Twenty years ago a young farming couple made the decision to open a farm shop from a small family farm near Pontefract. Two decades later Farmer Copley’s is now one of the biggest farm shop and rural destination venues in the county and recently celebrated as such when receiving the trophy for Farm Shop of the Year in the Yorkshire Post Rural Awards 2023 held at Pavilions of Harrogate.
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00:00 What started off as a small family farm has turned into the ultimate enterprise, but most
00:07 of all it stayed family friendly and family owned. Yes, I'm talking about 20 years this
00:13 week of Farmacopolis in Pontefract. Now a lot of you around Yorkshire will know of Farmacopolis
00:20 because of their famous pumpkin festival. It's one of the most Instagrammable festivals
00:25 ever. But they're also known for their famous farm shop, they've got the Moo Cafe, we've
00:32 lots of specials on all the time, they have strawberry picking when it's in season, sunflower
00:37 picking when it's in season, and then of course the pumpkins and all sorts of Christmas delights
00:42 going on. And there's all sorts of community events there and community involvement, they're
00:48 always opening up to people, putting on different things, always expanding and doing more whilst
00:54 also being kind to the area and growing as much of their own produce. And they're very
01:00 big on keeping everything as home grown as possible and they're very honest about keeping
01:05 the Farmacopolis brand all their own stuff rather than outsourcing. So it's definitely
01:11 worth checking it out. We have recently, we've been down just to see what it's all about
01:16 because they've even got a new gelateria and a place where they produce a lot of their
01:22 products from jams to pickles and all sorts of preserves, perfect for Christmas.
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