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FOR THE LOVE OF FOOD

Get excited about British food and explore the variety of events supporting seasonal food and local producers.

Explore British food from the website of the founder of British Food Fortnight.

Learn more about an international grassroots organisation, Slow Food, which aims to preserve the quality of food, the strength of community and to respect the environment around us.

Slow Food UK  forms a part of the global Slow Food movement founded in 1989 in Italy by food activist Carlo Petrini.

River Cottage  arose from the passion-fuelled work of Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, a well known face with insight, enthusiasm and commitment to the founding principles: "self-sufficiency, food integrity, and the consumption of local, seasonal produce".

Soil Association  Locate planet-friendly organic farms and producers certified as working to Soil Association standards – amongst the highest in the world.

Food waste  is a sad and shocking reality the food industry and us, the consumers, need to improve. On the positive side, small changes starting in the home really will make a difference.

UK Food Online provide an array of information about UK produce from bread and beverages, fruit and fish to sweets and spices.

Have you ever been abroad and been amazed at the different varieties of food? Do you ever wonder what some of them are? Well, help is at hand from an online searchable international food dictionary with in excess of 60,000 entries in more than 300 languages! So, next time you think to yourself "whatamieating", you can find out. What's more, there is also an app called 'Foreign Food' providing help at the touch of a button.