Pickering Farm Shop Shortlisted In Yorkshire Post Rural Awards

The team at a North Yorkshire farm shop and café are celebrating after reaching the final of a regional business award.

Pickering business, Cedarbarn Farm Shop and Café has been shortlisted in the Rural Business of the Year category in the seventh Yorkshire Post Rural Awards.

Cedarbarn co-founder, Mandy Avison said: "We're fourth-generation farmers and are proud to grow and rear a large percentage of our farm shop's produce and meat. We're delighted to be in the final and are looking forward to catching up with fellow rural businesses at the dinner."

Cedarbarn Farm Shop and Café faces competition from fellow finalists, Soanes Poultry; Homestead Kitchen, Goathland; Moss Valley Fine Meats; Timmstock Farming and The Wensleydale Experience. The team will learn whether they have been successful at an awards ceremony at The Pavilions in Harrogate on Thursday, 28th September.

Cedarbarn Farm Shop and Café began as a small PYO strawberries operation from a caravan 26 years ago and now is a thriving farm shop and café that sources a large percentage of its produce from its own farm and a neighbouring farm supplemented with local suppliers.