UK Organisations
BuyLocalFood
BuyLocalFood is an online guide that helps consumers find out more about buying local produce in the South East of England.
Contact: http://www.buylocalfood.co.uk/respond/enquiry.asp
Compassion in World Farming (CIWF)
CIWF is a campaign to end factory farming. The web site includes information on which supermarkets carry sustainably-raised turkeys, how to get involved in the international campaign, and educational resources about factory farms.
Contact: http://www.ciwf.org.uk/about/contact.html
Eat the View – Promoting Sustainable Local Produce
This initiative aims to help people make the links between the products they buy and the countryside they cherish. The character of the landscape and the quality of the environment are directly linked to the way the land is used to produce food and other goods. Eat the View helps consumers make the right choice, as their decisions have a big influence on the way land is managed.
Contact: info@countryside.gov.uk
Farm – The independent voice of farmers
Farm is a campaign group, fighting for a sustainable future for farming in the UK. It is a network of sustainable farming activists, uniting farmers, consumers and environmentalists. Farm delivers national public-engaging campaigns on farming issues.
Contact: info@farm.uk.org
Friends of the Earth
Friends of the Earth leads a big international campaign against GM foods. Its "Real Food For All" program promotes sustainable agriculture around the world.
Contact: http://www.foe.org.uk/feedback.html#online
The Food Commission
The Food Commission cares about the food we eat and is committed to ensuring good quality food for all. The Food Commission is a national non-profit organisation campaigning for the right to safe, wholesome food.
Contact: enquiries@foodcomm.org.uk
Local Food Works
Local Food Works fosters sustainable local food systems. It is the web gateway to local food networks across England’s regions. Local Food Works provides information for schools, hospitals and other groups to help you source local and organic produce direct from local farmers.
Contact: adaniel@soilassociation.org
The National Farmers' Retail & Markets Association (FARMA)
FARMA pushes at the forefront of local foods and farm direct sales, encouraging best practice retailing amongst its members. The FARMA strives for excellence and pushes boundaries across the sector with training schemes, certification for farm shops and farmers’ markets, networking and leadership.
On its associated website, Farm Shopping, FARMA lists farms throughout the UK that sell their produce direct.
Contact: justask@farma.org.uk
The Soil Association
The Soil Association is the UK’s leading environmental charity promoting sustainable, organic farming and championing human health. On its associated website, Why Organic? (http://www.whyorganic.org/), the association offers the “organic directory” that lists information and contact details of nearly 2,000 UK organisations supplying organic goods and services. These include retailers, box schemes, farm shops, manufacturers, restaurants and accommodation.
Contact: info@soilassociation.org
Sustain: The Alliance for Better Food and Farming
Sustain: The Alliance for Better Food and Farming advocates food and agriculture policies and practices that enhance the health and welfare of people and animals, improve the working and living environment, enrich society and culture and promote equity. Sustain represents over 100 national public interest organisations working at international, national, regional and local level.
Contact: sustain@sustainweb.org
The Small Farms Association (SFA) – The Voice of the Small Farmer
The Small Farms Association (SFA) is a not-for-profit organisation representing small farmers across the UK. The association was formed in 1997 by a group of farmers who were frustrated by the reluctance of the major farming unions to recognise the concerns and support the needs of the small farmer in their policies and activities.
The Small Farms Association welcomes everyone who is interested in the conservation of the countryside, particularly those who manage their farms in traditional and organic systems.
Contact: mary@small-farms-association.co.uk
UK Agriculture
UK Agriculture’s goals are to advance the education of the public in all aspects of agriculture, the countryside and the rural economy, to promote greater public understanding of the role of agriculture in the countryside, and to conserve and protect for the benefit of the public the countryside as a whole.
Contact: http://www.ukagriculture.com/
