A north Pembrokeshire farm has juiced more than 11,000 bottles of apple juice.

Clynfyw Care Farm in Abercych has been providing a community apple juicing service since 2014.

The initiative has grown each year, culminating in last year's total of more than 11,000 bottles for around 170 different people.

Jim Bowen from Clynfyw said: "It's a simple system.

"People bring their apples in, we juice, pasteurise and bottle them, and then they can enjoy the juice for up to a year.

"It is really hard to keep apples fresh and stop them rotting, but by juicing the apples, the goodness is stored and nothing goes to waste."

The only issue, according to Mr Bowen, is that they have been 'swamped by the numbers of people asking us to juice for them.'

The farm is home to 10 adults with learning disabilities and a day service for around 25 others, who participate in various farm-based projects.

These include vegetable growing, vermicompost making, charcoal production in the summer, and apple juicing in the autumn.

However, this year, the wet spring, low bee population, and early September winds have resulted in fewer apples needing juicing.

Mr Bowen said: "In past years we would have made a couple of thousand bottles by now, but we have barely done a thousand.

"The trees have far fewer apples, and the apples themselves are tiny.

"It is a real worry, not just for apple trees, but all the soft fruits and other seasonal crops too."

He attributes this to the impact of climate breakdown in Europe, which is evident from the floods linked to Storm Boris in the east, and the fires in Portugal and Spain.

Mr Bowen said: "We set up this scheme to help with local food security and reducing the carbon footprint of the food we eat.

"We've been shocked by the impact we've seen this year.

"And it's not just us.

"This is replicated all over the place, impacting not just human food chains, but our whole ecosystem.

"There is a lot at stake.

"We are seriously worried about the future and how our communities will cope with less locally grown food around, and how our wildlife will fare too."

Clynfyw's apple juice service is open until the end of October.

Anyone who has apple trees and would like to access the service, can call 01239 841236.

They are also writing a book about innovative, inclusive land use in a climate emergency.

Anyone who would like to contribute to it, can email jim.clynfyw@gmail.com.