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Where Next After Boxmaster?
For many of our members, one of the biggest challenges of 2022 has been how to respond to Boxmaster’s announcement that they will soon cease …
Surviving and Thriving: Business Support Week
We are excited to announce that bookings for our Business Support Week in January have opened! If you’re a Better Food Trader member, you can …
The power of positive marketing: desperate times need not mean desperate measures
Better Food Trader Project Leader, Julia Kirby-Smith, argues it’s positive marketing that will help you gain and retain customers and members. Negative marketing is a …
Do Better Food
Our food system – the way we produce, eat and buy food – is the single greatest threat to the health of our planet.
Tips from the experts on how to make the most of your fruit and veg
With the cost of food going up daily, it’s more important than ever to make sure we make the most of every mouthful of locally …
“We’re not unique, thankfully.” An interview with Regather, a sustainable food hub in Sheffield
Hattie Hammans, in her role with City University’s Food Research Collaboration, spoke to Better Food Trader member Regather, a sustainable food hub in Sheffield. They …
Five ways your veg bag membership helps cool the planet
The latest blog from Better Food Trader member Growing Communities gives five excellent reasons to sign up for a veg bag membership and shows us …
Good to Grow Day – reconnecting communities with food growing
Many of Better Food Trader’s network of small ethical fruit and veg retailers not only sell food, but grow it too. In the lead up …
Veg Box Recipes: Let’s get the UK cooking with seasonal veg!
Spring is in the air. Warmer weather and longer days are just around the corner and farmers are sowing seeds for the abundance of delicious …