TAKE CONTROL OF THE LIFE YOU WANT: ENJOY YOUR SHOPPING AND HELP THE ENVIRONMENT. SHOP LOCAL, SHOP WHERE YOU DON'T GET UNNECESSARY PACKAGING, BUY FROM PEOPLE WHO KNOW ALL ABOUT THE FOOD AND DRINK THEY'RE SELLING.

Check out the Great British Food and Drink Map for Farm Shops.

and the Great British Food and Drink map for Farmers Markets.

More Great British Food and Drink Map categories coming soon. And have you read the online, free to read copy of the award winning book, Great British Food yet?

	Great  Park Farm in East Sussex is a real 'find'  combining a well stocked plant nursery with a farmshop. Unusual plants, all in prime condition and a carefully selected assortment of local produce.
In the heart of rural East Sussex, Redlay Farm Shop sells local fruit and vegetables, home made preserves and home reared meats. It's a real family business, with ponies in the paddock beside the shop and a herd of prime beef animals grazing the neighboring fields.
	Taywell Farmshop on the road from Goudhurst to Cranbrook in Kent is set in blueberry fields - and they're going to try growing apricots and peaches, well worth a visit.
Well worth a trip: Haguelands is a farmshop with a difference, tucked away in beautiful Romney Marsh it has a butcher, fishmonger and lots of local produce. Find out more about it.

Food for thought:

The £20 you spend in a village shop, farmshop or farmers' market can grow into an 'investment' of over £30 in the area as your spend pays for local wages that are spent locally.

The £20 you spend in the supermarket ends up at Head Office.