food & farming

Artisan bakery in Barker St..

Lots of homemade food; uses local producers & suppliers  (some organic and fairtrade)
 

 fair trade, local and organic (if poss) cakes, coffee, soups.  Wi-fi.

Artisan Bakery in the heart of Shrewsbury.

Open Thurs. Fri. Sat. from 10-00 a.m

A cafe, delicatessen and restaurant, where possible sells organic & locally grown and produced food.

 Home produced lamb and pork, local beef. Fresh fruit and free-range eggs, cakes, pickles, preserves.
 

design and build  wood-fired cob ovens and run workshops (at schools too)
 

Wholefoods and local breads. Fair trade rugs and goods

Group who encourage fair trade in Shrewsbury. (Buy itemsfrom stall in Market Hall). Any retail or catering outlet selling 4 or more products may notify the group to maintain the 'Fairtrade' logo.

Contacts: Ken and Meriel Chippindale
a.chippindale591@btinternet.com
 

Waste food as it rots creates methane in landfill, so eat it all up!. We recommend you only compost raw food and not meat, fish, bread or dairy. If you want to compost cooked food you should be use a wormery instead.  ( More on composting and see Wiggly Wigglers in Home & Garden section).
Of course it is better to avoid waste in the first place though, so try not to waste so much food, the average family could save about £60 per month on shopping bills!

You can now put any waste cooked foods, meat, cheese and kitchen greens etc in compostable (plastic) bags, and add them to the green garden waste wheelie bin for fortnightly roadside collection.

 SHREWSBURY FOOD HUB - Fantastic new and fast-developing charity for receiving,. collecting and delivering unwanted food from all sorts of shops/supermarkets, and getting it to where it's most needed.  In its first yearIt has fed over 2,000 people a week, and rescued 14 tonnes of food, and is helping 36 community groups.

Mainly locally sourced ingredients for cakes and sarnies. Fairtrade / Rain Forest Alliance Coffee.

Offer spent coffee..... free for your compost. Their take away coffee cups are fully compostable.

    
Locally grown, rapeseed oil to buy online or locally, different flavours. Lots of stockists, or from Moor Farm Shop, which has a tea shop and sells meat and vegs. 

and Organic eggs.
 

Free range turkeys, no routine use of antibiotics.
 

This positive and imaginative community effort into growing fruit flowers and veg, all over the town, started in 2008, and aims to increase the amount of local food grown and eaten. Local businesses, schools, farmers and the whole community are all involved, school children are even growing greens in the graveyard near their school. So. learning, growing eating and sharing all going on in an ad hoc way - this has inspired communities all over the world.

Sell fairtrade, local and organic fruit + veg. Refill Ecover products.
 

for nearby wildlife, biodiversity issues, websites and local field meetings with experts. Runs a free tree scheme for residents in Shropshire every winter

Carries out the inspection and licensing of organic farming and food producers across the UK.
 

They are an action group concerned with replacing the use of toxic pesticides.

They have section for all pollinators including bees

Agri-cycle Shropshire - for plastic farm and agricultural waste -  recycling of cartridges, bailer twine, used spiral shelters and guards for young trees .

Naturally grown potatoes (without chemicals) and free range eggs.

Health food supplies; herbal & homeopathic remedies.
 

Sells ethical produce from developing countries, run by volunteers. Tue,wed,Fri & Sat 9-30 to 4-00

supporting Fairtrade throughout the county of Shropshire.  Email  a.chippindale591@btinternet.com 

also give group talks. briangoodwin488@btinternet.com   for safe swarm removal.

state of the art, purpose built, food and drink production units, has the TASTE kitchen which is open from 8am to 4pm serving high quality, locally produced food. The TASTE kitchen also hosts a programme of events for foodies, from demonstrations to dinners, all with an emphasis on local food and drink.

Sells lots of ethically produced  foods in small or large quantities.

Good choice of dry herbs and spices .Can buy very small amounts of spices, herbs etc

Also organic flours, natural toothpaste and refills for Ecover Ecoleaf etc

Plus ethical  body care / household products. 

At end of Grayfriars Bridge and within the Museum; Coffee, soups, snacks, free wifi. ( and now within University Centre, at Frankwell).

Makers of a range of vegetarian and vegan foods, with fully recyclable packaging . Available from 'Snapdragon wholefoods' in the market hall and Battlefied farm shop. Based in Newport, Shropshire,( but now producing at the Quay Co-op in Cork).

A cafe in a woodland setting (  smallwoods.org.uk     coalbrookdale) 

 A good alternative for food and drink if you are visiting Ironbridge.

 Pub...Sometimes has organic beer.
 

Organises the yearly fair. A celebration of real markets, people and traditions - farmers market, artisans bazaar ...

Sells local produce and goods as well as some Suma whole foods.

Has a small fresh coffee bar with tables outside and inside.