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

Snowshill allotment comes to life in summer — The allotment comes to life in summer

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Mel and Jonty Brunyee with two sheep at Conygree Farm — Farming for Nature award-winners Mel and Jonty Brunyee

Fine Farm Produce Awards 2017

Read the list of winners of The Fine Farm Produce Awards, recognising the very best farm food producers from our 1,500 tenant farmers and estates.

Find out who won

National Trust Cookery Theatre at BBC Countryfile Live

Join us as at the Farmyard Cookery Theatre at BBC Countryfile Live this August 3-6, to see live demonstrations from some of the country’s best-loved chefs.

See all sessions

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.

Strawberries for sale at the Brockhampton Estate — Strawberries are at their peak in July

What's in season: July

Strawberries straight from the plant are best in July, and in the garden it's time to do plenty of watering as summer reaches its height.

July's garden bounty

Step into summer

Panzanella

A fresh and vibrant salad for the summer, ideal when using home-grown tomatoes - especially heritage varieties.

Peach and seed flapjack

Try this new twist on our classic bake. It's perfect for a picnic with friends and family.

Puddings

Berry tart

This delicious tart is packed with the taste of summer, whatever time of the year it is.

A taste of summer

Salmon and summer vegetable salad — Tuck into a lunch of salmon and summer vegetable salad

Recipes round-up

We love food and we've got some great recipes to prove it. Take a look through all of our recipes for some culinary inspiration.

Browse recipes

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.