A number of our reports are available for downloading. You will need Adobe Acrobat viewer.

Parish Food Plans - a report on lessons learnt from three pilot parish food plan projects.

SE public procurement strategy - summary report

Sustainable supply chains paper for FLUk and Defra

Oily fish and other supply chain facilitation in the SE

West Midlands: The impact of Local Food Initiatives - a regional survey fo LFIs to ascertain their benefits and impacts.

North West Wales - a review of opportunities for development of the local food sector.

Village Shops - a study for the Countryside Agency explores how local produce can help independent retailers and maintain rural services.

Integrating Farmers' Markets into the community - a case study of Cardiff's Riverside Market.

FLAIR: This three year research project for DEFRA focused on defining the scale and scope of the local food sector, and concluded by facilitating networking resulting in the creation of FLUK (Food Links UK). The following are conference reports and key publications:

2000 conference
2001 conference - Joined Up Eating
2002 conference - Local Food, Global Experience
2003 final report