Yorkshire is one of the UK's premier regions for sustainable and organic food production and sustainable restaurants with Yorkshire local produce including Yorkshire real ales, Yorkshire cheeses, Yorkshire organic and free range meats, fresh fruits and vegetables and Yorkshire fresh fish and seafood. For organic food Yorkshire, find a huge choice of Yorkshire organic restaurants, organic cafes and fair trade cafes and Yorkshire pub restaurants serving local produce listed here on iknow Yorkshire.
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Natural & organic food in Yorkshire can be found in the regions superb choice of organic cafes and organic vegetarian cafes where you can sample the very best of Yorkshire local produce, homemade cakes, Yorkshire food specialities including fine coffees and teas from Taylors of Harrogate and fair trade food. Locally grown healthy foods sourced by Yorkshire sustainable restaurants include fine Yorkshire local produce such as Yorkshire real ales and Yorkshire fresh meat and game. Sustainable seafood restaurants Whitby and Scarborough where fresh local seafood is sourced direct from Whitby harbour.
As well as ranking high in the UK for sustainable food production, sustainable restaurants and natural and organic food, Yorkshire is also a top fair trade region. A huge number of Yorkshire locations are now Fair trade cities and towns including York, Leeds, Hebden Bridge, Doncaster, Sheffield, Harrogate, Bradford and Hull.
The entire North Yorkshire region including the North York Moors is also heading for Fair Trade status. Find out more at www.fairtradeyorkshire.org. You can also find out more about local produce, sustainable food production and sustainable restaurants in Leeds and organic food on the Soil Association's website at www.soilassociation.org. Yorkshire also boasts a huge number of annual festivals and events which showcase the region's outstanding profile of local food and organic foods including the Yorkshire food flagship annual event, The Great Yorkshire Show www.greatyorkshireshow.com.
Organic restaurants in Yorkshire and restaurants offering organic food and local produce are extensive. Yorkshire is one of the richest regions in the UK for healthy food, organic food and locally grown food. Many Yorkshire cities, towns and villages including Fairtrade cities Leeds, Sheffield and York and Fairtrade towns Hebden Bridge, Haworth, Ilkley and Harrogate are fair trade and organic food hotspots and Yorkshire cities like Leeds and York sit within the heart of one of the UK's finest local food producing areas.
Organic Yorkshire food and sustainable food including Yorkshire cheeses, fresh fish and seafood restaurants in Whitby and local produce from Yorkshire farms such as organic fruit, vegetables and free-range organic meats are sourced direct by numerous local produce restaurants and organic restaurants in Yorkshire or bought direct from local Yorkshire markets selling locally grown food and organic food.
Find a wide choice of healthy restaurants and organic restaurants Leeds using local produce and locally grown food listed here on iknow Yorkshire including seafood restaurants offering best fresh seafood from Whitby and fine gastro Leeds pub restaurants serving locally produced Yorkshire real ales and locally grown food. Organic restaurants and healthy restaurants serving locally grown food and local produce are numerous in fair-trade city York which features a choice of award winning restaurants using local produce.
A superb choice of Yorkshire country pub restaurants serve only the finest locally grown food and Yorkshire Real Ales including the Flask Inn Pub & Restaurant in Whitby. The Yorkshire Dales boasts a wide choice of fine dining organic restaurants such as the AA Rosette Austwick Traddock organic restaurant in Settle. Character Yorkshire Inns with restaurants serving best Yorkshire real ale and local produce can be found across the Yorkshire Moors and Dales in organic food and sustainable restaurants in Skipton, Richmond, Grassington and Ilkley and around York in award winning pub restaurants such as the AA Rosette award winning Black Swan at Oldstead.
Organic cafes in Yorkshire and fair trade cafes are across the region. Many Yorkshire locations have achieved fair trade town status including Malton, Hornsea, Hull, Hebden Bridge and Northallerton, with many others including organic cafes Whitby, Skipton and Wakefield working towards fair-trade status.
In this fair trade and organic food rich UK region you will find a huge choice of organic cafes, many of which are co-operatively run sustainable cafes sourcing local produce direct from local Yorkshire farms. A superb choice of West Yorkshire organic cafes are listed here on iknow Yorkshire including the outstanding licensed Organic House organic café in Hebden Bridge and the superb CragRats organic café bar in Holmfirth which features in its menu locally sourced Crawshaw's sausages and Longley Farm ice cream.
Many organic cafes in Yorkshire are organic vegetarian cafes such as The Bear Co-operative & Café in Todmorden, acclaimed for its delicious vegetarian dishes and fine homemade cakes. Bean There Organic Vegetarian Café in Bridlington sits within a Grade II listed building and is a Veggie Heaven top 100 vegetarian food award winner. Moving towards fair-trade town status, Whitby on the Yorkshire coast boasts a fine choice of organic cafes including The Humble Pie Shop serving traditional meat and vegetarian pies made from the finest locally sourced free-range meat and organic pastry.
The Valley café in Whitby serves fresh homemade biscuits and local produce including teaming bowls of mussels within a stunning café setting. Weeton's Café & Farmshop in Harrogate sources all its local produce from local farms and features the Weetons Ploughmans served with Yorkshire Wensleydale cheese and hot pork pies from the award winning Voakes Whixley Grange Farm in North Yorkshire.
Famous Yorkshire Bettys Café Tea Rooms in Harrogate have six fine cafes across the region including in Harrogate, Ilkley and York. All serve the finest local produce including Taylors of Harrogate fine coffees and teas, wonderful organic breads, locally sourced organic yoghurt, exclusive Bettys Yorkshire Sausages and a host of local produce specialities including Yorkshire Swaledale Cheese & Chive omelettes.
Organic and vegetarian cafes in Yorkshire feature strongly in top Yorkshire cities like Sheffield, York, Hull and Leeds. Sheffield organic and vegetarian cafes include favourite city centre cafes like the Blue Moon Café and The Bohemian Café. Visit friendly Roots & Fruits Vegetarian Café in Leeds Grand Arcade where all dishes are GM-free. Café Harlequin organic café in York uses the finest local produce and features organic raspberry jam, homemade scones and award winning beverages.
Eco friendly sustainable restaurants in Yorkshire are eco restaurants which source their food primarily in top UK food producing region Yorkshire, but also from elsewhere in the UK including from farms in the nearby Lake District. Sourcing local produce, as emphasised by organic and local produce expert The Soil Association, saves food miles and minimises energy use and also contributes positively to local communities by producing and distributing food within the region.
A sustainable restaurant in Yorkshire which sources local produce and organic foods from local Yorkshire farms is then positively contributing to local Yorkshire communities by preserving jobs within the food production industry, showing a care for the environment and serving fresh seasonal healthy foods and organic foods from local Yorkshire farmers markets and farms. For more details on sustainable local produce visit the Soil Association's website at www.soilassociation.org.
Yorkshire is a region which puts great emphasis and importance on sustainable foods which are locally grown foods inclusive of whole foods and organic foods. It is no surprise then that you will find a wide choice of eco friendly sustainable restaurants serving local produce in Yorkshire. Locally grown food sourced from local Yorkshire farms and Yorkshire Farmers markets feature on the menus of a huge number of Yorkshire sustainable restaurants including eco friendly Italian restaurants, eco friendly vegetarian and organic restaurants and on the menus of many character Yorkshire pub restaurants.
You will find many eco friendly sustainable restaurants in Leeds, York and the rest of Yorkshire who source their food primarily or exclusively from local farms including the outstanding Austwick Traddock sustainable restaurant in the Yorkshire Dales, an Organic Industry award winner serving fresh meats from Kirkby Lonsdale and sourcing bread flours from Yorkshire Millers and grains & dry goods from the award winning Suma Wholefoods in West Yorkshire.
Find a choice of award winning eco friendly sustainable restaurants in Whitby and Leeds serving local produce in Yorkshire here on Iknow Yorkshire. The award winning Green's of Whitby Restaurant & Bistro sources its food from an abundance of fresh local produce including fresh fish and seafood from Whitby Harbour and premier local meats and game from local farms.