Hello, we are Nicola Tipler and Helen Wright. We are True Food's local food co-ordinators. We are job sharing and split the week between us. The purpose of the role is to manage the supply of local food and to increase the amount of local food True Food sells.

On a day to day basis we decide how much to buy from each of our local fruit and vegetable suppliers. We then collect and prepare the produce for sale. We also go to each market and set out all the fruit and vegetables.

We are looking for new suppliers of different types of local food. We have a local cheese, Wigmore, that is produced in Riseley . We have also started supplying traditionally made bread from the Brown Sugar Bakery and The Natural Bread Company.

We order meat weekly from Laverstoke Park Farm near Basingstoke. We keep some for sale in the fridge at the shop but recommend that you order using the forms available at the shop and markets to be sure of getting what you want. We order on a Monday morning for delivery on the following Wednesday. We currently also have some lamb cuts in the freezer from Waltham Place near Maidenhead and some frozen chickens from Sheepdrove Farm, Lambourn.

The following fresh produce is currently in season and available from local suppliers. As we use several small suppliers not everything will be available at all markets. If you need something in particular then email localfood@truefood.coop or ring 0845 330 8272 to check. We can also order extra from a local supplier for you if you let us know a few days in advance.

Chard, lettuce, spinach, radishes, cucumber, basil, parsley,marrows, new potatoes, spring onions, summer cabbages, runner beans, french beans, dwarf beans, beetroot, fresh garlic, spring onions, courgettes, tomatoes, pati pan squash,   

The government are currently running an 'eat seasonally' campaign see their website for ideas of what to do with seasonal produce.