I believe local producers of food and drink are what makes an area special. I try to celebrate these people, and places, where I live and where ever I visit. Just remember they may be harder to find, its not like they have a huge advertising budget, but you won’t be disappointed.
Check out my 1 min Vlog on local producers.
How to find local producers
Some places to find new food and drink producers where you live;
- Farm Drop – connecting customers with farmers on a platform that is like online supermarket shopping and with delivery.
- The details of your local farmers market (UK only). Or maybe you want to see if the town you are visiting has one.
- Take a walk in your local area, go down roads not on your normal route, you’ll be amazed what you find!
My local
My favourite local producer at home is the E5 Bakehouse, an East London institution, their sour dough “Hackney Wild” bread is hard to beat. Oh, and they have cake 🙂
Putting it into practice
Later in the year this post was originally written Mr LGD and I got to put our love of local food into practice. We ran a small charity supper club with the theme of local food.
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Rosie (@greenrosielife)
I love this vlog and you are so right. If we could all shift some of what we spend to the pockets of small local producers and away from the mega corporations we would help so many people and the planet as a whole. Even things like holidays – you mention Trip Advisor which is great for getting ideas but if you are looking to book a holiday then do try and search out the owner direct and that way neither you nor they will have to pay booking fees or commission and you will be helping a small, often family run business.
Popping by from Zero Waste Heroes! and hoping you might link this post to my Going Green linky ?