Reg is the “chicken man”, the Johnson of Johnson and Swarbrick, one of Northcote’s suppliers of duck and chicken products from the village of Goosnargh. So what makes him stand out from the rest? “His high quality products at a good, but not over-inflated price.” says Nigel, an advocate of supporting high quality, local producers.
Then there’s Peter Ascroft, the “cauliflour man” from West Lancashire who supplies much of Northcote’s green vegetables, as well as growing the Lancashire pineapple (a beetroot to you and me!).
Did you know that there are still seven artisan cheesemakers in the Forest of Bowland, most 2nd, 3rd and even 4th generation family businesses who are still making cheese in the traditional way? Cue another character with local flavour, Bob Kitching, from Leagram Organic Dairy, another of Northcote’s suppliers, whose products include Bob’s Knobs!
The best way to meet these producers is to make that trip to Lancashire, then you could also take in a great food festival such as Obsession and sample some of that well-known warm Lancashire welcome. But in the meantime, we’ve captured Peter and Bob on film here, talking about what they both do best – producing “reet good” Lancashire food!
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