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New Eye Catching look for High Barn Oils Products
Monday 18 August 2008
Our bottles and containers now have a fresh new look designed by our good friend and graphic designer John Sleight. Here at High Barn Oils it was felt that the time had come for a change to our look, so we called upon John to work his artistic magic. John has reproduced the fabulous painting that adorns our office wall with kind permission from artist Tony Mercier.
Tony painted this wonderful picture of the Flax field at St.Meryn in Cornwall and Farmer Durwin Banks felt that the painting would create an eye catching connection with the Pods and bottled Oil for our customers. …
High Barn Oils Open Day 28th September 2008
Monday 7 July 2008
Come and Visit Us!
High Barn Oils will be holding it’s annual open day on the 28th September 2008. Why not come along and learn about how this wonderful golden oil makes it’s journey from a small seed in the ground to the beautiful sea of blue in the fields, and finally to the delicious bottled oil we sell. …
Omega 3 Farmer Catches Environmental Wave
Thursday 1 March 2007
A linseed farmer from Sussex has struck on a novel angle to promote his vegetarian Omega 3 oil, using… fish.
Two cartoon cod star in a light-hearted ad campaign from High Barn Oils, urging shoppers to save the oceans by switching from Omega 3 fish oils to its plant-based alternative. …
Pop a VegePod
Wednesday 1 February 2006
UK growers High Barn Oils has launched a new Linseed Oil Vege Pod for non-meat eaters looking for an Omega 3 kick.
Available from this month (September), the “Pure Oil Dinner” capsules – known as Pods – are made using a plant-based shell and carry the Vegan Society’s stamp of approval…
Sex, Food and Rock'n'roll
Tuesday 1 November 2005
“If sex really can sell anything, why not food?” asks farmer Durwin Banks, who is setting out to change life between the covers at the biggest sex show in Europe this week (Nov 17th – 20th).
What is a farmer doing going to Erotica? What has food got to do with sex?…
Oil-fired Runners Join Marathon
Sunday 16 October 2005
The tiny village of Barns Green will lay claim to being the “home of Omega 3” this Sunday when a group of veterans joins the annual half marathon, running under local farmer Durwin Banks’ colours.
Mr Banks, who produces linseed oil rich in the “wonder fat” Omega 3 at Muntham Home Farm, is sponsoring 40-somethings Piers Van-Mol, Peter Bird and David Smith to run for the British Heart Foundation…
Oil's Well as England Regains the Ashes
Friday 16 September 2005
Linseed oil might have helped England’s batting at The Oval last week, but it’s possible we’d have brought the Ashes home a whole lot sooner if the oil had been used to nourish team members and not just their wood!
Each of the 11 victorious players and captain Michael Vaughan has received a pot of linseed oil capsules and a warm message of congratulation from Sussex-based High Barn Oils, as the company’s Durwin Banks used a rare occasion of national pride to drive home a serious message…
Linseed Oil is a Knock-out!
If it did it for Oscar-winner Hilary Swank, it can do it for you! Thursday 1 September 2005
The knock-out star of Clint Eastwood’s box office hit, Million Dollar Baby, making its TV premier this week on Sky, attributes her phenomenal performance to Linseed Oil, which comes as no surprise to English grower Durwin Banks of High Barn Oils who will be bringing his power-packed oil to Fitness Expo 2005.
“Hilary’s performance proves you can look good and feel great if you pay attention to your diet. Pure Linseed is rich in the polyunsaturated fats Omega s 3, 6 and 9 and it’s this unique natural combination of essential fatty acids that keeps the body beautiful inside and out,” says Banks. …
Trading Standards and Medicines Rules Force Linseed Rebrand
Thursday 1 September 2005
Farmer-owned High Barn Oils has repackaged its best-selling linseed oil products in response to Trading Standards and Medicines Authority edicts that ban making medical claims for foods.
With its high Omega 3 value, High Barn Oils’ Linseed Oil is one of the best ways of ensuring the body is getting enough of the essential fatty acid missing from many Western diets, but no reference to how it can aid in the treatment of specific health problems can now be made on leaflets and labels, …
Farmer Fights Linseed Ruling
Monday 4 April 2005
A Sussex farmer who produces Omega 3-rich linseed for human consumption has lost the first round in a fight to keep his farm-pressed oil VAT-free.
In a ruling that apparently flies in the face of government health policy, which urges consumers to increase their intake of the essential fatty acid Omega 3, Customs and Excise decided that linseed oil was not a food and therefore attracted a 171/2% bonus for the chancellor…
Highbarn Oils at the BBC Good Food Show
Gourmet Oil Fresh from the Farm Wednesday 1 December 2004
High Barn Oils’ farm-pressed linseed oil will be tempting health conscious shoppers at the BBC Good Food Show in Birmingham (Nov 24-28).
Packaged for the first time in elegant, culinary glass bottles, the Omega 3 rich oil with its unique, nutty taste peps up salads when used as a base for delicious herby dressings and gives smoothies and yoghurts a healthy kick…
Leather, Latex and... Linseed
Highbarn Oils at Erotica Show at Olympia Friday 1 October 2004
A farmer who successfully diversified his business, thanks to a government grant, will be taking his home-grown, home-pressed erotic oil to the biggest sex show in the country.
Durwin Banks, from Barns Green, Horsham, West Sussex, will be among 200 exhibitors taking part in November’s Erotica at Olympia which attracts more than 80,000 ‘free thinkers’ in search of saucy stimulants.
Helping to promote High Barn Oils’ linseed oil, which is credited with impressive aphrodisiac qualities, will be page three stunner Star and fellow nude model Tori who feature in a racy postcard campaign intended to shoot linseed into the top league for enhanced libido…
Fats of Life
Thursday 1 January 2004
An attempt by a farmer to condense into a few short pages all you need to know about fats to feed the body for health.
The conflicting and partisan advice served up to us confuses many and disappoints others when this miracle diet or that exercise regime does not work. Here, I invite you to look at the body in a different way and strike at the root of avoidable problems. Your body is basically a chemical factory, albeit a very complicated one, driven by a very simple food system that has not changed dramatically since the Stone Age…
Think About Your Body in a Different way with High Barn Oils
Ageing, Inflammation, Allergies, Hormones, Omega 3 and 6 Thursday 1 January 2004
Is there a simple way to look at what™s going on? Ageing begins at day one. Eating is the biggest single thing we do to our bodies during our lives and we need to think about food and its impact on the body in a different way. These notes will paint a picture for you to bear in mind all through life and to help you to eat properly thereby reducing many kinds of illness.
It is reasonable to say that most allergies and many illnesses are the result of inflammation, reactions to foods and events to which the body has no immediate solution or sometimes even long term ability to heal itself. We are a complex chemical factory designed to thrive on simple food. This food enables the body to make myriads of chemicals to keep us running, it follows that the wrong food interferes with this smooth running and leads to disease…
Horses and Feeding Oil
Thursday 1 January 2004
Horses, like us, need oil but why and what sort of oil should we use?
Cell membranes of living creatures are made from oils and fats and these are known as essential fatty acids. The two major types are Omega 6 and Omega 3. For good health these fats need to be in balance. The horses natural diet provides almost equal levels of Omega 6 and Omega 3…
