One of the Alliance aims is to support farming and food production that is great for nature and the local economy - here’s one! You can find more in our Buy Good Food page.
Katie Cordle, Long Lane Dairy - Sheep’s milk yoghurt, sheep’s cheese, halloumi
Katie started making halloumi during the pandemic when she began experimenting with the sheeps milk that a neighbour https://www.shepherdsicecream.co.uk/ was able to provide.. She now makes two cheeses and yoghurt which are sold in shops or direct to restaurants. (Crème fraiche, and ricotta are by products going direct to chefs).
For Katie the quality of the milk and the way the animals are farmed is critical, and she sources the milk that feels right from the heart. (grass fed as much as possible). In the summer the milk comes from near Aberdovey. The winter milk from near Marlborough.
There is absolute joy in the way Katie describes the process; the human contact being so important. She describes the “roll” of the whey, the observation of that moment, like a meditation with God..
“It’s not like a business, it’s like a gift”.
90% of her stock goes to London but the following local shops sell it:
Hay Deli https://www.haydeli.co.uk/
Deli Tinto, Prestiegne https://www.delitinto.com/
Locks Garage, Allensmore http://www.locksgarage.co.uk/
Number 25 delicatessen, Kington https://www.number25deli.co.uk/
Hopes of Longtown https://www.hopesoflongtown.co.uk/
The Angel Bakery , Abergavenny https://www.theangelbakery.com/
And The Bull’s Head in Craswall https://www.wildbynaturellp.com/the-bulls-head-inn where it is used by the chef.
You can find more producers, organised by their produce and how they sell it, here. If you're a producer in Herefordshire and want to share your details - of how you produce, what and where - please get in touch!