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Lower Clopton Farm Shop, located equidistance between Broadway and Stratford upon Avon, has been named as one of the final two businesses in the running for ‘Best Small Farm Shop’ at the Farm Retail Awards 2026, organised by the Farm Retail Association.

The Farm Retail Awards are widely regarded as the leading national awards for the sector, celebrating the very best farm shops, cafés, butcheries and farm retail businesses across the UK. Finalists are selected through a three-stage judging process that includes visits from fellow farm retailers, ensuring the awards recognise real excellence on the ground, not just a good entry form. The farm shop has made the final two in their respective category, with the overall winner to be announced at the FRA Conference and Awards dinner on Wednesday 11 March 2026 in Harrogate.

For the team at Lower Clopton Farm Shop, the nomination is a proud moment and a timely one. As the farm shop gears up for its busiest season of the year, the shortlist recognises not only the quality of the business today, but the work that goes in behind the scenes to deliver an outstanding Christmas offer year after year.

Lower Clopton Farm is one of the region’s largest turkey growers, supplying farm-fresh birds raised to Golden Turkey Quality Assurance standards. The Golden Turkey scheme, run by the Traditional Farm Fresh Turkey Association, is recognised as the highest UK standard for traditional, free range Christmas turkeys, with strict welfare and eating-quality benchmarks.

With Christmas now firmly on the horizon, customers can still place orders for their turkey and festive food online through the farm shop’s website, choosing from a range of sizes and collection slots in the lead-up to Christmas.

Lower Clopton Farm Shop owner Richard Baldwyn said “We are delighted to be recognised on a national stage, particularly in a category that celebrates smaller independent businesses doing things the right way. We rear fresh lamb, beef and turkey all year round for our customers and all the pies, quiches and cakes sold in our farm shop are produced by our talented in-house team.”

Lower Clopton Farm Shop’s marketing and PR agency, Talking Tortoise, who also won the ‘Best Family Business’ award at the Stratford District's Business and Tourism Awards earlier this year are also nominated in the ‘Best Associate Member’ category of the Farm Retail Awards.