Bring that quintessentially British taste of summer, Strawberries and Cream, to your table this weekend with our NEW Strawberries and Cream Yoghurt. Juicy organic strawberries have been blended into thick organic West Country Yoghurt to produce a yoghurt that is delicious on its own or spooned over crushed meringues with some strawberry slithers for a simple pudding. Our Strawberries and Cream Yoghurt is priced at 69p a pot and is available to buy in Waitrose and Budgens stores.

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We're delighted to have been awarded seven gold awards at this year's Great Taste Awards! The following Duchy products were awarded gold: Duchy Originals Ale Duchy Originals Lemon Curd Duchy Originals Rosemary & Thyme Oaten Biscuits for Cheese Duchy Originals Black Pepper Wheaten Biscuits Duchy Originals Gooseberry Posset Duchy Originals Free Range Smoked Back Bacon Duchy Originals Free Range Oak Smoked Wafer Thin Ham

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Last week we went to Norfolk to help with the harvest of the organic strawberries destined for our organic strawberry preserve. It was a perfect English summer's day and the fields were full of the brightly jewelled Florence strawberries, known for their rich scent and bright velvety red flesh. We were kept busy and this picture shows Kirsty, a member of our marketing team, getting stuck in. Once the harvest of the strawberries is completed they will be taken to Somerset where they'll be gently cooked by hand to preserve their sweet juicy flavour and texture. The jam made from the strawberries we picked will be available in Waitrose from October and will I'm sure, laden on warm buttery crumpets, bring back a taste of our English summer.

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Now is the time to gather friends and family for a traditional British Hog Roast with our special Hog Roast offer at Ocado. We're offering a discount of £1 off per kg on orders for our Duchy Originals Free Range Pork Shoulder placed before the 20th of July or till stocks last. Our succulent, sweet and tasty Free Range Pork Shoulder Joint is stuffed with a roasted shallot and sage stuffing and has everything you need to entertain a large gathering, including some bramley apple sauce! Simply follow the cooking guidelines provided on the pack, carve the joint, and serve with the delicious hot Bramley apple sauce and soft granary bread rolls. The Duchy Originals Free Range Pork Shoulder Joint is available exclusively through Ocado, click here to buy. All our pork comes from dedicated free range herds in Norfolk, where the animals are reared to spend their lives in open fields giving them the freedom to roam, root around and socialise in keeping with their natural instincts and behaviour.

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Delicious Magazine has named our Organic Dry Cured Ham with Juniper Berries and Herbs as the 'Best Organic Ham' in this month's edition of the magazine. Our Organic Dry Cured Ham with Juniper Berries and Herbs (Waitrose, £3.39) is infused with rosemary and bay leaves and then roasted with heather honey. It is made using the finest organic pork leg meat and cured for four days before being cooked, for a rich and subtle flavour. Perfect on a piece of crusty fresh bread with some Duchy Originals Tomato Chutney. Animal welfare is core to Duchy Originals and so we make sure that all of our pigs live an outdoor life, with typically two to three times more space than intensive operations and far more pasture, allowing them to root and forage and display their natural behaviour. Our organic ham is made from Duchy pigs reared in Gloucestershire. We have a dedicated Duchy herd on the farm which means we can confidently trace our pork from farm to fork.

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If you want to recreate a taste of summer in your kitchen, look no further than our NEW Duchy Originals Citrus Tortes (Waitrose, £3.99). These sunshine-infused miniature tortes contain zesty Sicilian lemon and freshly squeezed orange juice mixed to a mousse like texture with organic West Country Cream and placed on a bed of buttery baked biscuit crumbs. The tortes are topped with an orange glaze containing refreshing slithers of candied orange peel. The perfect way to end your meal on a light refreshing note. If you're out to impress, dress your plates with slithers of orange segments and fresh lemon and orange zest.

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As you may have seen in the news, a small number of our Duchy honeybees have been stolen. Our Duchy bees have a wonderful time buzzing around the pine forests of the Balmoral Estate, collecting the sweet nectar from the colourful wild heather which flowers there over the summer. The result is our delicious and distinctive Duchy Originals Heather Honey. While there may have been a run on our honey, we have plenty more bees who will buzz that much harder over the summer to make sure our honey is still available. Our honey is available from Sainsbury's and is priced £3.59. Click here to find out more about our honey. Contact us if you think you know where our stolen bees might currently be buzzing!

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With office biscuits often the first victims to feel the bite of the current crunch, we're coming to the rescue and offering those suffering the Biscuit Blues the chance to win a Duchy Originals Biscuit Ration Box for their crumb free office. While the biscuit barrel is never barren at Duchy Originals, there are many companies who, in the current economic climate, have called time on our favourite British treat. We're calling on all those working in biscuit bare zones to enter our weekly competition to win a Duchy Originals Biscuit Ration Box until we see the end of the crumb crunch. Biscuit starved workers suffering the biscuit blues should click on the link below and state why they think their office is in need of some biscuit TLC. Winners will be chosen every Friday and the Duchy Originals Biscuit Ration Box will be delivered bright and early the following Monday morning. CLICK HERE TO ENTER OUR COMPETITION We've recently relaunched our organic biscuit range and now have a flavour to suit every office behaviour: The Office Gossip With a bit of chew, our Sultana and Honey Biscuits half coated in Dark Chocolate will give her something else to exercise her mouth on. The Stroppy Secretary No questions, our Chocolate with Vanilla All Butter Shortbread - with just the right amount of vanilla to soothe her and chocolate chips to sweeten her.

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With recent declarations that Dining In is the new Dining Out we've come to the rescue with a range of delicious restaurant style organic desserts guaranteed to give your dinner party the wow factor. Try our NEW Chocolate Marbled Tart (Waitrose, £3.99) - for dedicated chocoholics this hand marbled tart has a rich combination of milk and white Belgian chocolate mixed with delicious West Country Cream. We've also created two restaurant style mini tortes, in packs of two, which are also the perfect indulgence for dinner a deux. Try our NEW Chocolate and Raspberry Tortes, pictured above, (Waitrose, £3.99) which are a classic combination of Belgian chocolate, melted with double cream to make a rich ganache which is gently baked on a biscuit crumb base and hand finished with a fragrant raspberry mirror glaze. Or try our NEW Citrus Tortes (Waitrose, £3.99) which contain zesty Sicilian lemon and freshly squeezed orange juice to end the meal on a refreshing note. Come back and visit our website soon for pictures of our new range and tips from our Chef, Dan Zackey, on how to professionally plate your desserts to give them that restaurant look finish.

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We're delighted that our delicious Gooseberry & Elderflower Posset has been included in The Sunday Telegraph's selection of 'Best Summer Desserts'. They described our organic posset as 'indulgently grown up' and said that 'Two great English flavours join forces in this wonderfully tart and tangy fool'.

Buy our Gooseberry & Elderflower Posset from Waitrose and tell us if you agree!

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With summer just around the corner, this week we'll be tempting our taste buds with our new Organic Basil and Sunflower Seed Wheaten Biscuits (Waitrose, £1.49). The organic basil will bring summer that bit closer and the biscuit, partnered with a thin slice of creamy organic Cheddar cheese, will make the perfect cheese and biscuit combination. Read more about our new Organic Basil and Sunflower Seed Wheaten biscuits here.

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We've just re-launched our biscuit range and added some delicious new varieties including; Organic Toffee Biscuits Dipped in Milk Chocolate and Organic Hazelnut & Cranberry biscuits. Our biscuit of the week though is our Sweet Oaten & Heather Honey Biscuits. We love the wholesomeness of the organic British oats combined with the deliciously perfect golden mellow honey, which comes from the Scottish moors of Royal Deeside. Have you tried them yet? If so do post a comment and tell us know what you think.

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Our new range of delicious biscuit varieties finally arrive on shelf today. We know from your emails and website comments that the biscuit aficionados among you have been eagerly awaiting their arrival! We have been busy developing new recipes and new packaging and we can at last say that they are ready for you. Adding to the delicious varieties already on offer, including our iconic Duchy Originals Oaten Biscuit, the first Duchy Originals product, we have eight new biscuits varieties for you to try including indulgent teatime nibbles such as Organic Toffee Biscuits Dipped in Milk Chocolate and Organic Hazelnut & Cranberry biscuits. You'll also notice that our biscuits are sporting our new Duchy Originals packaging which features wood etchings of the Duchy Home Farm. Do either comment on our website or email and tell us what you think of our new biscuits and new packaging. Buy our new biscuits in Waitrose, Sainsbury's and independent stores priced from £1.99.

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If you're looking for something special to cook for your family or friends over Easter then look no further! Try our delicious Duchy Originals Bone-In Gammon Joint available exclusively through Ocado. It has been cured on the bone and is made from free range pigs from our dedicated herd in Norfolk. To complement the gammon we've included three delicious Duchy condiments to glaze it with during roasting: Duchy Originals Heather Honey, Seville Orange Marmalade and Wholegrain Mustard. We've also included a meat thermometer to ensure that your gammon joint is cooked to succulent perfection! Click here to find out more

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This weekend choose our delicious 100% British bacon for breakfast. For the bacon buttie lovers among you try our Organic Unsmoked Back Bacon grilled and sandwiched between two slices of our Multiseed Bread with a dollop of our Handmade Tomato Chutney - pure Duchy weekend bliss. Our delicious bacon, sausages and ham are all made from Duchy pigs reared on farms in Gloucestershire and Norfolk . We have dedicated Duchy herds on the farms which means we can confidently trace our pork from farm to fork.

All of our pigs lead an active, outdoor life with typically two to three times more space than intensive operations and far more pasture, allowing them to root and forage.

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Following recent press articles regarding our Duchy Herbals range, we are aware that some of our customers may be seeking reassurance about the range. Our CEO, Andrew Baker, says: 'Together with our partners, Nelsons - leaders in the field of natural medicine, we spent many years researching and developing our first range of herbal tinctures. It is a range that we are truly proud of. Our Duchy Herbals Echina-Relief Tincture and Duchy Herbals Hyperi-lift Tincture have both been approved and licensed as traditional herbal medicines by the UK regulatory authorities, the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA). Our Duchy Herbals Detox Tincture, which is traded as a food supplement, has been produced to the highest quality standards and within the regulatory framework of both UK and European food law. I do hope, therefore, that you are able to share our confidence in the compliance of the Duchy Herbals range to the very highest regulatory standards.' We'd love to hear what you think, click on comments below and send us your thoughts. For further information about our Duchy Herbals range please click here

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Subscribe to our newsletter today and be the first to hear all the latest news, views, recipes, competitions and exclusive subscriber offers from Duchy Originals. If you subscribe during March you'll also be entered into a prize draw to win our inspirational Duchy Originals Cookbook, packed full of delicious recipes for you to try at home. Click here to sign up!

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With spring just around the corner it's time to pull on your wellies and start growing your own organic vegetables. If you've ever thought about growing your own but haven't yet made the leap into the vegetable patch, now's the time to start planning your very own organic kitchen garden. Choose from our range of over 50 Organic Vegetable and Herb Seeds, featuring traditional kitchen garden varieties from carrots to cabbages and runner beans to radishes. Radishes and Cabbages can be sown now, followed by Carrots, Beetroot, Cauliflower, Lettuce, Onions and Tomatoes in March, while herbs such as Coriander, Parsley and Rocket can be grown all year round. Click here to browse the range and buy online.

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With spring just around the corner, why not check out our new recipe section and browse our Spring recipes. Try our recipe for Home Farm Salad, taken from our Duchy Originals Cookbook. This colourful salad includes classic spring garden vegetables, inspired by the organic vegetables grown at Duchy Home Farm. Tempted? Click here for this recipe and more.

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This weekend treat your loved one to a delicious organic breakfast in bed. Toast our Pumpkin & Sunflower Seed bread with Honey, spread with organic butter and then add one of your favourite Duchy preserves. Try our traditional Seville Orange Marmalade, Damson Preserve or for a truly special treat try our Sandringham Strawberry Preserve made from organic strawberries grown on the Sandringham Estate in Norfolk. For Bacon Buttie lovers, try our Organic Unsmoked Back Bacon grilled and sandwiched between two slices of our Multiseed Bread with a dollop of our Handmade Tomato Chutney - pure Duchy weekend bliss.

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Our sausages, bacon and ham are all made from Duchy pigs reared on farms in Gloucestershire and Norfolk . We have dedicated Duchy herds on the farms which means we can confidently trace our pork from farm to fork.

All of our pigs lead an active, outdoor life with typically two to three times more space than intensive operations and far more pasture, allowing them to root and forage.

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Our exciting new range of herbal tinctures, called Duchy Herbals, is now available in-store at Boots! Each of our tinctures provides an alternative and natural way of treating common ailments such as colds and flu. Our decision to launch these products reflects The Prince of Wales's passion for integrated healthcare and here at Duchy we hope that our range of herbal remedies will encourage more people to adopt this integrated approach to their health. We developed the range with one of the UK's leading herbalists, Michael McIntyre and Nelsons - the UK's leading producer of natural healthcare products. The three herbal tinctures in the range are: Duchy Herbals Hyperi-lift Tincture, Duchy Herbals Echina-Relief Tincture and Duchy Herbals Detox Tincture. You can buy each tincture now from Boots, and from next month, Waitrose. Each product is priced £10.

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A few months ago we re-launched our delicious chocolates with new, even more sustainable packaging. By doing so, this year we'll save 89 tonnes of paper, 541,000 litres of water, 267 tonnes of carbon emissions and 200 trees. Almost guilt free chocolate? We think so!

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This weekend why not try a new recipe? Our current office favourite, from our Duchy Originals Cookbook, is a rich, extremely more-ish stew guaranteed to warm your heart on these cold winter days. It is a thoroughly British alternative to the classic Boeuf Bourguignon and includes our ever-popular Duchy Originals Ale alongside some hot horseradish dumplings which pack quite a punch!

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Thaw out from our current cold snap by trying some of our current favourite soups; try our Fresh Beetroot Soup with Dill - not only do we love its look-at-me colour, but we also love its distinctive full-bodied, full-on beetroot taste - dunk some chunks of our Oaten Bread in for some soup and bread heaven. If beetroots aren't your thing try our Fresh Spinach Soup With Nutmeg & Sage, it's a smooth textured blend of wholesome spinach with just a light seasoning of nutmeg and sage - pure and simple, or, if you're missing all those Christmas parsnips, try our Fresh Parsnip Soup with Ginger which we think perfectly combines the sweet distinctive flavour of parsnips with warm ginger. If that doesn't warm you up nothing will!

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This Christmas discover the succulent texture and rich, meaty flavour of a Duchy Originals Organic Free Range Bronze Turkey. Our birds are reared by Paul Kelly on his farm in Essex, where they are free to roam the pastures during the day and sleep in open barns filled with deep straw at night. Slow growing Bronze turkeys produce a plumper carcass which keeps the meat wonderfully succulent and tender during roasting. We think that once you've tasted a Duchy Originals Organic Bronze Turkey, you'll be a fan for life! You can buy Duchy Originals Organic Turkeys online from Ocado and from Sainsburys stores.

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Our delicious Duchy Originals Miniature Mince Pies have been named 'Best Buy' by Guardian.co.uk. The miniature pies of pastry and Christmas mincemeat heaven were praised for their 'rich and buttery' pastry and 'plump' mincemeat. Buy our mince pies at Waitrose and taste for yourself!

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This Christmas we have 50 organic geese, reared by the award winning Amiss family in Devon, available to buy exclusively through our website. These truly free range birds are hatched and reared on organic cereal based feed and lay in spring and summer before being prepared for the Christmas market in December. Our Duchy geese are deliciously tender and promise to be the main attraction at your Christmas lunch. Click here to read more and order your Duchy Originals Goose in time for Christmas

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Grab your wellies, roll up your sleeves and start digging with Duchy! We've launched a range of organic seeds so you can grow all your favourite vegetables and herbs organically at home, or on your allotment, with the satisfaction of knowing exactly where your food has come from!

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We're celebrating after winning two prestigious GOLD awards at The Great Taste Awards 2008! We won a gold award for our Apple & Blackcurrant Pies and another for our Wholegrain Mustard with Honey. Our organic Apple & Blackcurrant Pies are made at our bakery in Cornwall using the finest organic ingredients. They are free from any artificial additives or preservatives and team organic dessert apples with sharp and tangy whole blackcurrants. We suggest that you serve them hot or cold with organic creamy custard, Cornish clotted cream or ice cream. You can buy our award-winning pies at Waitrose. Our other gold medal winner is made using mustard seeds which are grown at the Duchy Home Farm at Highgrove before being taken down the road to Tracklements, the Wiltshire producer who makes all our

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Raise a glass and toast English Wine Week (24th May to 1st June) with a glass of our Duchy Originals English Sparkling Wine!

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