Why Shop Locally?

  1. Enjoy fresh, tasty food
  2. Lower your ‘Food Miles’ 
  3. Reduce your ‘Carbon Footprint’
  4. Reduce waste
  5. Reduce packaging 
  6. Experience the diversity of local and unique products
  7. Support your local economy
  8. Know where your food comes from 
  9. Fewer additives and preservatives 
  10. Eat healthier produce

Win everything you need for Christmas!

KEEP your eyes peeled for the ‘Big G’ at a show near you this summer for your chance to win a £500 hamper. The competition will run at each of the food festivals that the member farm shops attend throughout the year, including the Newent Onion Fayre, Moreton Show, Frampton Country Fair, Forest Food Showcase and the New Country Fair.

Gloucestershire Farm Shops members will be there offering some of the freshest and finest produce that the county has to offer and to answer any questions you may have about what is being grown and made near you.

By visiting the ‘Big G’ stand at any of these events, you can enter the raffle and be in with the chance to win a the big prize, wrapping up all your Christmas expenses into one big hamper. This will contain something from all of the farm shops and include a free range turkey, locally grown tree, ham, veg, beef, puddings, cheeses, cakes and chutneys - everything you could possibly need to get through the festive season.