The freshest and most sustainable produced food nearly always comes from local sources, where the consumer has a chance to deal directly with the producer; where shelf-life and cheapness are not the only priorities. The Big Barn website encourages trade and communication between consumers and local producers by helping youto find locally produced food.

?Supermarkets have, for too long, been turning the screw ever tighter on British agriculture to the point where some farmers only receive 9p in every ?1 spent on food in a supermarket.   Through buying more food that has been produced locally, directly from the producer, we have the power to reverse that trend.?

Big Barn believes that the first thing people need when they decide to buy food locally is information. The Big Barn map shows you where your alternatives are. Just enter your postcode they will show you show you a map of your area with all your producers listed on it.

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Robert Winters said:

The big barn website does nothing as claimed. It only shows the very few local producers who are prepared to pay 10 per month to be listed. I did a search and hundreds of local producers where not on it.

July 15, 2007

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