The Farmers Mart Oct/Nov 2015 - Issue 42 | Page 30

Beadlam Grange Farm Famous makers and Purveyors of Jams, Marmalades, Chutneys, Fruit Curds, Pickles and more AWARD WINNING yorkshire PRESERVES FREE DELIVERY * 4 jar min purchase QUALITY LOCAL INGREDIENTS Proud suppliers to Beadlam Grange Farm shop Tel: [phone] | E: info@brackenhillfinefoods.co.uk West House Farm, Elvington, York, North Yorkshire, YO41 4AZ Norman & Gray Ltd. Agricultural Buildings and Groundworks Design, manufacture, painting, supply and erection of steel framed buildings. Competitive rates on: Timber Roof Sheets Rainwater Goods Steel Purlins Plastic Guttering & Fittings Gates Roller Shutter Doors Feed Barriers Steel Troughs and much more Pleased to be associated with Beadlam Grange Unit 1, Malton Road Business Park, Pickering, YO18 7JW Tel - 01751 472 231 Fax - 01751 474 011 Vat Reg No: 158 585171 Email: [email protected] Phillip Norman - 07974 827555 David Gray - 07974 821894 G W Mook Fencing contractors All aspects of Agricultural & Equestrian fencing in North Yorkshire Proud to be associated with Mark and Jenny at Beadlam Grange Yea experirse of nce Contact us on T: 07590271904 OR visit www.gwmookfencing.com 30 Oct/Nov 2015 www.farmers-mart.co.uk for nine weeks on a bed and breakfast system taking them from seven kilos to 45 kilos for Ian Mosey Livestock. The key nowadays with many successful farms is diversification for longevity, revenue generation and protection. This is where Beadlam Grange really has excelled. Firstly, they secured a contract with the local council where they take all the green waste, compost it and spread it on their own land. In 2006 they put in 37 acres of Miscanthus which takes time to establish but once in, it grows with little maintenance or inputs. The leaves drop in winter leaving the cane to be harvested every Spring, yielding about 110 tonnes which is on contract to Drax power station to be mixed with coal for greener energy. An amazing fact Mark came across was that all 110 tonnes is burnt in just 25 seconds! A shoot is run on the farm organised by a local syndicate, and Mark joins in when he can. As if all that wasn’t enough, they opened the Farm Shop on the 6 June 2007. This really is an authentic Farm Shop as it is not a new build but a conversion of old barns and cowshed, with most of the original troughs and byres being kept and utilised. When you sit down at the tables you really get the feeling of being in the farm. The shop has everything, including a busy restaurant seating 36 upstairs and 37 downstairs. They have varied menus, with all meals prepared fresh every day using all their own meat, as well as a children’s area, fresh vegetables, local produce including all kinds of preserves, wines, fresh bread, fish, sausages, pies and more. Mark told me: “in this business, as in any kind of farming, everyone has to work hard, be forward thinking and recognise and take opportunities at the time when they come along. My wife, Jenny brings so much innovation and attention to detail into the farm shop and she deserves all the praise for making it such a success over the last eight and a half years. I am lucky to have such a wonderful wife” There is a dedicated butchery with their resident head butcher, Paul Nicholson- who trained at Frank Turners near Malton when he left school. Paul joined them