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Producer stories
Salt Marsh Lamb
The salt marshes of the Humber estuary
provide unique, natural grazing conditions for
lambs. Here, they are free to graze on natural
esulting in meat with a
herbs and grasses r
egular lamb.
deeper, more intense flavour than r
om Crabley
M&S source Salt Marsh Lamb fr
,
Farm on the edge of the Humber estuary
where the Nicholls family have farmed for four
eeding ewes
Their flock of 500 br
generations.
om late spring
are free to roam the salt marsh fr
e their lambs
into the autumn months, wher
spend their time foraging on the lush
vegetation.
In liason with the Natural England Organisation,
es that the land is farmed
Robert Nicholls ensur
in an extensive way to maintain and enhance .
ea of natural beauty
the environment of this ar