Food

We love sustainably produced, local and seasonal food because it's better for the special places we look after, better for the environment and tastes better too

Get involved at your special place — Volunteer working in the garden at Canons Ashby

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Coastal dishes

Smoked mackerel fishcake roll

A summer recipe using seasonal mackerel. Perfect served with chips, potatoes or salad.

National Trust dressed crab with beetroot, garpefruit and radish salad

Dressed crab with beetroot, grapefruit and radish

Fancy a taste of crab? Try this recipe from our development chef, Clive Goudercourt.

Courgette growing in the vegetable garden at Florence Court, Co Fermanagh, Northern Ireland — So many fruits and vegetables come into season during June, like these delicious courgettes

What's in season: June

Summer fruits are ripe, and elderflower makes a great ingredient in desserts or wine. Strawberries, cucumber, spinach and courgettes are among to other fruit and veg coming into season.

See the best produce of June

Sustainable foodies

National Trust tenant crab fisherman Steve Harrison fishing off the Llyn Peninsula

Life as a crab fisherman

Fresh, dressed crab is soon to be on the menu at our cafes in Wales, courtesy of our tenants Steve and Natalie Harrison. Find out what makes this family-run business so special.

Visitors sitting outside the cafe at Standen House, West Sussex

Food for Life Served Here

We've received the Soil Association’s Bronze Food for Life Served Here Award. Recognising our commitment to serving local, fresh and honest food made using ethical and sustainable ingredients.