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Find out about all the producers featured in week six of Drop Down Menu

Find out about all the producers featured in week six of Drop Down Menu

Monday 12th December

Chief executive, Brown and Forrest

Somerset

Known primarily, for producing smoked eel and salmon, Brown and Forrest also produce smoked chicken, duck, lamb and trout. In their shop they stock over forty products and have an award winning (Somerset Life Best Restaurant Award) restaurant on site.

Jesse Pattisson, Jesse took over the business from Michael Brown 9 years ago, having known and admired Michael from the age of 18.

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Tuesday 23th December

Fraser Christian

Job: Forager

Location: Dorset

Lowdown: Fraser grew up in the South Cotswold, and always enjoyed the countryside as a young boy. After leaving school he went to catering college, where he learned about about the healing properties of herbs as well as cookery, and this is what started his foraging interest. He has hosted and contributed to fish events and courses at River Cottage and now runs coastal survival and wild food foraging courses.

Find out more about Fraser Christian

Wednesday 24th December

Roger Welberry

Job: Sprout farmer

Location: Lincolnshire

Lowdown: Proud sprout farmer and chairman of the British Sprout Grower's Association Roger Welberry has been farming sprouts for over fifty years.

Roger has always been keen to experiment with new varieties and grows 500 acres of sprouts at his 2,500-acre vegetable farm near Boston in Lincolnshire.

Thursday 25th December

Paul and Sue Brownrigg

Job: Poultry farmers

Location: Isle of Wight

Lowdown: Paul and Sue run a poultry farm with their two sons John and Richard. They farm free-range chickens, ducks and eggs throughout the year, and at Christmas they produce fantastic turkeys, geese and game.

Brownrigg Poultry's award-winning traditionally reared white and bronze turkeys are grown naturally and slowly to full maturity. They are free to roam in grassy paddocks and fields around the farm, enjoying a completely natural diet of cereals and vegetable protein.

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Friday 16th December

Karol Bailey

Job: Poultry farmer

Location: Cheshire

Lowdown: Karol has won numerous awards from the National Farmer's Union including female farmer of the year 1999 and the president's special award.

For Holly Tree Farm, animal welfare is paramount and Karol attributes the meat's 'old fashioned flavour' to free-range conditions and the geese grazing on the sweet nutty Cheshire grass.

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