FARMA is a co-operative of farmers, producers selling on a local scale, and farmers' markets organisers. This site is the portal for FARMA. If you are looking to find farmers' markets, farm shops, or pick your own farms in the UK, please see our sister sites.

FARMA works throughout the UK and is the largest organisation of its type in the world, representing direct sales to customers through farm shops, Pick-Your-Own, farmers' markets, home delivery, on-farm catering, and farm entertainment.

FARMA inspects farm shops and farmers' markets to ensure that they are 'the real thing'.

For more on FARMA and what we can do for you, please view our Who We Are & What We Do document, or visit the membership page.

Who We Are & What We Do

What are the benefits of joining FARMA? Read on to find out!

Expert advice
Opening a farm shop or changing an established business? Starting a farmers' market or wondering how to improve the one you manage? Starting out as a stallholder at a farmers' market or wondering how you, as a small or medium scale producer might access farm shops around the UK? Starting a new, or wanting to develop your pick-your-own farm or box scheme? Thinking about adding catering to your retail offer? You're not alone.

21 Reasons to support local foods

1. Support your local economy
   Money you spend on foods grown and produced locally goes further because it helps local farms to stay in, and grow their businesses. As they grow they will need to employ more local people. They will also buy from local suppliers whenever possible further increasing the value of your locally-spent £.
   
   
2. Support local farmers
   If you want to be sure that you are supporting farmers you need to buy locally direct from them at farm shops, farmers’ markets, Pick-Your-Own and box schemes. No middle-men means that farmers get more of what you pay for the foods, which is fair when they are putting in all the work too.
   
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FARMA exists...

• To support the sustainable development of farmers’ markets, farm shops, PYO, box schemes and home delivery
• To sustain and promote high ethical standards for all parts of the industry
• To define and promote the environmental, social and economic values of the industry
• To promote the value of local produce in communities
• To encourage high professional standards and improve management and retailing skills
• To provide a national voice for farmers’ markets, PYO, farm shops, box schemes and home delivery/internet sales
• To act as a conduit for information to, from and within the industry
   

Sir Don Curry

‘I am currently chair of the Implementation Group overseeing the Government’s Sustainable Farming and Food Strategy. The Strategy was built on and included a full response to the recommendations of the Policy Commission report on the Future of Food and Farming in England produced in 2001.