Ant is on Radio 4’s Food Programme this Sunday, for the third time. And BigBarn has been nominated for this years BBC Radio 4 Food & Farming Awards in the ‘Best Retail Initiative’ for the BigBarn MarketPlace.
Now that over £3b is spent on food online we think we should help local producers take some of this spend. Especially when supermarket online customers are only one click away.
MarketPlace is designed to help any local producer on BigBarn quickly set up an online shop and meet the needs of those of us wanting speciality food or too busy to visit our local supplier. So far 390 of our members have added 7,500 products, from artisan foods like regional cheeses, Isle of Bute Seaweed and Langoustine, to great local beef and bacon. Local because our MarketPlace shows local first, giving the distance from each producer to the user’s postcode.
In time we want to help farmers and retailers team up throughout the country to offer a complete range of fresh local foods in one delivery. And judging by our Cheaper than initiative, hopefully cheaper than the supermarket. Please help us get there by trying out the MarketPlace and voting for it here http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/features/ffa/2009/nominate/. As well as voting in the other categories.
We are very lucky to have so many great food producers in this country. To encourage them, and more farmers to diversify, we simply need to buy and enjoy their produce, so please tell your friends.
To listen again to Ant’s last Radio 4 appearance, click here.