The Homegrown Success Story Behind Farmers Food At Home

From humble beginnings to nationwide acclaim, Anne-Marie Harries’ Farmers Food at Home serves up a delectable success story, blending local flavors and a passion for sustainability into award-winning artisanal preserves.

Anne-Marie Harries founded Farmers Food at Home in 2015 with a simple mission: to create artisanal preserves using homegrown and locally-sourced ingredients from her native North Pembrokeshire. What began as a way to use up a glut of blackberries has blossomed into an award-winning brand supplying cafes, shops and restaurants across Wales.

After selling the family pub where she first sold her preserves, Anne-Marie decided to devote herself full-time to growing Farmers Food at Home. Her hard work and dedication paid off in 2018 with the opening of her own catering unit, allowing her to scale up production to meet increasing demand. When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, Anne-Marie showed her entrepreneurial spirit by diversifying into a farm shop, keeping the local community supplied with essentials and giving her products a retail outlet.

Looking to the future, Anne-Marie plans to continue increasing the amount of homegrown produce used in her preserves by expanding the land and polytunnels dedicated to growing fruit and vegetables. She also aims to improve sustainability by investing in rainwater harvesting systems to make the most of Pembrokeshire’s rainfall. Continued investment in production equipment will help streamline the preserve-making process as Farmers Food at Home goes from strength to strength.

Anne-Marie Harries’ passion for local, seasonal ingredients and determination to build a thriving business around the natural produce of her Pembrokeshire home have made Farmers Food at Home a standout success story. As finalists in the Great British Entrepreneur Awards 2023, Anne-Marie and her team have earned recognition as one of Britain’s most inspiring entrepreneurial ventures.