We face a stark choice: more superstores or more local food, shops and jobs linking people with the places and landscapes where we live. The relentless spread of superstores offers a degree of convenience but at the cost of:
Loss of choice as it becomes harder to buy local foods
Loss of jobs as local businesses close
Loss of character, as once distinctive lively town centres become 'clone towns'
Loss of landscape when traditional farming practices are discontinued
Increase in 'food miles', the distance travelled by food from source to our plates
CPRE’s vision is that wherever you live, you should be able to walk into a shop, supermarket or restaurant and find high-quality, affordable local food that:
comes from the nearby countryside
is produced in a way that benefits the environment – or at the very least does not harm it
Photograph above by Andrew Carter and used by kind permission.
Find Out More
Below are a list of links to further information regarding this campaign:
See: CPRE National Office policy on Local Food
See: Making Local Food Work (external website)
See: Thames Valley Farmer’s Markets (external website)
See: How to find your nearest Farmer’s Market (external website)
See: Friends of Local Foods (Farma) (external website)
