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New choices for a new year

In January we all hear a lot of resolutions and suggestions of how to be the new you, how to make fresh starts and how to make new choices for a new year. Some of these are worth hearing and acting upon but how often do we just hear the same lists that people made a year before and didn’t resolve to really change. The two most common topics are weight-loss and saving money. Here are a few suggestions that we believe could be really effective for you in 2015… inspired by The Guardian at the weekend, see the...

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Sustainable food from Broughgammon Farm

Broughgammon Farm is located outside Ballycastle a few miles from Ballymena. We, at Ballymena Today, have mentioned them many times before as they have sold their tasty produce at both Raceview Mill Market and Antrim Castle Gardens. The family run business offers the finest produce from the farm including veal and goat. If you have ever had the chance to sample some of their burgers or food at a food fair or even then you will know that Broughgammon meats are exceptionally tasty. If you haven’t sampled anything yet then see them at St.Georges Market every Sunday. The Cole family has had an active role in farming and agriculture in the Bushmills area since the late 1700’s. However, Broughgammon Farm was established in 2004 when Robin and his wife, Millie, returned from a career abroad to live “The Good Life’. Since then each member of the family has had their own unique impact on the business, which is now headed by Charlie and Sandy. Click here to find out more about the farming family. Broughgammon also cater at Birthdays, Open-Days and Weddings, and they offer courses for people who would like to sample the farming life! We love this family businesses focus on sustainability. On their website the share this about local sustainable food: We believe in sustainable food sourcing, be it the the reduction in the culling of males produced...

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