Local Food Heroes in Leicester and Leicestershire, fruit, vegetables and meat.

Local Food Heroes

Farm Shops and Food Producers in Leicestershire

Bambury Organic Farm, Countesthorpe

Bambury Organic Farm operate a vegetable box scheme from their small family farm.

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Belvoir Fruit Farms

Belvoir Fruit Farms make a wide range of nutural fruit drinks using fresh fruit from local fruit farmers, flowers and spices. None of the drinks contain colours, flavours or artificial sweeteners. They also make a range of organic drinks.

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Brocklebys Farm Shop, Asfordby Hill, nr Melton Mowbray

Brockleby's Farm Shop is a large farm-shop who sell a large range of their own and other farmrs' produce. Their kitchens also make award winning Melton Mowbray pork pies.

The Grange Garden Centre and Alpine Restaurant shares the same site so allow plenty of time for your visit.

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Chevelswarde Organic Growers, South Kilworth

Chevelswarde Organic Growers are committed to making fresh organic produce and wine available to people in Leicestershire.

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Claybrooke Mill Flour, Claybrooke Magna

Miller Sally Craven produces over 40 different varieties of flour at her watermill at Claybrooke Magna. The mill dates from the 18th Century but it is believed that milling has taken place on the site for over 1000 years.

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Corner Plot Vegetables, Thurmaston

Francesca Beamish at Corner Plot Vegetables produces seasonal organic vegetables from her plot of land in Mill Lane.

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Elmhurst Organic Farm, Withybrook

Elmhurst Organic Farm is just a few miles into Warwickshire, off the Fosse Way, at Withybrook. It features here because it supplies a wide range of organic meat which is not available locally.

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Growing Concern, Nanpanton, Loughborough

An organic farm since 1982. Selling grass fed Herefords. Their farm shop and cafe sell their own produce and they pride themselves on the traceability of the produce they sell.

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Lubcloud Farm, Oaks in Charnwood, Loughborough

Lubcloud Farm Farm are producers of organic Milk, Cream and Eggs.

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Manor Organic Farm, Long Whatton

Manor Organic Farm is a large farm-shop really try to keep things local! They sell their own organic beef and lamb and their pork comes from a neighbour just next door.

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