Village Green Farm Shop Ltd

WELCOME

We look forward to welcoming you to our shop in Ockley, at the edge of the Surrey Hills.

We stock a full range of fresh, local produce including fruit and vegetables, meat, chicken, bread, cakes, preserves, dairy products including local cheese and ice cream, wines and beer. We are delighted by the richness of the local produce available and the opportunity to make it available to a wider audience. Fifteen of our producers are based within 10 miles of the shop.

The range includes own grown, organic and fair trade produce. All have been chosen by us for the minimum impact on the environment and maximum impact on your tastebuds!

James & Catherine

VILLAGE GREENS WINS AWARD

We are delighted to announce that Village Greens has been chosen as the Winner in the South East Region of the Countryside Alliance Awards for Best Local Food Retailer. See www.countrysideallianceawards.co.uk/2008-south-east-of-england-winners

A TASTE OF SUMMER AT VILLAGE GREENS

Free tastings at the shop between 11am and 2pm every Saturday from 30 May to the end of June. Come and meet some of Surrey and Sussex's top local producers:

30 May: Local wines and Dorking's Norbury Blue cheese

6 June: The Weald Smokery's smoked fish and cold meats

13 June: Delicious Prosperity Brownies 1 - 3pm

20 June: High Weald Dairy present award-winning Sussex cheeses

27 June: Handmade chocolates from Dorking's own Chocolate John

CATHERINE ON THE RADIO

Catherine has a regular cookery slot on BBC Surrey's Saturday Kitchen with Joe Talbot (104FM). Catch her on Saturday 30 May sometime between 8:30 and 9:00am

WHAT WE'RE ABOUT

Better tasting
We are growing a wide variety of fruit and vegetables on the farm, grown using traditional methods and picked fresh for you each day for the best possible flavour. Our carefully selected local producers provide us with a wide range of other seasonal produce that tastes excellent.


Better for you
Our fruit and vegetables are grown using traditional techniques and as naturally as possible; we only sell meat and poultry that has been reared humanely, with animals given the space they need and the time to grow at their natural rate. We have met all of our major suppliers and only accept produce from them where we are convinced that it meets our own high standards.


Better for the community
We try to minimise food miles by sourcing locally – most of our range has been grown or reared within 30 miles of the shop, and 18 suppliers based within 10 miles of the shop provide beef, lamb, chicken, sausages, ice cream, wine, chocolates, bread, milk, cream, cheese, cakes and more. This way we can ensure a fair deal for local farmers and food producers and help encourage the countryside economy. The shop and farm are staffed with local people and we use local materials and labour wherever possible.


Better for the planet
Fewer food miles means lower carbon emissions, fewer pesticides means greater biodiversity, less plastic packaging means less landfill. But most of all, better food means happier customers!