We take our responsibilities to customers, to food producers and to the environment very seriously, but are always on the lookout to see where we can do more.

Making our food healthy… We are naturally committed to the good health of our customers

• All cakes and pastries are made with vegetable fat.
• Low-fat spread is available as an alternative to butter.
• Our milk is semi-skimmed.
• We aim to provide nutritious, delicious and tempting vegetarian options and salads.
• We use an absolute minimum of salt in our cooking, if at all.
• Salad dressing made with olive oil is available as an alternative to mayonnaise and salad cream.
• We do our best to source as much organic food as is feasible.
• Our children’s menu is made up of proper, nutritious food, and no junk!

Supporting local producers… Wherever we can, we provide locally sourced food, including

• Most of our fruit and vegetables come from Farmaround, a local company supplying organic produce from growers as close as possible.
• Some fresh produce comes from our cottage garden – including herbs, tomatoes, cucumber, peppers, lettuce, radishes, onions and rhubarb – as available.
• Beef is supplied by Heber Farm in Buckden or Bolton Park Farm on the Duke of Devonshire’s estate at Bolton Abbey in Wharfedale.
• Lamb comes from farmland near Rylstone.
• Gammon and ham are supplied by Bolton Park Farm on the Duke of Devonshire’s estate in Wharfedale.
• Wild rabbit comes from the Kilnsey Park Estate in Wharfedale.
• Farmed red deer venison is supplied by Round Green Farm at Barnsley.
• Other meats and sausages are bought from Jackson’s Butchers in Cracoe.
• Free-range eggs come from Church Farm at Hubberholme and Skipton.
• Milk and fresh double cream originate from Grassington or organic farms in West Yorkshire.
• Yorkshire cheeses are made by nearby producers, including Wensleydale Creamery at Hawes, Shepherd’s Purse at Thirsk, Swaledale Cheese Company at Richmond and Ribblesdale Cheese Company at Horton-in-Ribblesdale.
• Jams, jellies and chutneys are made at Stalling Busk near Semer Water by Raydale Preserves or are home-made here at West Winds.
• Honey comes from near Malton, North Yorkshire.
• Damsons come from the Lythe Valley in South Lakeland, blackcurrants and gooseberries from Grassington, strawberries and raspberries from Birstwith, rhubarb from the Yorkshire Triangle or our garden, and apples from Yorkshire Orchards at York – as available.
• Ice cream is made by Brymor at Jervaulx in Wensleydale.
• Granola is supplied by the Yorkshire Dales Real Food company at Yockenthwaite Farm in Langstrothdale.
• Chocolates are supplied by Whitaker’s of Skipton.
• Clotted cream is made at Stamfrey Farm near Northallerton.
• Fruit juices come from Yorkshire Orchards at York.
• Glendale Ginger is made at Reeth.

Paying Third World farmers a fair price… Wherever we can, we use Fairtrade products

• Currently our tea, coffee, hot chocolate and some of our baking ingredients are Fairtrade.

Looking after our shared environment for tomorrow… We are committed to doing all we can to respect, protect and enhance the environment both locally and elsewhere

• Our electricity is provided by Good Energy, sourced 100 per cent from a basket of renewable sources, including solar, wind and hydro.
• Our loft spaces are well insulated.
• We reduce energy consumption as much as possible through careful use. We use low-energy lightbulbs and do not have a dishwasher, tumble-drier or external ‘patio’ heaters.
• Our tearoom is heated with a log fire in cold weather, using locally sourced ‘carbon neutral’ wood.
• We buy as much as possible from home, using existing delivery networks.
• We source recycled materials wherever feasible, including toilet paper!
• We aim to source food produced as locally as possible. We grow some ourselves.
• We do our best to use organic food wherever feasible.
• We use only tuna and other fish that have been responsibly caught from sustainable fisheries.
• We do not sell bottled water. Our tap-water tastes fine.
• We recycle as much as possible of our waste, including paper, card, cans, glass, batteries and plastics.
• We compost waste food for use in the garden.
• Our toilets have water-saving devices installed.
• We collect waste water and rainwater for the garden.
• We aim not to use damaging chemicals in the house or in the garden. We aim to source soaps and cleaning products that have minimal impact on the environment.
• Our garden includes ‘wild areas’ and in 2009 swallows, great tits and blue tits used our nest boxes.
• We promote public transport, walking and cycling. We can give bus times and advise on interesting walking routes. If you visit the tearooms by bus, you will be eligible for the Dales Bus Discount.
• We keep our own car use to a minimum; we have pledged not to fly; we ourselves enjoy fantastic holidays within the UK, supporting Britain’s own tourist industry.
• West Winds has joined 10:10, a movement through which people, organisations and businesses have pledged to cut their carbon emissions by 10 per cent during 2010.
• As a business we support Yorkshire Dales Millennium Trust, Soil Association, Yorkshire Wildlife Trust and Yorkshire Dales Society.

West Winds Yorkshire Tearooms, Up the lane beside the Buck Inn, Buckden, Upper Wharfedale, Skipton, North Yorkshire BD23 5JA
Telephone 01756 760883. E-mail lynn@westwindsinyorkshire.co.uk

Text and West Winds logo copyright West Winds Yorkshire Tearooms 2005-2010. Pictures copyright West Winds Yorkshire Tearooms unless supplied by a guest photographer. All rights reserved. Most pictures taken nearby but wild flower, wildlife and farming pictures not necessarily taken at Buckden

Special thanks to Sarah Pearson, Charlotte Beaumont, Sophie Pope, Pat Burgin, Richard Reeday, Christine Reeday, Nathan Moseley, Tiffany Briggs and the Briggs family, Maxine and Peter Bancroft, all the photographers who have so kindly contributed pictures, and especially Graham Howe at Solarfish