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VEGETABLE MATTERS




                                                                       MORE THAN EVER
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                                                                    he Drinkwater family have been farming in and

                                                                    generations so when Peter Drinkwater and his
                                                                    around the Cotswold village of Ebrington for
                                                                    wife Amanda decided to open a Farm Shop and
                        !    !   !                 !          TCafe it seemed like a natural progression. Peter
                    !                    !!                   supplies fresh seasonal vegetables and fruit directly from
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                !                      !   ! !                the family farm and Amanda looks after the Cafe.
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                                                              The purpose built Farm Shop and Cafe opened for local
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                                                              business and in no time the Drinkwater’s reputation and the
                                                              quality and selection of produce on offer made it a growing
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                                                              success. The Cafe took a little longer to establish but soon
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	   	         	            attracted its own audience of regular admirers. Life on the
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                          farm seemed idyllic.
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                                                              Enter COVID-19. For Peter and Amanda it was a potential




                          
         
	   	         	          disaster. The Cafe had to close and the Farm Shop had
                                                              to be reorganised for Social Distancing. The stress on


                    
       

                         everybody was immense but Peter and Amanda had
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                                                              unwittingly become ‘key workers’ supplying vegetables


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             to their local customer base, many of whom were self

                                                              isolating.


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