Knowing more about the food and drink we buy - the people who produce it and the approach they take - can enrich our experience of purchasing and using local products. We hope our 'producer stories' provide an insight into what it takes to be a local producer in the High Weald AONB .

A juice producer's tale Fruit growers Matthew and Carol Wilson, of Oakwood Farm near Robertsbridge explain what prompted them to diversify into organic fruit and juice production. Their products can be found in anumber of outlets including local National Trust properties which have a 'buy local and organic' policy. Read more

A trugmaker's tale Pete Marden, local trug maker, talks about making trugs using the same tools and methods that were first used by those original trugmakers. His trugs are made from Sweet Chestnut from the High Weald woodlands and Cricket-bat Willow - mainly because they are so readily available but also because they are both pliable and easy to work with.  Read more