Localfoodshop is being developed by f3 in partnership with BigBarn. Localfoodshop will become a Community Interest Company, which locks the assets of the company to the community it is serving.

f3 provides specialist research and consultancy services to organisations and enterprises involved in local and sustainable food initiatives. Work includes strategic planning, research, feasibility studies and business planning, training for producers and support organisations, and the facilitation of collaborative approaches. f3 is a not for profit, co-operative Community Interest Company.

BigBarn is primarily a website company with a mission to reconnect local producers and consumers and encourage trade. BigBarn has been trading for 7 years and is now ‘the leading local produce website’ (Daily Telegraph Feb 07) with over 7,500 local producers listed as icons on maps accessed by typing in a postcode.

Key personnel:

Simon Michaels is a social entrepreneur with a focus on business development for micro and SME food enterprises. He is the director of f3, a director of a micro bakery, and a director of the social enterprise which runs the farmers’ market in Cardiff and other food and health projects.
Contact on 0845 458 0061.

Anthony Davison is a 5th generation farmer, has an MBA and is the founder of BigBarn Ltd. He has an on-going interest in the family farming business and is a long term campaigner for the viability of British farms.
Contact on 01234 871005.