Reflections on diversity, food and farming in Britain
What is the first thing that comes to mind when you think of a British farmer? Do you picture a white middle-class male who happens to reside in the countryside, …
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A three step guide to improve your social media marketing
A well planned social media strategy can be a life saver for any food enterprise. It’s an easy, efficient and inexpensive way to grow your sales and generate a stronger …
Lessons from COVID – Building resilience into our food systems
It might not have been as bad as some predicted, but COVID-19 certainly showed us that our food systems are vulnerable in times of crisis. In this blog Lynne Davis …
Join our team as Software Support
The Open Food Network UK team are seeking a passionate and creative person to join our team in supporting our users – the food producers and food enterprises that are …
How to immediately improve your food enterprise’s email marketing
Get started! Email marketing is the most effective way to communicate with your customers. For example, an email is five times more likely to be seen than a Facebook post. …
Join Us! As our Food Hub Experience Designer
The Open Food Network UK team are seeking a passionate and creative customer and service experience designer to help us refine and optimise the end to end experience for our …
Can I email my shoppers? And other frequently asked questions…
Regular emails are one of the most effective ways of keeping your community of shoppers in the loop. From experience we know that shoppers are more likely to order when …
How to help your customers commit to a better food system
After working so hard to supply food during lockdown, no enterprise wants to see their sales go back to pre-Covid levels. But as lockdown lifts, some customers may be returning …
7 marketing tips to help you retain customers beyond Covid-19
Has your food enterprise seen overwhelming growth since lockdown began? The upside, in what has been a devastating experience for many, is that the Covid-19 pandemic has boosted the profile …
Molly Scott Cato – OFN Ambassador
We’re thrilled to welcome Molly Scott Cato, former Green Party MEP for the South West, as an OFN Ambassador. She’s always been an advocate of green economics and localism so …