From founder Kate
Buy better: straight from the (sheep) farmers
Watching the farming protests this week, I’ve been wondering how we all help can best help….
Hello Graveney Gin
London, 1689: The London Guild of Distillers monopolise the British gin market. London, 1690...
The fall… and rise… of the local market
What’s the greatest gift your granny gave you? Mine? A passion for markets. It was a special...
The fall ... and rise ... of the local market
What’s the greatest gift your granny gave you? Mine? A passion for markets....
SE London must visits...
Do you know what I love most about Near-By? When I mention what I am creating I get the best recommendations from whoever I chat to...
Have you seen the Westray wave?
Heard of it? A freak “Atlantic Sea meets North Sea” phenomenon? Not quite. I discovered it as I drove off the ferry on the island...
Calling all kipper producers
Kippers. I know, what a random choice as the first product to be mapped? But they’re a bit of an institution in my family...
Slightly obsessed about products and places
Hi, I’m Kate, the creator of Produced Nearby. Cumbrian bred, I spent my childhood on the coast on the edge of the Lake District within shouting distance of beautiful, out of this world places like this… Wastwater...