Thixendale business shortlisted in regional rural awards
The team at a North Yorkshire food and farming business is celebrating after reaching the final in three categories of a regional farming award.
Thixendale-based rapeseed oil business, Yorkshire Rapeseed Oil, has reached the final of the Rural Product of the Year category in the eighth annual Yorkshire Post Rural Business Awards. Its farm, Breckenholme, has been shortlisted in the Arable Farm of the Year category and Six Valley Lamb, is a finalist in the Sheep Farm of the Year category.
Co-founder of all three businesses, Adam Palmer said: "We're very proud of our food and farming teams for being shortlisted in these prestigious awards and are looking forward to celebrating the region's farmers at the awards dinner next month."
The teamwill learn whether they have been successful at an awards ceremony hosted byCountry Postwriter and judge Chris Berry at The Pavilions in Harrogate on September 26th.
Organised by theYorkshire Post, the awards recognise and celebrate a cross-section of businesses, farms, organisations and individuals that have excelled in the rural community in Yorkshire.
Breckenholme, a 300 acre arable enterprise, is home to rapeseed oil businesses Yorkshire Rapeseed Oil and Charlie & Ivy's, which produce a range of cold pressed rapeseed oil based productsthatare sold in farm shops, delis and specialist independent retailers nationwide.
Six Valley Lamb is a commercial sheep enterprise working in collaboration with farmers and landowners across East and North Yorkshire to produce quality forage-fed lamb.It is a partnership between Adam Palmer and Holderness farmer Peter Caley.
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PhotoPeter Caley and Adam Palmer Peter Caley and Adam Palmer
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Notes to editors
- For more information about Yorkshire Rapeseed Oil, please visit https://www.yorkshirerapeseedoil.co.uk/
- For more information about Six Valley Lamb, please visithttps://sixvalleylamb.co.uk/
- For more information about the Yorkshire Post Rural Awards, please visit https://www.nationalworldevents.com/cwra-2024/