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North Yorkshire food company’s green herb production unit featured on national TV

Wed 6 Oct

JB Gill and HECK's vertical farm

Wed 6 Oct 2021  @ 4:42pm
David Dunning
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North Yorkshire food company HECK is appearing on This Week on the Farm on Channel 5 tonight.

The programme, a celebration of farming and British producers, sees roving reporter, JB Gill, spend the day at the Bedale-based food firm’s futuristic vertical farm.

He’s been learning about the hi-tech growing method and then growing fresh basil, before going on to help make delicious ‘veg with edge’ bangers in the HECK kitchens.

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JB Gill & HECK’s Andrew Keeble

JB Gill said: “It was great to visit HECK and see how a traditional farming family is now really investing in the future and being at the cutting edge of great tasting food.

“I really enjoyed it and learnt a huge amount”.

HECK! co-founder, Andrew Keeble, said: “It was fantastic to host JB. We currently import 10,000 tonnes of basil from Spain each year, so the vertical farm immediately eliminates a huge amount of food miles.

“We are farmers turned producers but now we’re able to look to the future of agriculture. There are huge benefits to vertical farming – no pesticides or herbicides, less water, no transport, less food waste, higher production, better shelf life – the list is endless.

“Our aim is to be able to produce a wide range of leafy veg and herbs that we can use across the range, delivering tasty flavours from farm, to factory, to plate.”

The £100,000 vertical farm allows the company to grow herbs and micro-greens that can be mixed straight into HECK’s popular ‘veg with edge’ vegan range. 

HECK was founded in 2012 and produces both meat and vegan sausages. An average of 50,000 vegan sausages are made every day. That’s almost 13 million vegan sausages rolling off the production every year!


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