Community Food Hubs
‘Community food hubs’ is a term sometimes used to describe a cluster of neighbourhood level activities relating to food. This activity is often but not … Read more
Resource: Glossary
Pasture-raised / grass-fed
The pasture or grass-fed movement in livestock farming is growing. The term applies to livestock (but particularly cattle) that stay out on pasture all year … Read more
Sustainable Procurement
Sustainable Procurement is a process whereby organisations meet their needs for goods, services, works and utilities in a way that achieves value for money and … Read more
Climate Emergency & food
Food growing, production, processing, packaging and transportation are all activities which can generate significant greenhouse gases, from the fossil fuel based artificial fertilisers on which … Read more
Community growing
Community growing is used to describe projects where people come together to grow things together – in a community garden, at community farm, or in … Read more
Sustainable agriculture
Food Exeter is working to support initiatives which: help farmers and producers switch to more environmentally positive methods support people starting up businesses and careers … Read more
Healthy, local food
Our food system is delivering unhealthy outcomes by making unhealthy foods cheaper and easier to access than healthier foods. There are so many ways that … Read more
Community Cafés
This term is used to describe places offering food where some of the following are true: provide affordable food ie lower than commercial rates, sometimes … Read more
Local Food Centres
There is a growing international movement of people forming ‘local food centres or hubs’. All are an attempt to create direct links between local food … Read more
Social Supermarkets
Social supermarkets typically redistribute food surplus through a membership scheme which provides a certain amount of food items each visit for a set weekly or … Read more