The first family to bring cold pressed rapeseed oil to the market...

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When the Fairs family bottled their first batch of cold pressed rapeseed oil in 2004 they never envisaged that over a decade later they would be producing 520,000 litres and hillfarm oils would be a growing household name.

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In the beginning

The story began in 2004 when Sam Fairs wanted to explore alternative options for the rapeseed coming off the farm. “At the time, no one in the country was pressing their own rapeseed oil and Sam wanted to explore the opportunity of doing this himself as opposed to selling the seed onto large-scale refineries,” says Sophie.

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