Diary

Awst / August 2009

It has been quite a while since I up dated the diary so I thought it was time for me to let you know what we've been up to over the last few months.

Beginning of December 2008 saw Brian at the Royal Welsh Winter Fair being presented by Elin Jones, the Welsh Assembly Minister for Agriculture, with the Welsh Black Cattle Society's Accreditation certificate for selling 100% Welsh Black Beef, the first producer in North Wales to receive this certification. This certificate has been introduced by the Welsh Black Cattle Society to protect the public from unscrupulous people who claim to be selling Welsh Black Beef when it is not.

2009 started with us being presented by Anglesey's Branch of the Farmers' Union of Wales with an award for Innovation. It was very satisfying to receive this award from fellow farmers.

March saw us entering Hybu Cig Cymru (Meat Promotion Wales) competition for the first time at Venue Conwy, Llandudno. We were delighted to win three gold, three silver and three bronze awards for our sausages and burgers.

June saw us having a few days off in Oxford where Carwyn graduated in Biological Science - we are obviously over the moon with his academic achievement and look forward to having him joining us in the family business - he will now have to get down to real work!!

July saw Ffiona lost for words for the first time ever, only for a few minutes though, when we received a phone call from Barclays Bank saying that we were the regional winner for Wales and the West in their search for Barclays and The Sun's Uk's Best Local Business. We would like to thank Paula, one of our regular customers for nominating us for this prestigeous award.

July at New Ferry Farmers' Market (Wirral) once again saw us win the Amy Brady Award for the Overall Best Producer out of approximately 40 producers from the North West. We also won the awards for the Best Customer Service and Best Presented Stall. We were thrilled to receive these awards. They mean a great deal to us as the judges were our customers who buy meat off us on a monthly basis.We would like to thank you all for your custom throughout the year. Many of you have become friends of ours and it's great to have a chat when we are at the market although it might be short due to the long queue we have !

July saw us attending The Royal Welsh Agricultural Show in Builth Wells where Brian had the great honour of judging the Welsh Black Cattle on the Monday morning. Fortunately this was the nicest day of the week. Quite a number of our customers have commented that Brian looked quite dapper in his bowler hat! (Picture to follow.)

August will once again be a busy month for us with this year a family wedding to celebrate.