The Farm Shop Guide, a new foodie travel guide, launches on October 21. Promoting Britain’s homegrown food networks, the guidebook features 165 independent (and often smaller and family-run) farm shops across England, Scotland, and Wales – along with their first-rate cafés and restaurants.

Wotton Farm ShopWotton Farm Shop (Image: Wotton Farm Shop) Cotswold locations include Over Farm Shop, Tortworth Estate, Jolly Nice, Gloucester Services, Wotton Farm Shop, Ruskin Mill Farm Shop, and Todenham Manor Farm, and the book also promotes 15 food and farming charities to raise awareness of their vital work, with one per cent of its sales going to the Sustainable Food Trust. The guide also promotes 15 food and farming charities to raise awareness of their vital work, and one per cent of its sales will go to the Sustainable Food Trust.

Highlights include seasonal farm events and food festivals, full-colour maps, and icons showing available facilities to help when planning your trip.

The Farm Shop Guide retails for £17.99, but readers of Cotswold Life can get 10% offThe Farm Shop Guide retails for £17.99, but readers of Cotswold Life can get 10% off (Image: Printslinger) Founder of Riverford Organic and veg box pioneer, Guy Singh-Watson, says, ‘Proper farm shops – ones that actually grow, rear, or make most of their own produce with love, attention to detail, and a genuine connection to the land – are a beautiful thing. This book will help you find them.’

READER OFFER: Readers of Cotswold Life can get a 10% discount on the guide by ordering direct from theextramile.guide, using the code: cotswoldlife

A great range of local produce at Ruskin Mill Farm ShopA great range of local produce at Ruskin Mill Farm Shop (Image: Ruskin Mill Farm Shop)