About us

About f3

f3 is a co-operative Community Interest Company providing consultancy services to the local food sector. The CIC status means that our assets are locked to the community we serve, and we commit one third of trading surplus to support the growth of the sector.

We are the only UK consultancy specialising exclusively in this area and our members are leading experts with UK and international experience of sustainable food, farming and supply chains.

We are innovators - as a group and as individuals we have been directly involved for over a decade in ground breaking projects.

Each project team is tailored to match the client's needs and includes expertise from an extensive network of associates and partner organisations.

Our consultants

 

Simon Michaels, CEO
key skills: business development and social enterprise, e-marketing, distribution, public sector procurement. Director of Localfoodshop, partner in an artisan bakery, and director of a food & health social enterprise. more>

 

Alan Chubb
key skills: farmers’ markets, market research into production issues, organic agriculture and composting, overseas production systems esp. citrus and coffee. Owner/manager of an organic vineyard.

 

Alec Duthie
key skills: - farmers' markets, organic horticultural production, woodland strategies, derelict land reclamation, permaculture design. Former smallholder.

  James Pavitt
key skills: farmers’ markets, social enterprise, village shops, local food branding, box schemes, producer collaboration.
  Greg Pilley
key skills:
community supported agriculture, community based enterprise, food co-ops, land trusts. Director of a micro-brewery.
  Kathy Merrett
Key skills: business and marketing strategy advice to small and medium-sized food producers and supply chain businesses.
  Nick Weir
key skills: marketing, business management, facilitation and communications specialist. Founder member of Stroud Community Agriculture and Stroudco Food Hub - a producer/consumer co-operative.
  Katrin Hochberg
key skills:
organic production systems, meat processing, marketing and distribution, producer collaboration and trade supply chains.
  Jade Bashford - diverse work with public sector procurement, community projects and organic project development.
  Amanda Woodland - research techniques, local food retail, accounting and company management systems.
  Helen Thornton - marketing, retail and PR advisor for food & drink sector organisations
  Catherine Fookes - local food marketing and distribution, food fairs, whole school food projects
  Jo Foster - research, nutrition, catering, urban environment and sustainable agriculture/horticulture. Current manager of Islington farmers' market.
  Jonathan Curtoys - environmental assurance schemes (developer of Conservation Grade scheme), and enabler for conservation-based production such as Sloe Motion and Farmed Environment Co.
  Steve Garrett - community development, cultural exchanges and community food projects.
  Ben Dent - former Defra and Imperial College researcher with expertise in hubs and incubators, and supply chain development.

 

Thinking that's outside the box.
 
 

Contact us: 0845 458 0060 ~ mail@localfood.org.uk ~ PO Box 1234 Bristol BS99 2PG