Great Ashby & Old Town Directory December 2015 Free Monthly Magazine Delivered to Homes and Businesses in the Stevenage Area
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Great Ashby & Old Town Directory December 2015 Free Monthly Magazine Delivered to Homes and Businesses in the Stevenage Area Kitchen | Bedroom | Home Study For all your design, supply and installation needs Family run business Visit our showroom at: Unit E, Gateway 1000, Whittle Way, Arlington Business Park, Stevenage SG1 2FP Tel: 01438 222929 www.kitchenergonomics.co.uk 2 Please mention The Great Ashby and Old Town Directory when responding to adverts Great Ashby & Old Town Directory December 2015 Free Monthly Magazine Delivered to Homes and Businesses in the Stevenage Area Kitchen | Bedroom | Home Study For all your design, supply and installation needs Family run business Contents Visit our showroom at: Unit E, Gateway 1000, Whittle Way, Arlington Business Park, Stevenage SG1 2FP Tel: 01438 222929 www.kitchenergonomics.co.uk Employment Matters ....................................................32 Growing Fruit Trees .......................................................35 Animal Know-How ........................................................36 Kyoto - Japan ................................................................39 Jaguar F-Pace ................................................................40 Seasonal Delights ..........................................................42 Baking Stollen ...............................................................47 Evolution of the Farm Shop 4 Puzzle Page ...................................................................48 Beer At Home ................................................................51 The Evolution of the Farm Village Shop ...........................5 Prize Crossword .............................................................54 How to be a Careful Consumer Online the Christmas .......8 What’s On ......................................................................58 Win Tickets to the Adventure Travel Show .....................11 Book Review .................................................................61 The Great Christmas Eve Countdown .............................12 Have a Healthier Happier Christmas ..............................15 Food Banks ....................................................................18 Why Mountains Matter 25 Which Wine? .................................................................20 Fun Quiz ........................................................................20 Beauty Gifts that won’t Break the Bank .........................22 Why Mountains Matter .................................................25 Financial Help Available for First Time Buyers................26 Children’s Page ..............................................................29 Top Tips for Fundraisers and Charities ............................31 Editorial Publishers Lauren Chapman, Jonathan Vernon-Smith, Kate Duggan, Villager Publications Ltd Susan Brookes-Morris, Debbie Singh-Bhatti, Toni Hasler, 24 Market Square, Potton, Bedfordshire SG19 2NP Carol H Scott, Pippa Greenwood, RSPCA, Solange Hando, Tel: 01767 261122 James Baggott, Ted Bruning and Bruce Edwards [email protected] www.villagermag.com Advertising Sales Victoria Tonkinson Disclaimer - All adverts and editorial are printed in good faith, Tel: 01767 261122 E: [email protected] however, Villager Publications Ltd can not take any responsibil- Photography - Darren Harbar Photography ity for the content of the adverts, the services provided by the advertisers or any statements given in the editorial. No part Design and Artwork of this publication may be reproduced or stored without the Design 9 - Tel 07762 969460 express permission of the publisher. To advertise in The Great Ashby and Old Town Directory please call 01767 261122 History By Lauren Chapman The evolution of the Village Farm Shop A well-loved tradition of most villages in contains an array of products, often straying Britain, the farm shop provides an easy, away from that which is solely produced on reliable way of getting fresh fruit, vegetables the farm. However, far from a problem this and eggs straight from their farm origin. Many evolution looks to be very positive for both of us are already very familiar with, and fond customer and farmer, as many farm shops now of, the age old tradition of the farm shop; the offer a range of premium goods and services; almost whimsical idea of a small area set apart from products such as fish, bread and organic from the farm itself selling off an array of fresh label items to novelties such as cooking produce to anyone who happens by; straight lessons, crafts and even cafes, it has produced from the field no middle man or supermarket an attractive range of items for the customer trip necessary. And why wouldn’t we be? As and a new income for the farmer. The village well as guaranteed freshness, a trip to the farm shop now offers more, choice, range, farm shop also entails a sense of education value and even leisure activities than it ever into the origin of our food and what it’s really did before. like before it’s been polished to supermarket With the constant increase in the number of standards. Passed down throughout the years, supermarkets and corner shops around as well it is a tradition that has so far lasted the test of the ongoing price war to see who can offer time. the best value for money, the broadening of Although it seems that even this tradition products and conveniences a farm shop will has adapted to the new ways of the modern offer may come as no big surprise. Whereas world. 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Farm shops are also financially beneficial to the farmers as, by selling straight to the customer, the farmer gets to keep more of the money made, as there’s no middle man to inject new costs. This is why more and more Farm shops are moving away from the traditional and starting to stock higher-margin premium goods such as locally sourced organic food, which the larger supermarkets tend not to. Some modern farm shops have moved even further forward by appealing