Interest in local produce is growing. As a result of a succession of high profile food industry crises, culminating in foot and mouth disease, there is now a greater public awareness of the issues around how our food is produced.
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Hampshire Farmers Markets.
Interest in local produce is growing. As a result of a succession of high profile food industry crises, culminating in foot and mouth disease, there is now a greater public awareness of the issues around how our food is produced.


Farmers and other producers are looking for new ways to develop their businesses and add value to their products and they have a good opportunity to reconnect with their customers, giving consumers the information they need to make choices with confidence.  As consumers, we can choose to support land management systems that help to conserve and enhance our countryside.  Natural England is supporting developments in a number of areas focusing on reconnecting consumers with farming and giving people access to locally produced goods, increasingly sourced from sustainable systems of land management.