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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…
The Power of Positive Marketing

Our food system – the way we produce, eat and buy food – is the single greatest threat to the health of our planet.
Do Better Food

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…
Tips from the experts on how to make the most of your fruit and veg

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…
“We’re not unique, thankfully.” An interview with Regather, a sustainable food hub in Sheffield

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…
Five ways your veg bag membership helps cool the planet

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…
Good to Grow Day – reconnecting communities with food growing

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…
Veg Box Recipes: Let’s get the UK cooking with seasonal veg!

Better Food Traders are part of the new Food Data Collaboration Interoperability Project funded by The National Lottery Community Fund that starts today on 21st…
Joining the dots of a better supply chain

A new digital map that shows locations across the UK, including shops, market stalls and veg box pick up spots, where people can buy locally…
A new digital map shows where to buy ethical veg across the UK

Tash: Project Leader Back in Autumn 2021 when the Better Food Traders team saw the chance of getting a big gang of our member businesses…
The Better Food Traders team at Oxford Real Farming Conference 2022
