Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall – OFN Ambassador
Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall says “any initiative that fosters local food economies, and makes it easier for us all to buy low-impact, seasonal ingredients, gets my vote. I think the Open Food …
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Maresa Bossano – OFN Ambassador
Maresa Bossano has more experience in local food than most. “I set up and ran a local, organic, vegan cafe. I worked for Sustain for five years, managing the Food …
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 …
Thank you Developers! From the OFN UK Community
This month with v1.10 we released our new Stripe payment gateway, a feature that enables customers to save their payment cards securely for fast and easy checkout. This is a …
New Feature: Embedded Shopfronts
We are very excited to be able to show you one of our new features… Embed your Open Food Network shop within your own website ‘Embedded Shopfronts’ allows a fully …
Reducing plastic waste
Following requests from several OFN users we are very pleased to announce that all producers and shopfronts now have access to a new product ‘property’ called ‘plastic-free’. Details of how …
OFN Featured on Podcast
Learn about the Open Food Network in an interview with Lynne Davis in this podcast episode from Indie Farmer Also hear a farmer and OFN user talk about the importance of …
Promote your shop
A bigger Open Food Network means; More customers for producers, hubs & retailers Wider and better food choices for customers An improved OFN website/platform The more people that find out …
Working together with BigBarn
We are very pleased to be working in partnership with BigBarn whose mission is “to reconnect consumers with their local producers, direct, or through local retailers, and encourage local trade. Giving farmers …