Some New Year reflections on food matters from Ben Watson, a.k.a. Mr Riverford Farm Shop - coming soon!

In the meantime we look forward to seing you all in our shops in the New Year enjoying what we we best in the South West - produce fantastic food! And its a big thank you to our suppliers who year in and year out keep us stocked with the highest quality fruit, vegetables, meat, dairy and kitchen cupboard produce that you could hope to find in a farm shop.

We may all be taking a bashing from all sides financially but a well cooked meal of full flavoured local, organic, seasonal meat and vegetables will go a long way to making you feel all is still well with the world. January promises to be a cold month so get cracking with some heart warming casseroles, main course soups and unctuous stews. This is a time to get stuck in to the cheaper, flavour-packed cuts of meat and those winter root vegetables; to enjoy the simplicity and comfort that slow cooking affords.