We’ve been trying really hard to hold down prices, but we can’t do it for much longer. Model Farm prices went up in the shop a while ago, and they’ve finally got round to increasing the prices on our websites too. They’ll be adding more low-cost items, we hope, if they can keep supplies available. … Read More

We’ve only just realised that we’d lost the smaller block of mature cheddar – the non-organic one. It’s now back on the site, £3.60 for 200g. Sorry!

I’m afraid they will no longer be doing milk wholesale – the costs of production and delivery are simply too high – so it won’t be available from the hub. You might still find their ice cream in local shops if you’re lucky! They will still be selling milk from the farm gate, if you … Read More

Who Owns Nature? is the title A substantial read. This edition has sections on: Natural Capital – who profits? Food & Farming Noise Access to Land And much more.

If you want to make marmalade, now’s your chance…

There are some Christmas specialities where our producers need longer than the usual 3 days between you placing your order and delivery of your box to our pick up points. This is either because they need longer to cook and decorate, or because they need to order in advance from their suppliers, or where we … Read More

We’ve done a stock take and found a few items that are too close to their best before dates for comfort, so if you search for “special offer” you might find something nice. In particular, there is some unsalted butter, some hazelnuts and some ground almonds that are discounted, and both wholemeal & white bread … Read More

They’re getting back to doing markets and events, and they can’t promise to have the people available to deliver to us. We did know that as things get back to normal they’d be wanting to sell more locally to them – they’re based near Monmouth – and our regular meat suppliers, the Model Farm, are … Read More

YOU DONATED A TOTAL OF £214 for this project, so that was really well worth doing. Thank you all very much! We’re raising money for an innovative project run by Practical Action. They are supporting smallholders in Nepal who are really struggling with “climate weirding” – they are experiencing alternating droughts and floods – using … Read More

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