Latest news from Big Barn and our producers.
Local food is cheaper, fresher, boosts the local economy, encourages more local production and is often more convenient. No doubt why 80% of consumers…
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BBC news today; ‘Supermarket giant Tesco has revealed it threw away almost 30,000 tonnes of food in the first six months of the year. Using its…
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If like many others you hate to see your carefully grown fruit rot on the ground, and can’t find somewhere to juice, here is…
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What a year for courgettes! They seem to all be absolutely enormous and the gardeners and allotment-holders that I speak to seem to be…
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The Squash family are a healthy source of vitamins and minerals including fibre, folate, riboflavin, phosphorus and potassium. They can also aid in the…
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This year there is a bumper Crop of Apples, many falling to the ground and wasted. We see this as a great opportunity…
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Tesco sells dutch pork labelled as British-reared. Horse meat still in the supply chain. Jamie Oliver shows consumers how to save money by buying…
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Government news that kids are going to get free school meals is great for some kids and parents, but please do a proper job,…
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A big welcome to Lucy at the Smallest Smallholding. It is fantastic to see food growing on a small scale with enthusiasm for…
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Tim Keates is a fan of BigBarn and used our local food map to find great food and drink producers for his epic journeys: The…
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Every year we promote sweet corn and how important it is to get really fresh corn on the cob with leaves, rather than the…
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Eat the flowers or fruitAccording to Natural-Home Remedies, zucchini is full of nutrients, good for the heart, prevents an enlarged prostate and has anti-inflammatory…
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What’s in that burger?Are stem cell burgers such a bad idea when we already have GM food, animals factory farmed in appalling conditions, and…
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I noticed fresh onions in the supermarket yesterday priced at the equivalent of £2,000/ton, yet my cousin only got £130/ton for his crop…
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With the world population predicted to grow to 9 billion people, can local food help feed the world? We are told that to feed the…
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