South Lakes dairy farm reaches finals of prestigious national awards
A South Cumbrian family dairy farm is a finalist in prestigious national awards.
Low Sizergh Farm, near Kendal, has been shortlisted in the Soil Association’s 2021 Best of Organic Market Awards best of organic farms over 10 hectares category.
The two other farms are in Oxfordshire and Somerset.
The Park family has farmed at Low Sizergh for the last 40 years and its organic milk is sold direct from the farm and is also made into cheese and ice-cream.
Today the 400-acre farm, which is owned by the National Trust, is in the hands of Marjorie and John Park’s son Richard and his wife Judith and their son Matthew.
Cumbrian chef named among most influential women in hospitality
Nina Matsunaga head chef at the Black Bull Sedbergh. Picture: Phil Rigby Photography
The head chef at The Black Bull in Sedbergh has been included in a prestigious list of the most influential women in hospitality for 2021,
Nina Matsunaga has been recognised by CODE Hospitality, an industry membership organisation for the second year in a row.
Each year, it champions women in every part of the hospitality industry from sommeliers to human resources, chefs to PRs.
Nina is the only Cumbrian to feature in the list, which includes TV chefs and authors.
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Cumbria Tourism to meet with the Governor of the Bank of England
Gill Haigh, Cumbria Tourism MD. Picture: Phil Rigby
Cumbria Tourism is to meet with the Governor of the Bank of England as part of a roundtable debate regarding the challenges facing the sector.
Cumbria Tourismâs managing director Gill Haigh has been invited to join the virtual event with Andrew Bailey on Thursday to discuss how COVID-19 and Brexit are impacting the tourism industry, including the future outlook for businesses as restrictions continue to ease.
It coincides with the release of Cumbria Tourismâs new business performance survey, which has been compiled in the run-up to businesses reopening at Step 2 (today) and Step 3 (May 17) of the Governmentâs recovery âroadmapâ.