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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

Growing your small ethical food company is an honourable but challenging thing. You’re going up against a profit-driven corporate food system that’s existed since…

Sowing the Seeds: Growing your Sustainable Food Business Network

BUSINESS ADVICE Q&A At our annual gathering 2023 Connect with other radical food retailers, share problems, find solutions and learn from each other Join Us…

Better Food Traders Business Advice Speed Dating

The latest draft text of the COP26 agreement is out and has been pored over by the media and every sector of industry. Amendments have…

The big COP out on farming and agriculture

Last month, we took a look at the National Food Strategy, which offered our Government a comprehensive to-do list for creating a sustainable food…

Agroecology: Planet-friendly farming needs to happen now

Henry Dimbleby released the National Food Strategy Part Two in July, recommending a raft of radical actions that the Government needs to take in…