Meet the Fieldings I am starting to produce a series of blogs for the Food Alliance showcasing local food production and supply so that the people of Blackburn and Darwen can get to know who their local producers are and support small and local. I sat down and mapped out...

Steph and Andrew Nightingale bought what is now Hoddlesdon farm back in 2018. Although Andrews family background is one of dairy farming neither of them had any direct experience of farming. Steph’s career was in nursing originally then she moved onto her own occupational health practice which she still works...

Meet Andrea from Boxed Green- the organic fruit and Veg Box   Andrea started the business back in November 2020 after being made redundant for the last time from the airline industry. She had always been interested in good food, liked to buy local and was a veg box customer...

  Lisa started making her own preserves and sauces through having too much home grown fruit and vegetables and not wanting it to go to waste.  A keen amateur cook, her love of home grown food and natural preserve making inspired her to take the plunge, leave her corporate career...

  Scott started the company in back 2004. He bought a vegetable delivery service in Darwen, then went onto run a stall on Darwen market for a short time before moving over to Blackburn when opportunity came up. Scott reminisced about when he was a child and how his mother...

Darwen’s Eco Refill Shop After living in Darwen for eight years and having no choice but to shop in other towns to buy products that were eco friendly, Kate Coop took the plunge and decided it was time Darwen had its own eco friendly store. She opened Earth Evolution in...

Back in 2014 Mr Tabassum bought a 7 acre stretch of land in Burnley with view to developing a Muslim burial ground. Six years on, the local authority finally declined permission and sadly Mr Tabassum passed away. This was 2020 and Mr Tabassum’s family were left with managing the charity...

More than just sourdough- Zafroz Bakery a micro-bakery- aka Haris For this series of “Putting a face to our food” I wanted to include a baker who used limited processed ingredients and additives in their products and given we are entering September  thought we could link it with the Sourdough September and...

The Nowt Poncy Food Company Is a small, quality sauces manufacturer and retailer based in Rossendale. Their ethos is all about using the best and smallest amount of ingredients as possible. They pride themselves on locally sourcing as many ingredients as possible and always endeavour to work with local suppliers...