Delivering fresh, local and ethically sourced food and drink to homes across Bristol and Somerset since 2002.

Empowering local people and supporting our economy

Revitalising Rural Economies

Supporting local, small-scale social and traditional growers, farms and independent food and drink producers across Somerset, sustaining existing employment and creating new jobs for local people.

Supporting Communities

Ensuring inclusive availability of affordable fresh, local and healthy produce and providing a friendly home delivery service direct to homes within our communities across Somerset including complete meals made with locally sourced ingredients to support our elders to continue living independently in their own homes.

Promoting Health and Well-being

Creating the opportunity for social and therapeutic growing projects to become more financially viable through the sale of surplus produce and developing ‘food for good’ strategies to bring people together around food to build communities, reduce isolation and alleviate food poverty.

Protecting the Natural Environment

Promoting ecological growing and farming methods that improve soil quality and increase biodiversity to protect the natural environment and mitigate the impact of climate change

Become a co-owner of your community owned local food delivery service

Grow for Good

Somerset Local Food is a Community Benefit Society owned and financed by the local community. We are committed to promoting the abundance of beautiful local food produced and made by Somerset’s local producers.

We believe that as a community owned social enterprise, together with our community shareholders, we can grow a local food movement that makes good food accessible to everyone in Somerset, impacting on people’s health and wellbeing, maintaining the natural landscape and protecting the local environment to mitigate the effects of climate change.

Becoming a shareholder in Somerset Local Food means you also become a co-owner of the community owned benefit society and have a say in the future direction of the enterprise, including helping us to protect the natural environment for future generations as we create and strengthen local food systems that revitalise our local communities.

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Help us get to our funding target

As a Community Benefit Society, it is important we have a broad base of customers, producers and staff that own shares and participate in the running of the business.

This latest share offer has so far raised £25,700 but we have more to do to reach our target of £50,000. Your investment will help us to achieve our short term goals including:

Further develop the customer facing website so that it continues to meet expectations and improves our business processes
Launch new projects and services including working with local therapeutic growing projects which helps to diversify our supply chain whilst increasing our social impact, and creating a new dedicated service for elders in rural communities to help them remain living independently.
Find new ways to collaborate with others to address food poverty and to help people choose healthier eating options

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Producer Spotlight

Paddington Farm

Paddington Farm is a charitable trust and social enterprise, located on a 43 acre organic farm situated at the foot of the famous Glastonbury Tor in Somerset. Rob grows organic vegetables which he sells through a stall at Glastonbury market, an on-site farm shop and, of course, though our website!

As well as being a working farm, there is comfortable accommodation for groups, families and individuals, and in particular for children from disadvantaged urban areas who travel to Glastonbury for that real farm experience, to connect with food and with nature.

There is also a campsite for tents and camper vans, and they deliver rural educational activities to enhance the farm experience and promote environmental responsibility.