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joanne
Joined: 28 Oct 2004
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Location: Morecambe, Lancashire
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Nick
Joined: 02 Nov 2004
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NorthernMonkeyGirl
Joined: 10 Apr 2011
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Location: Peeping over your shoulder
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Not heard of this before, is there some way to check if there's one locally before signing up? |
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Nick
Joined: 02 Nov 2004
Posts: 33798
Location: Hereford
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sean
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Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 41834
Location: North Devon
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Good luck with it. |
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Mistress Rose
Joined: 21 Jul 2011
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Good luck. If you can make a go of it and keep the costs down it could be a really good way to get people connected to their local producers. |
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Barefoot Andrew
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Joined: 21 Mar 2007
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Location: In the 17th century
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Good luck Jo.
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Nick
Joined: 02 Nov 2004
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Location: Hereford
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https://www.farmdrop.co.uk
Looks similar, and there's one near me...
It's technology bringing producers and customers together, and removing the inconvenience some find at markets, or farm shops. Anything that helps can't be bad. |
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joanne
Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 7086
Location: Morecambe, Lancashire
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And we launch tomorrow! It's been a couple of lovely months visiting producers and chatting to some lovely folk followed by the last 2 days of alot of stress but we've made it and tomorrow evening sees us launch.
I just hope people come along and see what we've got to offer, I did a veggie run to pilling today to pick up some amazing produce for the venue to turn into tasting samples, Uchiki Kuri onion squash, leeks, shallots, spinach, rocket, tuscan cabbage, potatoes all grown in Pilling or in the Vale of York, super local, superb quality and a delight to see.
We also have a variety of producers making everything from fresh filled pasta, speciality soups, wonderful sourdough bread, local honey, gluten free cakes and more
It's had it's highs and lows, my meat,dairy and cheese producer (all the same) pulled out on Monday telling me that they were too busy and my mead producer as well pulled citing distance but I'm hopeful I can soon get new producers on board |
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Cathryn
Joined: 16 Jul 2005
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Location: Ceredigion
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Sounds good, I wonder if it will happen here. |
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sean
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Location: North Devon
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| Cathryn wrote: |
| Sounds good, I wonder if it will happen here. |
Jo could give you some tips on setting one up...
Good luck Jo.  |
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Ty Gwyn
Joined: 22 Sep 2010
Posts: 3981
Location: Lampeter
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| Cathryn wrote: |
| Sounds good, I wonder if it will happen here. |
There was a Transition Town market set up in Lampeter 12/18 mths back,run by the people behind Denmark farm who i believe run the Health shop in Lampeter. |
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Mistress Rose
Joined: 21 Jul 2011
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Good luck with it. If it works, you won't have a problem getting new producers in. |
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wellington womble
Joined: 08 Nov 2004
Posts: 14939
Location: East Midlands
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I have long held sway that this sort of thing should be in the village pub. It would keep the pubs open (which have to be staffed anyway for long, convenient hours) and save busy people (who are the ones with money) having to trek out to farm shops. Personally, I rather like trekking out to farm shops, but I'm not exactly target audience. If you could plant the post office and a very basic shop in there as well, a small village would have a significant amenity, boost the income to the landlord and reduce stuffing costs to all three.
Our village pub is for sale. |
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Nick
Joined: 02 Nov 2004
Posts: 33798
Location: Hereford
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But does it have stuffing costs? |
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