In a recent article for the Christmas edition of Kent Life magazine I was quoted as saying ‘Christmas simply wouldn’t be Christmas without mince pies – and mince pies wouldn’t be mince pies without the famous English Bramley apple!’ I am not certain [...]

A film crew recently arrived at Fourayes to film the orchards & the factory. Sadly, the ‘Contributor Consent Agreement’ precludes me from saying who they are or the programme they are filming for, but I think I’m ok to talk about some of the [...]

Shouldn’t the Stable Door Have a Lock? I recently read, with huge interest and not a little trepidation, Henry Dimbleby’s National Food Strategy Part One – all 85 pages of it plus Appendices. As documents of this type go I found it’s style engaging [...]

Recently, I sat on a panel as part of the RED talk series organised by the Rural Policy Group and MHA MackIntyre Hudson. The ‘RED’ in RED Talks stands for Rural Economic Development and on this particular occasion the subject was ‘Agritech & The Future of Food’. [...]

As the British government negotiates food trade deals with countries around the world it’s vital that we remember our food standards already set the standard. The National Farmers Union has created a petition asking that our Government should ensure all food eaten in the UK [...]

I was struck by the derision amongst TV presenters when Boris Johnson asked businesses to use ‘common sense’ to protect their workers and keep their ‘essential’ companies trading through the COVID-19 outbreak. Fourayes is an essential business, a food manufacturer, and the message seemed perfectly reasonable [...]

At Fourayes, because we’re a food producer, our production lines have continued operating throughout COVID-19 safely and effectively. Could the measures we’ve been taking help your business too? Take a listen to Phil Acock being interviewed on BBC Radio Kent this week.

Treating Britain Well  Fourayes is both a grower and a fruit processor so, by COVID-19 standards, we’re very definitely an ‘essential business’. That means our people are coming to work each day to keep the lines running and to make sure we [...]

I watched, in awe, the footage of people applauding those working through COVID-19 in our beleaguered National Health Service – applauding their tireless dedication and applauding in cities, towns and villages across the land. It would be churlish to make comparisons but, notwithstanding, this demonstration [...]