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‘Real’ Farm Shops

Posted: 17/12/2009

farmaA little late this week, but I blame Christmas for that – where did all those customers come from?!

We heard last week that Rumwell Farm Shop, Taunton is the first shop in the UK to receive The Genuine Own And Local (GOAL) certificate from the Farmers’ Retail & Markets Association (FARMA).

The accreditation is awarded to shops selling their own farm produce, (more…)

Lack of funding for UK food businesses

Posted: 10/12/2009

export_stampIf you are a regular reader of this blog, you may have noticed I missed a week last week, I think for the first time since I started! Unfortunately I was struck down with the dreaded swine flu caught on the plane on the way back from Shanghai. But, of course, the Chinese have not got swine flu in their nation, they say. Yeah right! If you haven’t had the illness yet I do recommend you get vaccinated particularly (more…)