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02 Apr 2024
April News
All the joys of Easter, vertical farming and vinifications. It’s all in our April new...
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05 Mar 2024
Food and farming…the debate continues
Last month, I mentioned Riverford’s ‘Get fair about farming’ campaign,&nb...
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05 Mar 2024
March News
When life gives you lemons…make lemonade, marmalade or salmorglio. After a bumper lem...
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05 Feb 2024
We built a bakery!
Our big news this month… is our new bakery, Ben’s Bakehouse. When we first...
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02 Feb 2024
February News
Our new bakery, getting fair on farming and a bouillabaisse. Read all about it in our Febru...
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10 Jan 2024
January News
A fresh new start and a new bakery on the horizon at Ben’s. It’s all in our Jan...
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04 Dec 2023
Yealmpton Christmas Market
Join us for our very first Christmas market at our Yealmpton shop on Thursday 7th December,...
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01 Dec 2023
COP that for Christmas
More ‘blah blah blah’: Cop28 and the pollutocrats When I sat down to start writ...
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01 Dec 2023
December News
Christmas at Ben’s. Find festive foodie inspiration, our new turkey suppliers and Ben...
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02 Nov 2023
November News
With Christmas around the corner, our Farm Shop Kitchen is in full swing. Read all about it...
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04 Oct 2023
October News
Ultra processed foods and U-turns. Read all about it in this months newsletter.
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05 Sep 2023
The summer that wasn’t
After last year’s scorching early August, I thought ‘let’s make the best of global warming’...
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05 Sep 2023
September News
Autumn’s early arrival and all things apples at Ben’s Farm Shop. It’s all...
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03 Aug 2023
August News
This months newsletter, Ben shares his views on the pitiful percentage paid to soft fruit p...
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02 Jun 2023
We’re having a Field Day
Join us on Saturday 17th June, for our ‘Field Day’ celebration to mark 40 years of Ben̵...
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16 May 2023
Ben’s Wine & Tapas Closing It’s Doors
“It is with great sadness that Ben’s Wine & Tapas is closing its doors on Saturday 20th...
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03 May 2023
A Right Royal…Indifference
I imagine, after last month, that you’re expecting me to go off on one about the coronation...
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31 Mar 2023
April News
A hot cross Ben, a golden giveaway and bit of booze news. Read all the latest news from Ben...
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31 Mar 2023
Something To Chew On: Our sourcing policy unwrapped
…it seems like a good time to launch our much-debated sourcing policy. As I said last...
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31 Mar 2023
March News
The launch of our sourcing policy, pizza at Yealmpton and the big 4-0. Read all about the l...
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