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| Don’t be afraid of cooking a goose for the first time | |
| Five hints to make cooking the perfect goose a simple task are being issued this Christmas for first-time households. MORE........ |
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| Award for newcomer to goose production | |
| Buckinghamshire goose producer David Bruce is this year’s recipient of the John Adlard Memorial Award for newcomers to the field. MORE........ |  |
| Essex farm hosts goose walk | |
| Goose producers from all over the UK will be converging on an Essex farm next week to see how the Blackwell family have expanded their output by 50 per cent in the past six years to supply growing Christmas demand. . MORE........ |
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| Goose comes of age on Scottish Michaelmas | |
| Restaurateur David Downie is planning a special celebration this month for his 21st year featuring goose — making it the centerpiece of a Michaelmas as well as Christmas menu at The Horseshoe Inn, Eddleston, near Peebles, in the Scottish Borders. MORE........ |
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| Michaelmas goose ‘just the recipe’ for austere times |
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| Eating a goose for Michaelmas might be just the recipe for coping with these rather austere times — and will certainly put you in good company. MORE........ |  |
| Goose eggs: 'can't keep up with demand' | |
| One of the largest suppliers of goose eggs is struggling to keep up with demand as consumers’ appetite for niche products continues to grow. MORE........ |  |
| Top marketing award for goose producer | |
Worcestershire goose producer Judy Goodman has gained the Poultry Industry Marketing Award given by the British Poultry Council for her success in expanding the market for goose. MORE........ |  |
| New brand image for British Free Range Goose | |
| A new brand identity for the British Free Range Goose is launched this Christmas — highlighting the green field lifestyle enjoyed by geese produced in keeping with tradition. MORE........ |  |
| New chairman for British Goose Producers | |
| Eddie Hegarty, partner in the country’s best known gosling hatchery Norfolk Geese, has been elected chairman of British Goose Producers. MORE........ | |
| Goose 'champion' hosts annual farm walk in Worcestershire | |
| One of the country’s largest seasonal goose producers, Judy Goodman, will be hosting the British Goose Producers annual farm walk at Goodmans Geese family farm at Great Witley, near Worcester, on Thursday October 14. MORE........ | |
| Feasting on Michaelmas goose all week long | |
| The feast of Michaelmas is celebrated on September 29 in most of the country except on October 4 in Suffolk and October 11 in Norfolk. Judy Goodman, chairman of British Goose Producers, part of the British Poultry Council, rears around 200 geese for Michaelmas and has seen a steady build-up in demand at this time of the year. MORE.... |
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Soapbox article by Eddie Hegarty |
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| Goose eggs on target for Easter - despite wintry weather | |
| The hard winter that has delayed the arrival of spring blossoms hasn’t held back mother goose — and prospects are that there will be more goose eggs available for Easter this year. MORE........ |  |
| Never cooked your goose? Then don't be put off | |
| More people are choosing a goose for Christmas for the first time each year — but how many more are put off because they’ve never cooked one? Who better to ask for advice than Claire Symington. MORE........ |
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| Goose newcomers award goes to Peak District | |
| Newcomer to farming in one of the country’s most scenic locations, Lizzie Murphy, is the 2009 winner of the John Adlard Memorial Award. MORE........ |
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| Goose walk comes to Oxfordshire | |
Goose producers from all over the country will be gathering for their annual farm walk on Thursday October 15 at the Homewood family’s Radley farm in Oxfordshire where Christmas geese have been reared for 30 years. |
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| Growing appeal of Michaelmas goose | |
The revival of the traditional celebration of Michaelmas by eating goose continues to grow. |
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New executive officer at the British Poultry Council |
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Recreating time when geese walked to London |
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The Essex village of Gosfield turned back the clock to the days when geese spent the night there en route to London markets.
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Try a goose egg - fantastic for omelettes. |
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Lithograph to celebrate traditional British goose |
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A lithograph commissioned by British Goose Producers to mark their 25th anniversary is being used this year to promote the most traditional of Christmas meals. |
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'Village where everything stops for the geese' |
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Efforts to bring back Goose Day |
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Goodman's Geese won first place in the poultry and game category in the Heart of England Fine Foods 'Diamond Award'. |
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