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

Formby asparagus spears — The asparagus spears at Formby - at the core of our landscape

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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.

Visitors looking at asparagus growing in the Kitchen Garden in June at Beningbrough Hall, North Yorkshire — Britain is home to the best asparagus in the world

What's in season: May

Britain has the best asparagus in the world, and May is the month when it really comes into season. It's also time to start moving young plants outside to harden up.

Explore what May has to offer in the garden

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.