Farm Shop

Making money from your rural enterprise

  • Farm Shops Defy Recession

    20 July 2009 News
    A growing appetite for local food is triggering a sales boom at farm shops across Britain as more people seek an alternative to the bland aisles of their local supermarket, reveals FARMA.

  • Farm Shop Direct

    13 July 2009 News
    53% of the population now buy food from farm shops, farmers' markets, pick-your-own and box schemes, says a report from FARMA.

  • Toast To Success

    06 July 2009 Farm Shop
    Following a successful first year in business, Steve Croot at Croots Farm Shop & Kitchen, in Duffield, Derbyshire, talks about celebrations and success

  • Rural Farm Shop Rockets To Fame

    26 May 2009 News
    A new line of homemade, pre-prepared main meals at a farm shop in North Wales has scooped a total of 17 awards at this year's North Wales Awards for Innovation and Excellence in Meat Products.

  • Top North East Farm Shops Unite

    09 December 2008 News
    The newly created Farmers' Retail & Markets Association (FARMA) North East Business Club will help member farm shops benefit from each other's ideas and experience.

  • Taste Of Success For Chatsworth Farm Shop

    18 November 2008 News
    Chatsworth Farm Shop has been named Farm Retailer of the Year and Best On-Farm Butchery at the FARMA Local Food Awards 2008 – 2009.

  • Animal Welfare Means Everyone’s A Winner

    28 October 2008 News
    The RSPCA Good Business Awards, that recognise companies with top animal welfare policies, have honoured retail store, Pepperfield Farm, for the second year running.

  • Brockleby’s Rewarded For Local Support

    14 October 2008 News
    Brockleby's Farm Shop has picked up the Best Local Retailer category at the Keep Trade Local Awards, organised by the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB).

  • Against The Grain

    30 May 2008 Farm Shop
    Brockleby's Farm Shop owner, Ian Jalland, explains why supporting Coeliac Awareness Week was an easy decision

  • South West Shops Fight Climate Change

    15 October 2007 News
    Delicatessens, farm shops and many other retailers signed up to last month's Climate Friendly Fortnight to help shrink the country's foodprint.

  • Paying The Price

    31 July 2007 Farm Shop
    In this month's deli diary, Rob Ward muses on whether high prices are a help or a hindrance

  • Business: Budget Fails Small Businesses

    21 March 2007 Delicatessen
    The chancellor, Gordon Brown has today delivered a political budget, doing little but create more red tape for small businesses to deal with, according to the Forum of Private Business.
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