FRW Farrington & Son

Northamptonshire

Fourth generation arable running to approximately 730 acres around the village of Hargrave. The farming practises at Bottom Farm revolve around integrated farm management and regenerative agriculture, creating healthy soils, with high environmental and conservation measures.


Additionally, they are Britain’s original ‘seed to bottle’ producer of Mellow Yellow cold pressed rapeseed oil, giving a genuine ‘field to plate’ view of food production.

Farrington Oils is the world’s first food company to be certified carbon and plastic neutral. They also have attained a Queen’s Award for Enterprise for Sustainable Development

Schedule

Tuesday 4th April, 11am to 3pm, Bottom Farm

11am

Arrive at Bottom Farm, the home of Farrington’s Mellow Yellow oil. Tea / coffee and introductions

11:20

Farm tour guided by Duncan Farrington


What we will see:


  • Walk to the rape-fields where Duncan will talk through LEAF and sustainable farming techniques (They are a LEAF (Linking Environment and Farming) Marque producer
  • A look at the machinery and grain store
  • The factory (health and safety forms will be filled out on arrival, to go into the factory everyone must not wear any jewellery other than a wedding band, and no false nails), the field to fork process will be talked through in the factory.

12:50

Lunch and discussion led by Iain Robertson, Royal Bournemouth Hospital, and Kushboo Naik, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals, Co-Chairs of the Love British Food Hospitals Working Group.


The working lunch and discussion will comprise of:

 

  • An Overview of the Love British Food Hospitals Working Group: why it was set up, aims, activities and how you can get involved


  • Update on the work of the Hospital Food Review: Phil Shelley, Chair of NHS Food Review and the Senior Operational & Policy Manager NHS E&I and Tim Radcliffe, Net Zero Food Programme Manager NHS England.


  • How dietitians can get involved and why it is so important they do: Kushboo Naik


  • Opportunities that NHS Supply Chain’s new Dynamic Procurement framework offer for sourcing from SMEs: Kirsten Morris, Head of Commercial, NHS Supply Chain: Food

15:00

Depart


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Location

FRW Farrington & Son

Bottom Farm

Hargrave

Wellingborough

Northamptonshire

NN9 6BP