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Great pub food is the order of the day at this local not to be confused with the griffin above. The lamb stew, made from Wye Valley produce, is excellent.

THE HIVE ON THE QUAY
Cadwgan Place, Aberaeron, Ceredigion (01545 570445; www.hiveonthequay.co.uk)

A busy, seasonal café/restaurant on the harbour, making regional dishes from seafood caught from its own boat. The 500 hives provide the honey that flavours the restaurant’s special ice-cream.

CARLTON HOUSE
Dolecoed Road, Llanwrtyd Wells, Powys (01591 610248; www.carltonrestaurant.co.uk)

Alan and Mary Ann Gilchrist run this award-winning restaurant serving modern British food with a French influence. Winner of two Taste of Wales silver awards this year for excellent use of local foods, much of the meat is locally sourced and includes Carmarthen ham, beef and corn-fed chicken, and there’s a fine Welsh and Celtic cheese selection.

MEAT

CAMBRIAN ORGANICS
(01559 363151; www.cambrianorganics.com)

A group of organic Welsh farmers, supplying Welsh mountain lamb, Welsh Black beef, with pork from breeds such as Oxford Sandy and Gloucester Old Spot.

CARMARTHEN HAM
(01267 237687; www.carmarthenham.co.uk)

Chris and Ann Rees dry-cure Parma-like Carmarthen Ham in the Welsh farmhouse fashion, air-drying it for up to nine months. They also produce Welsh ham, which they liken to York ham and bacon.

EDWARDS OF CONWY
Conwy, North Wales (01492 592443, www.edwardsofconwy.co.uk)

The speciality here is Welsh saltmarsh lamb (known in France as pré-salé). The lambs graze on salt-tolerant coarse grasses and herbs and particularly samphire, in coastal estuaries (in this case near Harlech). And, no, the meat doesn’t taste of salt, but has its own flavour.

GRAIG FARM ORGANICS
Llandrindod Wells (01597 851655; www.graigfarm.co.uk)

Bob and Carolyn Kennard farm chickens, lamb, beef and pork, organically. They have built up a producer group of about 200 satellite organic farms and also offer game birds, venison, duck, turkey and geese, as well as their award-winning old-fashioned traditional spiced leg of Welsh Mountain mutton, and smoked mutton ham.

FRUIT & VEG

FUNGI FORAYS
Powys (01597 811168; www.fungiforays.co.uk)

If you would like to pick wild mushrooms but are nervous about distinguishing the edible from the poisonous, Daniel Butler will put you right. He runs two-day forays in the Elan Valley and is gearing up to offer mushrooms by mail order.

MILK

GRAIG FARM
Llandrindod Wells, Powys (01597 851655; www.graigfarm.co.uk)

Fully traceable from dairy farms in west Wales.They also do a range of four organic flavoured milks.

CALON WEN
Whitland, Camarthenshire (01994 241368; www.calonwen.co.uk)

Fresh milk from Welsh organic farms. Will deliver.

CHEESE

CARS CENARTH DAIRY
Glyneithinog Farm, Pontseli, Dyfed (01239 710432; www.cawscenarth.co.uk)

Thelma Adams makes hand-made organic cheese as taught by her grandmother.

PANT MAWR FARM
Rosebush, Clynderwen, Pembrokeshire (01437 532627; www.pantmawrcheeses.co.uk)

Award-winning Caws Cerwyn and the Brie-like Caws Preseli made by the Jennings family.

MARKETS

HAVERFORDWEST FARMERS’ MARKET
Riverside Quay Alternate Fri, 9am-3pm. (01437 776168)

Free-range duck, guinea-fowl and geese, home-reared meats, organic, rare-breed Oxford and Sandy Black pork, crab and lobster sandwiches, continental salad leaves, bread and locally milled flour, bara brith (a traditional sweet tea bread) and Welsh cakes, Lanboidy farmhouse cheese and laver bread, ewe’s milk cheese, smoked game and all the usual delights.

SWANSEA MARKET
Oxford Street Mon-Thur 8.30am-5.30pm, Fri 8am-5.30pm, Sat 7.30am-5.30pm (01792 654296)

Indoor markets are a feature of Welsh towns and this one is housed in a glass-roofed market hall at the heart of a dispiriting shopping centre. Welsh specialities from Gower, such as cockles, hake and laver bread, to handsome Welsh cheeses, keep company with pet stalls, second-hand books and cheap tat. Try salt-marsh lamb, home-made burgers, fresh fruit and veg in season.

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