Growing Together: Shaping a Northern Agroecological Food Future
Luke Neve, North of England Regional Coordinator for Better Food Traders, reflects on his time at the Northern Food and Farming meeting in May 2025.
Category: Inspiration
Guest blog – Claire Carter on championing local, sustainable food for a better future
As a UK-based Sustainable Food Blogger, I help people make small, practical changes to their eating habits that add up to a big impact. With
Better Food Traders at ORFC 2024
Better Food Trader members seemed to be everywhere we went in Oxford this year – a testament to both our growing membership and the draw
Fridge or Bust: How Barra Organics Glavanised Their Community
Really encouraging news from our member Barra Organics, who successfully harnessed the support of their local community in Sheffield to save their business. Barra Organics
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
Food for Thought
Seven ways to connect with nature, nourish your body and support local food production beyond the Covid-19 pandemic Phil Haughton is the Founder of Better
Five reasons to subscribe for a veg box
As autumn draws in and we start to feel a chill in the air, lots of people across the country decide to opt in for
Sarah Green’s Organics: a small farm success story
Sarah Green’s Organics is a family run organic horticultural enterprise in Tillingham, Essex.  Sarah’s the third generation of Greens to have farmed in Tillingham, and
New routes to better markets
New routes to better markets for farmers and growers Whilst Brexit is forcing a rethink of a crucial portion of most UK farm incomes –
Tips for building a new food system
The Kindling Trust have compiled a handy a run down of tools, examples and organisations that could become the foundations for a thriving sustainable food