Farmers' Markets _Links

• BBCi Nature Environment - Useful site encouraging people to consider the effect their shopping choices make on the environment.
• Council for the Protection of Rural England - CPRE exists to promote the beauty, tranquillity and diversity of rural England by encouragaing the sustainable use of land and other natural resources in town and country.
• Council for the Protection of Rural England - CPRE exists to promote the beauty, tranquillity and diversity of rural England by encouragaing the sustainable use of land and other natural resources in town and country.
• Country Land & Business Association - The CLA is at the core of the rural economy. The 50,000 members of the CLA have an interest in countryside issues, some with large farms and estates, others with smaller amounts of land. What they have in common is a commitment to rural life.
• Country Smallholding - The well- known magazine , now with lots of useful articles online.
• Countryside Agency - The Countryside Agency is the statutory body working: to conserve and enhance the countryside to promote social equity and economic opportunity for the people who live there to help everyone, wherever they live, to enjoy this national asset The Countrysid
• DEFRA - The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs is often seen as being simply about farming and supporting farmers. It still has that traditional role but its concerns go far wider: our highly complex food chain involves not only production and pro
• Farm Retail Association - The Farm Retail Association represents farmer,growers and farm-based food producers selling direct to the public.
• Farmers Markets - South Vaults, Green Park Station, Green Park Road, BATH, BA1 1JB. Tel: 01225 787914, Fax: 01225 460840
• Farming and Rural Conservation Agency - FRCA is a new Executive Agency of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (MAFF) and the Welsh Office. FRCA is made up of some 480 staff, most of whom are professionally qualified. They are spread across local offices throughout England and Wales.
• Food Standards Agency - The Food Standards Agency is charged with protecting consumer interests in relation to food safety and standards.
• National Association of British Market Authorities (NABMA) - Promotes the socio-economic and touristic values of traditional retail, wholesale, livestock and associated market activities and actively encourages their inclusiveness, development and promotion at local, national and international levels and through pa
• National Farmers Union - The National Farmers' Union is the democratic organisation representing farmers and growers in England and Wales.
• National Federation of Women's Institutes - The NFWI is the largest charity for women with a quarter of a million members and 8,000 local WIs round the country. Through our close community ties and wide-ranging activities the WI plays a unique role in enabling women to turn their interests into ach
• National Trust - The National Trust was founded in 1895 by three Victorian philanthropists - Miss Octavia Hill, Sir Robert Hunter and Canon Hardwicke Rawnsley. Concerned about the impact of uncontrolled development and industrialisation, they set up the Trust to act as a
• Royal Agricultural Society of England - The RASE is an independent charity devoted to the advancement of British agriculture through good science and the caring stewardship of land, animals and people.
• Soil Association - The Soil Association is the UK's leading campaigning and certification body for organic food and farming.
• WI Markets - WI Market stalls are found in hundreds of venues every week and offer a wide range of crafts, home grown and home made produce from the kitchen, garden and dairy. Held in over 500 towns and villages throughout England, Wales and the Islands, they attract
• Women's Food & Farming Union - WFU promotes the best in British farm produce and tackles the issues that concern us all as consumers. Through a national network of members who act as a link between producers and consumers, we seek to help consumers understand food production and farmin