‘Every time we buy food, our choices shape farms and nature and communities somewhere in the world.’ Professor Jules Pretty 2004

By buying local you:

• Benefit from fresher and tastier food
  
• Get real value for money
  
• Lower food miles thereby helping the environment
  
• Encourage sustainable food production
  
• Support a way of life for the small producer by providing traders with a more profitable route to market
  
• Help sustain the rural economy
  
• Encourage a sense of community between buyer and seller, town and country