Love Local Food - local food for Exeter

A new stop and community partnerships!

Published: February 26 2010 in Love Local Food

We have added a new stop to our Thursday route after requests from residents around Copplestone Drive which just off Cowley Bridge Road. Whilst the location is on a bus route into the city, shopping for vegetables is not easy. … Read more


Black Radish - Vegetable of the Month

Published: February 15 2010 in Farm News

Delicious organic BLACK RADISH From SHILLINGFORD ORGANICS £2.60 Kg Black radishes can be eaten raw or cooked like turnips. The skin of the fresh radish is hard and should be removed. They are rich in vitamin C which … Read more


A happy shopper!

Published: February 14 2010 in Love Local Food

"I used your van for the first time today - what a fantastic service. Local food, but accessible at the same time - visiting business parks is an inspired idea and I hope it continues. " James Bartlett … Read more


Food, Families and Farms

Published: February 01 2010 in Visits

Love Local Food is working with The Flying Start Children's Centre on an exciting project involving healthy food, farms and families! We have been visiting children's groups across central Exeter with seasonal vegetables from … Read more


In the polytunnels

Published: November 30 2009 in Farm News

Here is a sneak peep inside some of Shillingford Organic's polytunnels. What have Martin and Martyn been growing? … Read more


Long Term Links with Schools

Published: November 30 2009 in Visits

If children understand where their food can come from and the journey that it goes on then they are more likely to make sustainable choices about what they eat. We feel that, whilst one off farm visits are valuable, if children … Read more