Croots 15th Christmas

by Stuart Baddiley | Nov 7, 2023 | News

Croots Farm Shop celebrates 15th Christmas Popular Derbyshire farm shop Croots is celebrating its 15th Christmas this year. The shop, based at Farnah House Farm, Wirksworth Road, just outside Duffield, has been offering quality local food and drink in partnership with...

Great British Food Awards

by Stuart Baddiley | Oct 30, 2023 | News

Croots Farm Shop in Derbyshire wins Great British Food Awards. Popular Derbyshire farm shop Croots has won two top awards in the Great British Food Awards. The farm shop near Duffield scooped a silver medal for its steak and ale pie and a gold for its Croots pork pie...

Kay’s August Blog

by Stuart Baddiley | Aug 24, 2023 | News

As the saying goes ‘make hay whilst the sun shines’, we finally managed to do this earlier this month (about four weeks later than planned!) as we had three consistent warm days. Making our haylage is an essential part of our preparations for the winter. We use a...

Croots Guide to Barbecue

by Stuart Baddiley | Jun 21, 2023 | News

Choosing Your Barbecue Gas or charcoal, the debate goes on. Purists relish the low and slow approach to charcoal and the the smokey flavours imparted by the different types of wood. If it’s mostly weeknight burgers and sausages that you want, then the ease of gas...

Pie Award Winner

by Stuart Baddiley | Mar 23, 2023 | News

We are delighted to have picked up a Highly Commended Gold Award for our homemade Croots Mince Pie earlier this month. It was a great end to the British Pie Week where we had our range of 6 pies all homemade and all using local ingredients on offer....

Decarb Project Podcast

by Stuart Baddiley | Mar 3, 2023 | News

Listen to the Low Carbon Podcast from the University Of Derby, where Croots Farm Shop features our owner Kay Croot  Kay talks about the farm, the cafe and her commitment to keeping the farm ‘green’. “We already have a focus on food miles, food waste,...