A summary of Better Food Traders 2025 Annual Gathering
The Better Food Traders Annual Gathering 2025 brought together ethical food retailers, growers and campaigners committed to transforming the way we produce and sell food in the UK. The event served as a dynamic space for sharing knowledge, building relationships, and strengthening our collective impact on the food system.
We were thrilled to host 70 people from a range of businesses and community organisations across the UK, including bakers, shop-keepers, veg scheme managers, logistics coordinators, wholesalers, food producers, growers, campaigners, community organisers, researchers, and a Sheffield Council representative.
Find out about the key insights from the day, plus reflections from attendees and what we at Better Food Traders are taking forward in our own work.
➡️ BFT Annual Gathering Summary
Whether you’re part of a food co-op, a veg box scheme, or a mission-driven food retailer, we hope this summary offers useful takeaways to support your business. If you’re an organisation supporting the grassroots, we hope this summary provides insight that can help us work together to strengthen the better food, farming and retail sector.
“It was fantastic to workshop solutions with other individuals/organisations coming from a wide variety of backgrounds and working models. Collaboration feels key to making progress in growing the better food movement.” – BFT Member
