NORTH Yorkshire egg producer Chippindale Foods has announced that its branded free-range eggs are now fully sourced from bee-friendly farms in the region.

The Flaxby-based company has designed new yellow-and-black striped shelf packaging for the regional brand to help raise awareness of the company’s campaign to support the British bumblebee.

Chippindale launched its Bee Friendly Farm Scheme three years ago, in partnership with the Bumblebee Conservation Trust, to create pollen and nectar rich habitats at new and existing egg production sites.

The growth of the project has created more than 16 acres of bee habitat across nine bee-friendly free-range poultry farms, which now produce enough eggs to supply the entire Yorkshire egg brand.

Managing director Nick Chippindale said the firm was on target to source 40 per cent of its free-range eggs across all its brands from bee-friendly farms by the end of 2017.