The average food item on a UK supermarket shelf has travelled over 1,500 miles to reach you. Supermarket cheese averages around 350 miles. Supermarket lamb averages 3,200 miles. A local Worcestershire producer is typically under 15 miles from your door.
Worcestershire stretches from the Malvern Hills in the west to the Cotswold fringe in the south, with the River Severn flowing through its heart. The Vale of Evesham in the south has been one of England most productive market gardening regions for centuries, famous for asparagus (the annual Asparagus Auction in Bretforton is held every year) and Pershore plums. The Teme Valley to the west remains an important hop-growing area, and orchards across the county support a thriving cider and juice production scene.
The county has a remarkably complete food ecosystem. You can buy cheese from a maker 1.5 miles from the farm shop, milk from a dairy machine dispensing straight from a local herd, salt from a spring that has been harvested for over a thousand years, honey from bees pollinating local wildflowers, bread from a sourdough baker using traditional fermentation, and wine from one of the oldest vineyards in England. Few counties can match that range within a 20-mile radius.
We are expanding county by county across the UK. If you know a Worcestershire producer we have not listed yet, let us know.
