Pet Food with a Difference
Burns Pet Nutrition, the innovative
and low-carbon pet-food company in Kidwelly, Carmarthenshire, has
three steel-framed buildings from Shufflebottom.
The latest construction, following two multi-purpose buildings,
is a cold store for vegetables, 40ft by 120ft in six 20ft bays, and
5.425m to the eaves. The store has steel spill plates and eaves
closures, and 3m high concrete panels, 145mm thick, all around the
perimeter. The steelwork, roof cladding and side cladding are
green, to blend into the landscape.
The vegetable store is at 330-acre Penlan Farm, where
sustainable crop rotations, high standards of animal welfare, and
wildlife conservation are all important priorities.
The farm, owned by Burns Pet Nutrition founder, veterinary
surgeon John Burns and his wife Tegwen, supplies free-range eggs,
vegetables and spring water for inclusion in the pet foods range.
Wheat to feed the chickens that lay the eggs is also grown on the
farm. The latest pet food launch, at Crufts Dog Show in March 2010,
is the Penlan Farm range of three moist dog foods.
Pictured: the vegetable store with its cooling unit, and two
views of one of the multi-purpose buildings.