Producers & suppliers

VEGETABLES, EGGS

Eric, Stuart, Athene and their team run a 12-acre market garden at Hammonds Farm, Stroud. Hammonds Farm is dedicated to increasing biodiversity and social capital - as well as producing top-quality vegetables, fruit, nuts, eggs and beef. During the growing season, we buy vegetables twice weekly from Good Small Farms. Visit their website to find out more, and to sign up for their veg box scheme with plenty of add-ons including meat, eggs and baked goods (weekly collection from Brimscombe Mill!)

PORK

Wick Court, near Arlingham, is one of three sites owned by the charity Farms for City Children, which enables children from disadvantaged communities to spend immersive week-long residentials caring for livestock, growing vegetables, and cooking food. If there’s pork on the menu at Brimscombe Mill, whether it’s in our meals or in our coffee bar sausage rolls, it’s pedigree Gloucester Old Spot, hand-raised in Wick Court’s paddocks and 19th century brick pens.

HOGGET, BEEF

Katie and James raise British White & English Longhorn cattle and Castlemilk Moorit & Portland sheep on their organic farm near Royal Wootton Basset. They’ve planted 6500 new trees, including a community orchard, and put in new hedgerows. There’s also a dye garden, and a textiles classroom where fashion students can learn about sustainable natural materials. If you’d like to buy their delicious slow-raised beef or hogget, you can order a box via their website.

BEANS, PULSES AND GRAINS

Hodmedod’s is a small UK company supplying beans, grains, pulses, flours and spices grown on British farms. If there’s quinoa or dal on your plate, it’s come no further than from Essex, Suffolk, Sussex, or Hertfordshire. You’ll also find spicy fava bean bar snacks available from our coffee bar.

VEGETABLES, MEAT, DRY GOODS

We receive around 70 kilos a week of food industry surplus that would otherwise go to waste. This surplus is collected, sorted and redistributed by national charity FareShare.

EXTRA VIRGIN RAPESEED OIL

Cotswold Gold is a cold-pressed oil produced on a family farm in the Cotswolds. We use it for everything from roasting and aromatic seed oils to dressings and pesto.

HERBS, CHILLIES

When you visit us at the Mill in the summer months you’ll see troughs and drums brimming with flowers and herbs, growing in the compost provided by our Ridan food waste composting system.

DRY GOODS, DAIRY, CAKESMITH CAKES, CAWSTON PRESS SOFT DRINKS

Creed Foodservice is a family-owned, independent food wholesaler supplying chefs and caterers across the UK.

HONEY

Nikki of Homelands Hive Products is a natural beekeeper, using no pesticides in the care of her twenty bee colonies. The honey is raw and unpasteurised, preserving all of its natural nutrients and biome. You can find the full range of products, including honey, soap and candles, here.

MILK

The Godsells family has been farming on their land at Leonards Stanley for over two hundred years. Their whole milk is the only dairy milk we use in our coffees and other hot and cold drinks.

EXTRACT COFFEE ROASTERS

Extract, based in Bristol, are on a mission to Make Coffee Better. As well as using sustainably grown coffee and supporting coffee growers, Extract works with local and national charities supporting community projects across UK.

CIDER, APPLE CIDER VINEGAR

The Bull family have ben making cider at the family home and cider mill on the banks of the River Severn since 1956. Their range of ciders and perry are multi-award winning, made from fruit from local orchards and their own 4 acre heritage orchard.

BEER, CIDER, BROWN BAG CRISPS

The Craft Drink Co offers great British craft drinks, focusing on small independent producers. They won Best Local Supplier at the Cotswold Life Food & Drink Awards 2018.

BEER

The independent Deya Brewing Company is based in Cheltenham, where you’ll find their brewery and on-site taproom. Behind our bar you’ll find a selection of their lagers and ales.

FLOUR

Wildfarmed flour is farmed in a regenerative way which emphasises biodiversity and soil health. You’ll find Wildfarmed flour in many of our in-house cakes and breads.

APPLE JUICE

Day’s Cottage juice is made using dozens of old apple varieties grown in mature, traditional Gloucestershire orchards, without use of pesticides.

BEER

Stroud Brewery makes delicious, ethical, organic beer. You’ll find their busy taproom just down the road from us at the Kingfisher Business Park, and their cold cans behind our bar.

WINE

The Stroud Wine Company stocks a range of diverse and intriguing wines, many from organic and biodynamic producers and less-known countries and regions. They also stock beers, ciders and spirits.