Local Gander// Farm Shop
Lux Farm
Rushmere St Andrew
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I only recently visited Lux Farm for the first time and discovered a place that epitomises all that is great about Suffolk's reputation for considerate, sustainable agriculture.
It is the perfect place to buy fresh free range meat and support many local brands such as Stokes sauces, Aspall's slowly matured vinegars and Wilkin's iconic Tiptree jams and preserves. Not only does Lux Farm sell some of the tastiest meat around, but this is accompanied by homemade pies and a particularly smooth chicken liver pate. I made the right choice in having this for lunch in the small café next door with hot buttery toast and apple and elderflower cordial.
The outside area was occupied by older couples and kiddies alike watching the animals roam in the fields. We had been told of new lambs in an adjoining field, although unfortunately I think the ewe had had enough of being gawped at for the day so we had no such luck in seeing them.
I do think that this could be a missed opportunity for Lux Farm, whose surroundings are so wondrous that it could attract so many visitors not just looking to buy meat: perhaps making more of the animals and adding a clothes shop or gifts barn would enhance its already brilliant offerings. However, as farms are proving so popular at the moment as the trend for loving all things outdoors rides on, land owners must be feeling slightly protective and wary of destroying the peace that makes a farm a farm!
As far as natural, uncontrived snapshots of agricultural living go, Lux Farm is a treat to see. Butchers and farm shops tend to make me slightly nervous, but racing past sprawling fields filled with the content herd of Belted Galloway cattle and springing Balwen lambs provides reassurance that the counter is laden with the meat of animals that had happy lives in such beautiful surroundings. The joy of Lux Farm is that it takes the chore out of meat and grocery shopping while being perfectly accessible just on the outskirts of Ipswich.
Lux Farm, Playford Road, Rushmere St Andrew, Ipswich IP5 1DA. Tel: 01473 624920
www.luxfarm.co.uk
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