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Article: 'We're fighting back against supermarkets' - farmers' co-op for local produce.
- Article from:
- Evening Courier (Halifax, England)
- Article date:
- May 6, 2008
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FARMERS are uniting to bring shoppers back to markets.
They have formed the Calderdale Farmers' Co-operative to give a helping hand to anyone who produces their own food or crafts.
They are hoping to boost the sale of locally-produced goods and cut down on food miles.
Robyn Heap, from the Calderdale Cheese Company at Crow Hill End Farm in Hubberton, Sowerby, said: "If you walk round supermarkets you see French apples and New Zealand lamb.
"We want to get back to foods produced locally."
The group will give stall space to traders who can not fill a whole stall and sell goods for people who can not make it to market. All they ...