Ragstone is a beautifully creamy English goat’s cheese made by Neal’s Yard Creamery, which overlooks the River Wye in Herefordshire. It is named after Ragstone Ridge, which ran close by.
Charlie Westhead of Neal’s Yard Creamery makes the Ragstone using goat’s milk from Andrew and Diane Goodwin’s herd at Wychmoor Farm in Titley, Herefordshire. It is made with a vegetarian rennet derived from thistles.
Neal’s Yard Dairy began life as an actual dairy in Covent Garden, making a few young cheeses alongside yoghurts and creme fraîche, however, as the business grew, Neal’s Yard Creamery was established as a separate business and moved to Herefordshire in 1996 to do all of the cheese production. Neal’s Yard Dairy continues life as a highly successful shop.
Neal’s Yard Creamery are very small scale producers and keep sustainability at the heart of what they do. The electricity they use is almost entirely generated on site by windmill and photovoltaic solar panels and their heat requirements are mostly handled by their hot water solar panels alongside their custom furnace, which burns local wood. They also have a custom planted wetland system that naturally purifies their drain water.
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