Growing Middlesbrough: Middlesbrough Local Food Network

02/09/2019

The £5 challenge is a fantastic scheme by Totally Locally we absolutely love. Changing your shopping habits can have a HUGE positive impact on the area and it’s a great opportunity to discover what the town has to offer. Did you know the following local businesses based in Middlesbrough are all apart of Independent Teesside:
The Carriageway in Middlesbrough Town Hall
Ellephant Vegan Bakery
Psyche Fashion
Rotten Scoundrels
Baker Street Kitchen
Umi Japanese Bar & Restaurant Middlesbrough
Alkaline Kitchen
Clare's Cakery
Grn Sportswear
Stoneworks Northeast
Leo Libra Pet Products
TreeLiving Yoga
InterStellar Comics and Gaming
The DJW School of Acting
Cosie Coffee
BLOC
Mannequin Cafe
Steinwicks Bierkeller
Songbird Bakery
TheCopperstone
Oodles
Foodies
The Homemade deli
Ta Moko
The Tea House Mbro
Eliano's Brasserie
Uno ristorante middlesbrough
Vine Middlesbrough
The Artizan
Aurum Lounge
De Melo
Erimus Cleaners

With an Independent Teesside Card you can get rewarded for supporting these local businesses and save money at the same time. It’s WIN WIN and you can find out more about these businesses and what discount are available on our website where ALL the businesses we work we have individual profiles, helping you discover all the great independents Teesside has to offer. Don’t have a card yet? You can buy one from our website www.independentteesside.com/shop & also MIMA Art Gallery 🙌🏼

28/07/2019

Show some love for our local producers. This is one of the biggies!

Food & beverage

07/07/2019

Another new business pledging to keep it local. We wish you luck Bentleys!

Four friends have got together to open the venture which aims to use local suppliers where possible

10/06/2019

What can we learn?

The city of Preston has introduced new ways of making itself more prosperous.

03/06/2019

If we truly want to produce our own food locally, access to land is something we need to tackle! For the aspiring farmers:

https://sustainablefoodtrust.org/articles/the-intractable-issue-of-access-to-land-for-new-farmers/

One of the really critically pressing issues in sustainable farming today is access to land for new farmers, especially given that agricultural land is among the most expensive

29/05/2019

Wonderful idea. Who's game?!

A lovely idea.

25/05/2019

Small farms, once the beating heart of the British countryside, are disappearing faster than ever. Victoria Balfour reports on why for some, big may still be better, but for our rural environments, economies and communities, this is grave news.