For our business, we define “local” by food miles:

• Our beef (Aberdeen Angus/Devon Ruby Red Cross), pork (Large Whites) and lamb (Horn Cross) are all grass-fed. The abattoir is located close to the farms (e.g. only 2 miles from the farm where we procure our beef), which makes for a less stressed animal and, by extension, better quality of meat. In total, the food miles for these animals (from field to fork if you will), is only 23 miles.
• Our poultry (chickens and ducks) and eggs are sourced from award winning free range farms close to Crediton (<40 miles) and Bude (<30 miles)
• Our game comes from Crediton, where it is sourced within a 15m radius of the fantastic butcher, MC Kelly (<50 miles)
• Our fish is sourced and landed in Ilfracombe, Devon (<25 miles), Appledore (0 miles!), Brixham, Devon (92 miles), and Newlyn, Cornwall (102 miles).
• Our coffee is sourced from speciality roaster Origin in Porthleven Cornwall (<85 miles)
• Our bread and pastries come from Da Bara, the award winning bakers in Saint Columb, Cornwall (53 miles)
• Our fruit and vegetables, where possible and in season, are sourced from Hedden’s, our local farmer in Bideford (<4 miles)