THE team at a North Yorkshire farm shop and café are celebrating after reaching the final of a regional business award.

Pickering business, Cedarbarn Farm Shop and Café has been shortlisted in the Farm Shop category in the sixth Yorkshire Post Rural Awards.

Cedarbarn co-founder, Mandy Avison said: "We're fourth generation farmers and are proud to grow and rear a large percentage of our farm shop's produce and meat. We're delighted to be in the final and are looking forward to catching up with fellow rural businesses at the dinner."

Cedarbarn Farm Shop and Café faces competition from fellow finalists, Robertshaw's Farm Shop, Farmer Copleys and Drewtons Farm Shop. The team will learn whether they have been successful at an awards ceremony at The Pavilions in Harrogate on Thursday, September 29.

The judges include Charles Mills from Yorkshire Agricultural Society, Sophie McCandlish and Emma Ryan from the Yorkshire Post, farming writer, Chris Berry, and Jennifer Costello from the NFU.