Davidstow has been supporting rural and farming communities through its partnership with The Prince’s Countryside Fund since 2011. Since then, the Fund has been able to support over 700 farming families across the UK through The Prince’s Farm Resilience Programme, and hundreds of rural communities through their grants programme. A large number of these farmers and communities have been in Davidstow’s home county of Cornwall. About Davidstow Cheddar Cheese Our Partnership Our cheddar is made with exacting care in the Cornish The Prince’s Countryside Fund has delivered village from which we take our name. Inspired by our their flagship initiative, The Prince’s Farm natural surroundings, our recipe has been meticulously Resilience Programme, in three Cornish locations crafted for over 60 years to ensure that every bite is since 2015, supporting more than 60 farming never less than exquisite. This is the Davidstow Way. In a families. The Programme offers free business bygone era, English Cheddar had an intense yet rounded skills training to family dairy and livestock farms flavour and was crumbly in texture, laced with calcium across the UK in the form of seven workshops. lactate crystals. At Davidstow, we think that the taste These sessions focus on different business of this bygone time represents perfection. In our quest skills to maximise profitability and resilience. to craft the ultimate cheddar, our cheesemakers have Topics include business planning, understanding maintained the principles of traditional cheddar making, accounts and budgeting, exploring new combining it with technological precision to develop a opportunities for farms, and cheddar that we are very proud of; unparalleled in taste maximising on farm with a strong yet well-rounded flavour, a slight crunch environmental assets. and a crystalline appearance.
About The Prince’s Maria and Stephen manage 190 dairy Countryside Fund cows on their farm near Saltash. They heard about The Prince’s Farm Resilience The Prince’s Countryside Programme from their Dairy Crest rep, Alexa. Fund believes in confident, “We were in real financial difficulties when we robust and sustainable agricultural and joined, but the course has given us a clear insight into our rural communities which are universally farming figures – and it was enormously practical, too. appreciated for their vital contribution to the British way of life, and that are fit to “Without any doubt it has united us as a family and given support future generations. The Fund’s us and our farm the direction its needed. We’re moving in charitable activities extend across the UK the right direction now, without us leaving the parameters and include giving grants to community of what we wanted from our farm, and on our own terms. projects, supporting farming families Others would have just told us to scrap the farm. through a business skills programme, “I firmly believe that we wouldn’t be here if it wasn’t for commissioning research and The Prince’s Farm Resilience Programme – our backs providing financial support were against the wall.” during rural emergencies. Davidstow Visit our website at www.davidstowcheddar.co.uk Please follow us on social media for the latest products and offers: facebook.com/DavidstowCheddar twitter.com/DavidstowUK
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