Reverse the Anti-Social Food Trend with BigBarn
The BigBarn is committed to reversing today's anti-social trend of the UK food industry. This trend towards the growing mass production of food, and control of the market by big business and retailers (giving farmers an average of only 9p in every £1 spent on food in the supermarket), is costing small businesses, and many hard-working families considerable hardship.
When milk is cheaper than water in some shops you have to wonder at the production and what is involved.
BigBarn's mission is to reverse this trend by reconnecting consumers with their local producers and encouraging local trade, giving farmers a better deal and consumers fresher, cheaper, accountable food.
We are supporting BigBarn in their mission, to ensure the continuation of small businesses, independent farmers and, more importantly, more quality and choice for the individual consumer.
Today's anti-social food industry trend is resulting in: -
- Small farms going out of business
- Small rural shops and post offices closing
- Decreasing access to fresh food
- Food being produced for shelf life and not flavour
- Excess animal movement
- Too many additives in food, hidden behind a label
- 'Staple food' costs actually rising as middle men and retailer margins increase
- Increasing consumption of ready meals
- Increased reliance on oil as specialist farms move away from mixed farming
BigBarn reverses this trend by promoting local food producers as icons on post code specific maps, accessed through the internet. It allows small, struggling, rural, producers to sell direct and get a better price. And consumers access to cheaper, fresh, seasonal, accountable, food.
It also reduces food miles, increases food knowledge and farm diversity and boosts local rural economies and those communities.
Check out your postcode today at www.bigbarn.co.uk