The 50 Best Farm Shops

From artisan cheeses to free-range bangers – scrumptious foods are feeding our love of delectable delis. Rhiannon Batten picks the cream of the crop

Saturday 01 November 2008 01:00 GMT
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This week's panel: Henrietta Green is an expert on Britain's local and regional speciality food producers and the founder of Food Lovers Britain (FoodLoversBritain.com); Roopa Gulati is the deputy food editor of UKTV Food (www.uktv.co.uk/food) and a regular judge on Radio 4's Food and Farming Awards; Matthew Drennan is the editor of delicious. magazine (www.deliciousmagazine.co.uk); Amanda Smyth is the head of marketing for Visit England (www.enjoyengland.com/ruralescapes). For more information on food in Scotland see www.eastscotland.com

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