Farms to Feed Us
We exist to tell the real stories of agriculture. Since the dawn of Covid-19 lockdown in the UK, Farms to Feed Us has been run by a small team of dedicated volunteers. With your support, we will be able to continue our important work - nurturing a greater appreciation of the many ways in which farms feed us, and revitalising the image of food production as a source of beauty, health and fulfilment.
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Our nationwide database connects small-scale, sustainable food producers to their communities—both near and far.
Who feeds you?
Our farmers, growers, dairies, fishers, bakers, winemakers and other suppliers work hard every day to care for us all—to nourish us, to tend to the land, and to support their communities. It’s time to return the favour: using this database is one way you can show your support during this challenging time.
Regenerative agriculture heals our tired soils and cares for our neglected ecosystems. Human-scale farming based on relationships and respect rather than just profit and expansion helps our communities to grow and allows diversity to flourish.
The better we know our farmers and our fishers, the healthier we, and our food system, will be.
The Crisis and Beyond
Farms to Feed Us was born out of a crisis.
Producers who, before the lock-down, exclusively supplied restaurants have had to completely redesign their businesses to adapt to the changing situation. This database is their route to market—connecting them directly with eaters in their backyards and all around the country.
Now that the lockdown is easing once again, we want to help the maintain the connections that have developed between farmers and consumers during this time of upheaval. This crisis can be a turning point for the food system: this is our opportunity to show the world there is another way.
If you are a farmer, grower, dairy, baker, winemaker, fisher or other producer and would like to list your business and get involved, please submit your details here.
Earlier this year, we wrote about the derogation of neonicotinoid thiamethoxam, an EU-banned pesticide, for the sugar beet industry in England. The government cancelled the derogation last week. Here we have Catherine Chong, our co-founder, a climate economist and global sustainability advisor, to help us understand what’s at play and find out more about what Neonicotinoids can do to our food, heath and ecosystems.