If you are a BFT Member - please register for you place through the Members area of the BFT website. This booking page is for non-Members only.
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Members, partners and allies of the Better Food Traders network will be meeting in Sheffield for a day of connection, learning, strategising and inspiration. Join us!
Why are we gathering?
Since 2021, Better Food Traders members have come together once a year to connect with like-minded traders, share learning and receive expert enterprise support.
This year, as well as inviting all 200+ members, we’re excited to welcome key partners including Sustainable Food Places, UK Grain Lab, Organic Research Centre, Soil Association and friends of Sheffield’s sustainable food scene, including the Mayor of South Yorkshire. The event will also be an opportunity for participants on our 2025 Regional Food Hub Support programme to get together in-person.
This summit of friends and allies will be a unique opportunity to showcase the breadth of work taking place both in South Yorkshire and across the Better Food Traders membership, and to situate the vital work of traders in the broader movement for a better food system.
Why should I attend?
This is your chance to
Meet and reconnect with:
- BFT members to share experiences, exchange learning & collaborate
- BFT partners and people from the wider sustainable food field
- People doing similar work in your region
Learn about:
- The sustainable food scene in Sheffield
- Sector-wide policy, advocacy and research that is shaping the landscape of better food and farming
- Better Food Traders activities and direction for the year ahead
Collaborate and strategise:
- Around specific issues you face in your day-to-day work and learn what others are doing to overcome them
- Shape how we address them at a systemic level
Play your part:
- Have your say on how BFT should support you in the year ahead
- Find your place and unique role in the better food and farming movement
Why Sheffield?
This year, we’re excited to head to Sheffield, South Yorkshire, to learn about the sustainable food scene in the region and meet more members from across the UK.
Sheffield is not only the home of BFT members Regather Co-Operative, Beanies Wholefoods, Barra Organics and Luke Neve, our new North of England Regional Coordinator; geographically, it's in the heart of the UK. As a national network, we are on a journey to ensure our membership represents and includes the rich diversity of enterprises, communities and individuals that make up our four countries. We have a way to go, but by meeting in Sheffield, we hope we’ll see more friends from the midlands, north of England, north Wales and Scotland joining us than ever before.
For our members in Northern Ireland and more distant reaches of the UK, we know the journey is still significant, so we’ll be making sure there will be ways to contribute and hear about the day from afar if you can’t make it this year.
Essentials
- When | Friday 13th June, 10am - 5pm
- Where | Channing Hall, Sheffield City Centre
- Cost | Free to members, £30 for non-members.
- Food | Soft drinks, snacks and lunch will be provided.
- Accessibility | We are committed to making our events and activities as accessible as possible. This includes physical access, as well as access in terms of neurodiversity, language, chronic illness, gender, class, race and other ways we engage with the world. If there is any reason you feel this space may not be accessible for you, we hope that you’ll let us know and we will do our best to make the changes necessary to enable you to participate.
- In terms of physical access, the space we will be meeting in is on the First Floor and is accessible via staircase and a spacious lift. Accessible toilets are available on the Ground Floor and are accessible from our meeting room via the lift. Baby changing facilities are available in every toilet.
Spaces are limited to 72, so please register early to avoid disappointment!
