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42 Acres is a regenerative estate, nature reserve & wellbeing retreat centre. We’re exploring ways to take care of, and live in conversation with, our sacred world. Our vision is to live in harmony with nature, self and others. We work with nature not against it. We grow, forage and wild-tend foods to create nutrient-dense food. As we restore health in our earth, we restore the worlds within ourselves.

We source and roast the finest speciality coffee beans from some of the hardest-to-reach places around the world. Discover our signature blends, distinctive single origins, and certified organic coffee, carefully roasted by our expert team in Wellington. Visit our café, bakery, restaurant and roastery for world class coffee and delicious food.

Chapel Cross Tearoom is a community-focused outdoor café, serving teas, coffee and cake from our converted horsebox tea room, with seating outside and in greenhouses. My herd of Royal Golden Guernsey Goats play in the paddock next door. Their milk is made into our award-winning soft and semi-hard raw milk goats cheese.

Da Costa is named for and inspired by Artfarm co-founder Iwan Wirth’s grandfather, who was from a small mountainous village in Northern Italy's Veneto region. He emigrated to Switzerland and opened a restaurant much loved for its simple, honest fare. A century later, Da Costa continues this glorious culinary adventure.

Fika is a new venture. Previously a nurse, I took over in December 2024 wit the aim of creating a welcoming and inclusive space to enjoy great locally sourced homemade food and enhance people's wellbeing. We restored the beautiful coach house back to its original features and are hosting a variety of pop-up craft/ wellbeing and food events.

We are a beautiful restaurant in the heart of Somerton serving you a taste of Italy, made from the finest local ingredients. Expect everything you love about Italian food – with a pinch of Somerset. We use as much local produce as possible and cook with Italian inspiration. All this with a beautiful Bakery and deli!

One of Somerset's prettiest market towns, Castle Cary is a small town with a big heart. It has a weekly Tuesday market and thriving vintage event once a month.

Charles Dowding's market garden produces mixed salad leaf bags which are sold to local pubs, restaurants and shops. The garden is also a teaching garden and Charles holds many course days to educate gardeners on the no dig methods. The garden is also his inspiration for the many books he has written and for his YouTube channel, hugely popular with 700,000 plus subscribers.

Transition Town Wellington is a group of volunteers aiming to make our town more resilient in the face of climate change – to reduce our reliance on fossil fuels, to help our natural environment and to increase food security and food sovereignty.

A welcoming and inclusive community market garden within walking distance of Frome town centre, where people can connect with nature and each other, learn agroecological growing methods, gain healthy vegetarian cooking skills, and access affordable locally grown food, and nature-focussed wellbeing projects.

The Bishop's Palace and Gardens has been home to the Bishops of Bath and Wells for over 800 years and is surrounded by 14 acres of gardens including a productive Community Garden. Here we grow vegetables, fruit and flowers and host a range of community garden groups. Come and find out what we do!

Cedrics is the home of the original Somerset Cider and Apple Cake and has been a family run business since 1957. We have won over 60 Taste of the West Awards for cakes, preserves and cider. Also International Cheese board Awards and world Jam awards. Showcasing local artisan cheese, cider, beers, gin, rum, brandy.

Join one of our electric cycle safaris – guided cycle tours around some of the finest local cheese, charcuterie, beer, cider and wine makers. A full day excursion including tastings and lunch. You can also hire e-bike and pedal bikes for your own self guided tours.

At our Farm Shop, Somerset, we present a range of seasonal bounty from our working farm, Durslade Farm, supplemented with products from farmers who share our values. Lamb and beef comes from our own estate and produce is foraged by in-house forager Kenny. Wine is made with grapes from our vineyard, honey comes from our hives and cider is made with heritage apples from our orchards.

Frome Weekly Market was established in 1239 and is still an essential part of our market town almost 800 years later. Every Saturday and Wednesday, local traders bring the Market Yard to life offering local produce, artisan food and drink, and a range of other treats, gifts and essentials, often handmade or sustainably sourced.