James Martin has defended Our Yorkshire Farm’s Amanda Owen over increasing food prices, amid the cost of living crisis in the United Kingdom.
Showing his support to the much-loved Yorkshire Shepherdess, TV chef James appeared on the Welcome to Yorkshire Talkshire podcast.
While doing so, he urged listeners to support their local food produce suppliers and farms.
He said on the podcast: “The sheep farmers need all the help they can because you know the imports are coming in from New Zealand.
“So anything you can possibly do to support the produce from this country and from the county and your local produce as well is so vital.
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“And no more so than anything else now as we sort of explained that Brexit settlement.
“You know, it’s going to be quite tough. They’re positive everything’s going up.”
He added: “It’s very difficult. We had the Yorkshire Shepherdess at the house a while back and she was saying, you know, the price of lamb is massively fluctuating all over the place. The price of wheat has gone up four times, the feed…
“So, people are going to have to realise that food will inevitably go up because the cost of ingredients that they feed them goes up.
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“But these are people who are doing it from their passion, they are not doing it for the latest Range Rover.
“These are the people that are doing it because they’ve done it for generations and generations.”
Amanda Owen, who is best known for being the Yorkshire Shepherdess, sells lamb from her very own farm.
Sold on the Wensleydale Butcher, lamb from her farm is available to purchase in two options – a half box, or a whole box.
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A half box contains 2 leg of Lamb joints, 1 rack of Lamb, 6-8 Lamb cutlets, 1 boned & rolled Shoulder of Lamb, 1 Shoulder of lamb on the bone, 500g Lambs liver and 4x Lamb & Mint burgers. This will set you back £90.
For a whole box it will cost double – £180 – and will contain: 4 legs of Lamb joints, 2 racks of Lamb, 12 – 16 Lamb cutlets, 2 boned & rolled Shoulders of Lamb, 2 Shoulders of Lamb on the bone, 2x 500g Lambs Liver and 8x Lamb & Mint Burgers.
The website states: “When you buy a lamb from us you can be assured that you are buying the best. We are proud of our lambs and if you are looking for great tasting meat from a trusted source then look no further.”
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