Dec 11, 2024 | News, Projects, Story
We are extremely excited to announce that we have started work on the Procurement For Good (P4G) project as of the beginning of October 2024. Procurement for Good (P4G) is a £1.9m research project led by Coventry University’s Centre for Agroecology, Water and...
Jan 18, 2024 | News, Story
There were more than 500 nominations for this award from all over Europe. Open Food Network Europe gets the prize in the section about social economy initiatives operating in the digital economy or with an important focus on technological innovation and/or working in...
Jul 24, 2023 | News, procurement, Projects
English Dros y flwyddyn ddiwethaf, mae’r Open Food Network UK wedi bod yn gweithio ar gynllun peilot arloesol i ddangos dichonoldeb cyflenwi bwyd lleol ar blât cyhoeddus Cymru. Gan weithio gyda phartneriaid o Ffermydd a Gerddi Cymdeithasol, Cultivate, Cymdeithas...
Jun 29, 2023 | News, procurement, Projects
Cymraeg Over the past year, the Open Food Network (OFN) has been working on a groundbreaking pilot to demonstrate the feasibility of supplying local food onto the Welsh public plate. Working with partners from Social Farms & Gardens, Cultivate, Development Trusts...
Dec 14, 2022 | Governance, News, Story
Time to connect Let’s try to picture the mycelium, billions of intricate connections building nature’s very own communication network. This, for us, is what we see the Open Food Network becoming. A network that connects people to each other to help build...
Sep 26, 2022 | Events, News, Projects, Story, Uncategorized
This summer, we went to the glorious Shambala Festival. There, we hosted The Community Garden. Over 3 days, we hosted 9 mini events including workshops on non-hierarchical working, open table discussions and activist networking sessions. And of course we enjoyed the...
Feb 14, 2022 | Data Interoperability, News, Projects
A new two-year Food Data Collaboration project funded by The National Lottery Community Fund, the largest funder of community activity in the UK, is starting in March 2022. Project Coordinator Sophie Paterson explains what’s planned, who’s involved and why it’s...
Dec 2, 2021 | Business Models, News, Thriving Food Hubs
In this series of guest blogs Lynne Davis, from the Open Food Network, introduces some of the food hubs and producers in their community. Here, in the fifth blog of the series, Lynne introduces Stroudco Food Hub. Stroudco is one of the pioneers of the food hub model...
Oct 7, 2021 | Business Models, News, Thriving Food Hubs
In this series of blogs, Lynne Davis from the Open Food Network, describes the business models of some of the food hubs and producers in their community. Here, in the fourth blog of the series, Lynne introduces Cockermouth Country Market. Cockermouth Country Market is...
