Information and Resources:

• Where to buy local food in Plymouth*
• How to find out about community food projects in Plymouth
• Sustainable food initiatives across the UK
• Links to organisations working for increased availability of local and sustainable food

Where to buy local food -  see also Pledges to the Food Charter page

Shops and Markets:

• Cornish Farm Produce – Saltash, wholesale and retail own fresh fruit and veg and that of around 50 other south west producers  www.cornishfarmproduce.co.uk
• Efford Street Market – New street market, first Thursday of each month, in Torridge Way for local producers and businesses run by the Efford Community Vision  www.effordcommunityvision.org
• Harvest Home – 72 Embankment Road, Plymouth,PL4 9HY, local and organic produce, T: 01752 667446
• Luke’s Fruit Farm – Great Trehills, Plymouth, PL5 4LL (Tamerton Foliot) – Popular local pick your own fruit and vegetable farm and farm shop.
• Moostone Meats – New Barton Farm, Wembury, PL9 0EE – Farm shop on a real working farm, specialising in producing native breed Red Ruby beef and traditional lamb, selling a full product range from other local producers   www.moostonemeats.co.uk
• Plymouth City Market – Local fruit and vegetable, fish and pasty stalls  www.plymouthcitymarket.co.uk
• Pips PYO - Kitley Farm, Yealmpton, PL8 2LT  Farm shop and PYO (June to Oct) selling wide selection of local and organic fruit and veg.  www.pipsfruitandveg.co.uk
•  ’Good Food Market’ - Royal William Yard, Plymouth, PL1 3PA  ‘Good Food Market’, first Sunday of every month, 11am – 3pm, showcasing some of the best local food and drink from the south west  www.visitplymouth.co.uk/whats-on/good-food-market-p1376123
• Riverford Farm Shops – Providing an extensive range of quality, local and organic produce at their farm shops Kitley, Yealmpton (PL8 2LT), Staverton and Totnes. www.riverfordfarmshop.co.uk
• Tamar View Fruit Shop – wholesale and retail, alongside Tamar View Nurseries, Carkeel, produce from local growers and producers www.tamarviewfruiterers.co.uk/index.html

Restaurants

• The Arthouse, Looe Street – Chef Sam Lounds, previously an apprentice at Jamie Olivers Fifteen in Cornwall, sources daily from local producers and sustainable fisheries. plymouthartscentre.org/food.html
• Bistro One, Ebrington Street – They take pride in local sourcing and were voted by their customers last year as Best Restaurant in the new Plymouth Food Awards. Fresh fish is sourced from Plymouth fish market and the menu is adapted to include the best local seasonal produce; salmon from Mike’s Smokehouse in Loddiswell and veal from Boccadon Farm, Cornwall  www.bistro-one.co.uk
• Lemon Street Cafe and Bistro, Elburton – Grow a lot of their own vegetables, fish from the pannier market, meat from Gribbles and McKelly for Creedy Carver duck and chickens. Kim and Paul pride themselves on only using fresh seasonal produce and supporting local producers  www.lemontreecafe.co.uk
• Monty’s, Barbican - Popular all day cafe open for breakfast, lunch using mainly fresh local ingredients www.eatoutdevon.com/restaurants/plymouth/montys.html
• Platters, Barbican – Fish restaurant, sources from Rex Down at Plymouth Fish Market  www.platters-restaurant.co.uk
• River Cottage Deli and Canteen, Royal William Yard – A newcomer on the Plymouth restaurant scene however they already making quite an impact with their pledge to source 80% of their ingredients from within a 50 mile radius, sourcing mainly direct from local small scale and organic producers e.g. Tamar Valley growers via SailTrade deliveries down the Tamar and through Tamar View Fruiterers with organic meat from Higher Hacknell Farm  www.rivercottage.net
• Sprouts, Union Street - Fresh food restaurant sources everything locally; meat – A M Benses, local butcher;  Fish – Lockyers Quay fish market, Plymouth;  Mussels, Fowey;  Vegetables – Tamar View Fruiterers – from Devon and Cornwall producers; with all sauces, pastries etc. made on the premises .sproutsplymouth.weebly.com
• Tanner Brothers – Christopher and James Tanner pride themselves on using some of the best local produce available ‘from Devon’s larder’ including meat, line caught fish and they also source from a local forager  .tannersrestaurant.com
• The Fishermans Arms, Lambay St, Barbican – Restaurant uses fresh locally sourced produce of the season from local suppliers, occasionally also catch their own fish  www.thefishermansarms.com
• The Treasury Cafe Bar-Restaurant, Catherine Street - Modern and imaginative menu using best local and seasonal produce  www.thetreasurybar.co.uk
• Others who also source local produce include: Barbican Kitchen, Chloes www.chloesrestaurant.co.uk, Lanterns, The Glass Blowing House www.glassblowinghouse.co.uk, Water Dragons.

Local food action and projects in and around Plymouth

• Allotments – 32 sites across Plymouth  .plymouth.gov.uk/allotments
• Devon and Cornwall Food Association – Redistribute surplus food www.dcfa.webs.com
• Dig for Devonport – Community garden and allotment www.routeways.org.uk/index.php?page=diggin-it-devonport-park
• Diggin It – Community garden in Stoke, sells produce T: 01752 558209
• East End Community Allotment – Community allotment project on Embankment Road
• Grow Efford – Community garden, allotment and ‘Shed-on-Wheels, part of Building Communities initiative www.effordtakeapart.org.uk/category/projects
• Halcyon Centre Food Buyers Coop – Weekly bags of fresh fruit and veg, T: 01752 300483
• Keveral Farm – Community organic farm sell produce into Plymouth www.keveral.org
• Plymouth Foodbank – Provides foodbags for people in financial crisis www.plymouthfoodbank.co.uk
• Plymouth Transition Food Group – Events and skill sharing on growing, harvesting and cooking food transitionplymouth.com/food/index.html
• Tamar Grow Local – Co-operative promoting sustainable local produce in the Tamar Valley www.tamargrowlocal.org

Other Devon and Cornwall

• Beenleigh Meadows Farm – RAISE, Demonstration farm and kitchen garden; outreach activities www.beenleighmeadowsfarm.org.uk
• Cornwall Community Food and Composting Project – Local food growing and composting www.cornwallwasteaction.org.uk/what-we-do/projects
• Higher Farm, Beeson, Devon – Organic mixed farm and educational centre, hosts group visits www.underwooddiscoverycentre.com/index.php?page_id=10
• Land Matters – Permaculture cooperative in South Devon www.landmatters.org.uk
• Occombe Farm -  Farm shop, farm walks, CSA, events and courses www.occombe.org.uk
• Tavistock Farmers Market – 2nd and 4th Saturday of each month www.tavistockfarmersmarket.com
• The Real Food Store, Exeter – Community owned food store www.realfoodexeter.co.uk
• Transition Town Totnes Food Group – Projects include seed swaps, gardenshare www.transitiontowntotnes.org/groups/food-group

Organisations promoting and supporting local food

• BigBarn – aims to reconnect producers and consumers in the UK www.bigbarn.co.uk
• Campaign for Real Farming -  Farming that is expressly designed to feed people without wrecking the rest of the world www.campaignforrealfarming.org
• CPRE – Local Food, Promotes local food www.cpre.org.uk/what-we-do/farming-and-food
• Federation of City Farm & Community Gardens – support, represent and promote community-managed farms and gardens www.farmgarden.org.uk
• Food Ethics Council – advice on the ethics of food and farming www.foodethicscouncil.org
• Food for Life Partnership – helping schools to transform their food cultures www.foodforlife.org.uk
• Garden Organic – researches and promotes organic growing www.gardenorganic.org.uk
• LEAF (Linking Environment and Farming) – promotes environmentally sound farming http://www.leafuk.org/leaf/home.eb
• National Society of Allotment and Leisure Gardeners – advice and support for allotments www.nsalg.org.uk
• National Vegetable Society (NVS) – information on growing vegetables www.nvsuk.org.uk
• Planting Places – Sustainability SW, Urban greenspace initiative including local food production www.sustainabilitysouthwest.org.uk/projects/planting_places/
• Plants for a Future – research and information on crops for temperate climates www.pfaf.org
• Soil Association – UK’s leading membership charity for sustainable and organic food and farming www.soilassociation.org
• Sustain – National alliance for better food and farming www.sustainweb.org

Other city-wide sustainable food initiatives

• Well London – Local community-led projects www.welllondon.org.uk/index.php?resourceid=1
• London Food Strategy / Capital Growth – City strategy www.capitalgrowth.org
• Harvest Brighton and Hove – Multi-agency approach to support and encourage more local food growing www.harvest-bh.org.uk
• Incredible Edible Todmorden – community gardening in public spaces www.incredible-edible-todmorden.co.uk
• Bristol Food Network – umbrella group that aims to transform Bristol into a sustainable food city www.bristolfoodnetwork.org
• Sustainable Food City Network - The Sustainable Food Cities Network is an alliance of public, private and third sector organisations that believe in the power of food as a vehicle for driving positive change and that are committed to promoting sustainable food for the benefit of people and the planet. The Network aims to help people and places to share challenges, explore practical solutions and develop best practice in all aspects of sustainable food.  www.soilassociation.org/sustainablefoodcities

 Government and policy

• Defra – food and farming pages www.defra.gov.uk/food-farm
  Defra Food 2030 strategy – (pre 2010 election) UK government food strategy www.sd.defra.gov.uk/2010/01/food-2030
• Food Standards Agency – information and guidance on food nutrition and safety www.food.gov.uk
• Department of Health – public health nutritional advice and information www.dh.gov.uk/health/category/policy-areas/public-health/nutrition-nutrition

 *This isn’t a comprehensive list but intended only as a guide to some of the main outlets who sell local food in Plymouth – please email info@foodplymouth.org with any comments or suggestions for improving this list – we would like to hear from other businesses and organisations who would like to be included.  Please provide us with your contact details and a few lines about your local and sustainable sourcing policies and any other activities which support the aims of the Plymouth Food Charter.