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Five Years of HFM, A Thank You & Our Proudest Achievements

It all started with a realisation that food should be better for the environment than the type found on plastic life support, after having been on a long and convoluted journey to a supermarket…

We like to make sure the produce we supply doesn’t cost the earth either economically or ecologically.

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Food Inflation, so-called “Greedflation” and Food Retailer Profit Margins

A piece of news this week piqued my attention; the news media was full of reports about The Competition and Markets Authority investigating the recently named concept of “Greedflation”, which is the alleged practice employed by large national and multinational food retailers inflating their margins without sharing the extra profits with producers further down the supply chain.

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What can we as a people do to improve Food Security, Food Sovereignty & Food Inflation?

Following on from my last blog post, quite a few people have asked questions about why the recent Supermarket salad “shortages” were exclusive to the big food industry. I’ve summarised some of the questions and answers below and tied in the news of higher than expected inflation which was in the news this morning (Wednesday 22nd February)

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The HFM Response to the Cost of Living Crisis

Over the last few months, you’ve probably noticed that the UK media have focussed on the Cost of Living Crisis, and I’ve keenly followed many of the stories in all forms of news media. But must admit to being a little perplexed by some of the reporting.

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