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Swindon Local Food Directory 2008
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Sources of local food
Coleshill Organics
Local organic farm offering a fruit and veg box scheme
Midcounties Co-op
Our local Co-Op, includes their Local Harvest - promoting local food.
Purton House Farm
Local organic farm offering a fruit and veg box scheme
Swindon Pulse
Wholefood co-operative in Swindon centre
Farmers Markets
A list of farmers markets in Swindon and Wiltshire
Related web resources
BigBarn
Resource for finding local food producers by postcode or map. Also seasonal recipes, food articles.
CPRE Local Food Campaign
Food Climate Research Network
Farmer’s Markets (national web site)
LocalFoodWorks – Why Go Local?
“Exists to foster sustainable local food systems through the development of local food networks”
Scarborough Local Food Group
Excellent web site. Publish a free leaflet, ‘Scarborough Local Food Guide’. (Where to source locally, buy locally and eat locally in Scarborough and the surrounding area.) Good list of links here too.
The Soil Association
Leading organic food organisation in the UK.
Sustain, the alliance for better food and farming
Their most relevant project is Sustainable Food Chains.
Thames Valley Farmers Market Co-Op
Veg box recipes and find a farm
http://vegbox-recipes.co.uk/index.php