Welcome to a faster, more efficient OFN!
Over the years we’ve been running OFN we’ve been working tirelessly to build the tools that food enterprises need to succeed. With our tiny, part time development team working remotely …
Can Food Hubs Help Stop Climate Change?
A nationwide study to better understand how food hubs can contribute to a more sustainable food system. Open Food Network are teaming up with researchers at the University of East …
How possible is plastic free?
In the last 12-18 months the devastating consequences of single-use plastic pollution has come to the forefront of public debate and made many of us question our shopping and lifestyle …
Celebrating our First DevHack!
Our very first Dev Hack was a success! Thank you to everyone that made it possible! We spent two very productive days coding, testing and working on real issues for …
UK Hack Weekend – May 4-5 London
Are you an experienced coder, tester or designer that wants to contribute your skills to a socially and ecologically transformative project? Are you new to software and want to join …
Learning as a Community
Announcing OFNs free action learning programme for food hubs. The OFN community is rich with experience in creating values-driven food systems. OFN members work with local authorities to deliver on …
Coming to ORFC? Explore how OFN could work for you and pre-order your sail-freighted olives, oil and nuts.
For those of you who will be at the Oxford Real Farming Conference (ORFC) on 4th January we hope that you will join the session hosted by OFN’s Lynne Davis. …
Open Invitation to all Food Assemblies!
Today Food Assembly announced that it will be ceasing UK trading in September. Since 2014 The Food Assembly have been supporting individuals to become food activists, supporting producers to sell …
Paid Work Helping Kent Farmers’ Markets Go Online
This post is written by Bob Taylor of Kent Farmers’ Market Association. Thanks Bob. When many rural village shops closed, Farmers Markets plugged the food outlet gap. Many have now …
We’re making a podcast!
OFN UK have received a wee amount of money to make a podcast. This is shaking-in-our-boots exciting! For some of us that are part of OFN UK, podcasts are our …