables, dairy products, processed food and drinks.
Darts Farm Village
Topsham
01392 878200
www.dartsfarm.co.uk
shop@dartsfarm.co.uk
‘It was like finding Selfridges food hall dumped in the middle of a field’ – the Guardian. Darts Farm (farm shop of the year 2007) was recommended to us by almost everyone asked. So much more than just a farm shop supporting local producers. Also a restaurant; cider works and ale house; butchers; fish shed; florist; Fired Earth interiors; home and garden gifts and a wonderful children’s section. Open 7 days a week. If you’ve never been to Darts, you must.
Exmouth Farmers Market.
info:01395 267237
Every 2nd Wednesday in the Month
The Strand Gardens, 9am–1pm.
Produce includes organic vegetables, plants, East Devon beef and pork, Dartmoor Lamb, and home made cakes, chutneys, jams etc.
Kenniford Farm Shop
Just off the A3052, Clyst St Mary, EX5 1AQ
01392 875938
www.kennifordfarm.com
Recommended for their succulent free-range pork products,
all processed by a master butcher. This well-established
family-run farm holds the welfare of its animals at paramount
importance, and Andrew Freemantle was a finalist in the 2004
Farming Excellence Awards.
Incredible hog-roasts (DIY or supply + carve), bacon with
no white watery run off, and a wide range of other pork products.
Shop also supplies local free-range beef, lamb and chicken.
Also eggs, vegetables, cider, ice cream, milk, honey, and
a collection point for organic vegetable boxes.
*Readers of the Little Green Book can ask for 3 packs of sausages
for £6*
Ottery St Mary Farmers Market
1st Friday of the Month, 9am – 1pm
Hind Street Car Park
Boasting one of the biggest Farmers Markets in East Devon,
featuring local produce as well as several local crafts people.
Ample parking also allows easy access to the local shops,
or why not visit the famous church?
Pynes Farm Shop
01395 443329
South Farm, Budleigh Salterton, EX9 7AZ
Operating for over 30 years through 3 generations of the Pyne family. Renowned for top quality and good value home-produced vegetables and their own free-range eggs, this very well presented shop can provide ALL your greengrocery needs, using as much West-Country produce as possible. 9-5.30 Mon-Sat, 10-3 Sun. Why not combine a visit with a stroll along the Otter Estuary?
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We also recommend Taverners Farm Shop at Kennford. See:
www.tavernersfarm.co.uk
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Topsham, Exton, Clyst St George, Ebford, Woodbury, Woodbury Salterton, Exmouth, Lympstone, Budleigh Salterton, Otterton, East Budleigh, Sidmouth, Ottery St Mary, West Hill, Honiton, Wiggaton, Tipton St John, Salcombe Regis, Colaton Raleigh, Sidbury, Sidford, Newton Poppleford.
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