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Bungay dairy farmer to launch third Suffolk shop after buying A12 property

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30.03.2026

Bungay farmer Jonny Crickmore acquired what was the Two Magpies Bake School at Darsham, near Yoxford, last autumn with the aim of creating his biggest farm shop to date.

The shop - which is currently being revamped and fitted out ready for opening around June - lies opposite the Two Magpies café and bakery at Darsham.

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Dairy farmer Jonny Crickmore of Fen Farm Dairy at the 2025 Aldeburgh Food and Drink Festival (Image: Sarah Chambers)

Jonny started with an "honesty" shop on his farm selling his raw, unpasteurised milk from a vending machine.

More recently, he launched a small manned shop on the A140 at the Roy Humphrey Industrial Estate at Eye Airfield.

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The latest shop will still be small but at 8m by 6m about twice the size of his Eye venture.

Around half the space will be for storage and he envisages operating it on the same automated "honesty" basis as the Bungay farm shop with a member of staff on........

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