SUPPORTING
SHARING
LEARNING.
The Farm Retail Association (FRA) began its life as The Farm Shop and PYO Association (FSPA) on October 11, 1979 at the Farmpick Conference in Birmingham.
To this day, we adhere to the same principles, supporting, sharing and learning with one another. A great many people and businesses have benefited from membership of the Association over the years, many being farmers who have had to learn retailing from scratch.
We have shared a drink; shared our bright ideas and our problems; emulated each other’s successes and tried to avoid each other’s failures.
Protecting
local food.
Authentic.
Ethical.
Sustainable.
WE are stronger
Together.
We have become a strong and vibrant sector, rallied around our love for real local food.
Farm retailers contribute £1.4 billion to the national economy, employing approximately 25,000 people. Much of what we make goes back into our local communities through employment and local suppliers. Due to the cost pressures facing farming, diversifying into farm retail is an attractive opportunity for many farmers across the country, and we are here to support them.
Whatever area of farm retail you are from, or if you are just starting out, we are here to help you grow your business and increase footfall to your outlets. Join us in the revolution of farm retail!
Non
Profit.
EMMa
MOSeY.
Emma runs Minskip Farm Shop and Yolk Farm in Boroughbridge with her husband Ben.
They left careers as a novelist and an exploration geologist to purchase their farm shop 6 years ago, and have grown turnover 6 fold and opened the world’s first egg restaurant on a free range egg farm in that time.
Emma enjoys being on the council to learn from more established farm shop owners.
Preserving,
and protecting
British food culture...
“I believe the Farm Retail Association has a crucial role to play in preserving and protecting British food culture. As the world changes, becoming more streamlined, ultra-processed and efficient, our Farmers markets and farm shops are a way to preserve slower, more sustainable methods of farming and to educate and empower the general public about these.
I am excited for the next few years of the organisation’s growth, and urge any farm retailers and suppliers who care about real local food to join us. The more larger and more coherent our sector is, the more we will be able to achieve.”
Peter McTurk.

Calcott Hall
Jeremy Jagger.

Albrighton Estate
Kathryn Mitchell.

The Lambing Shed Farm Shop & Kitchen
Radley Russell.

Director - Moseley Farmers Market
Will Simkin.

Essington Farm
Andrew Burton.

Associate Director with Pleydell Smithyman
Matt Whelan.

Managing director of fieldfare
Sandra Woodfall.

M Farmers Market
Matt Homfray.

Managing Partner - Penllyn Estate
Ben Loughrey.
