Pioneering idea still going strong
Opened by Simon Hirst's grandfather Charlie Hinchliffe in 1974, Hinchliffe's was one of the first farm shops in the UK and has enjoyed a strong reputation ever since.
The Hinchliffe family has been farming at Netherton for 60 years and is also one of the biggest suppliers of commercial hens in the north of England, rearing up to a million pullets a year.
The farm shop has garnered a number of awards, winning Supreme Pork Pie at the Great Yorkshire Pork Pie competition at the Cedar Court Hotel in Bradford in 2007. It has been nominated for the Good Food Channel's Market Kitchen Local Food Hero Awards for the past five years.