Ed Johnstone
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- Sep 26, 2026
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The simple ways we can reconnect with the food on our plates (opens the original)
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We’ve become good at eating without seeing. Food arrives washed, wrapped and uniform, with little sense of the field, orchard, animal or person behind it. Convenience has given us plenty, but it has also allowed a distance to grow between what we eat and how it reaches us. That distance matters. When food becomes anonymous, it’s easier to waste, easier to judge by price and harder to understand the pressures facing the people who produce it. A wonky carrot is rejected; a loaf is just another loa
How small changes to your weekly food shop can support nearby farmers (opens the original)
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There is a lingering idea that buying local food is something reserved for a Saturday treat: a joint for Sunday lunch, a special cheese or a punnet of strawberries that tastes of summer. But local food can be more ordinary than that – and I mean that as a compliment. At The Sussex Peasant, much of what people buy each week isn’t luxurious or unusual. It is eggs, milk, bread, potatoes, carrots, onions and greens, alongside meat, cheese, flour, honey, preserves and other store-cupboard goods. Thes
Why buying Sussex food matters for farmers and our communities (opens the original)
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For the past few years I’ve spent my week travelling around Sussex, collecting food from local farms and supplying it in our converted horseboxes directly to local areas through our network of The Sussex Peasant weekly markets. I started The Sussex Peasant because I felt there was a growing distance between us and the food we eat. Most people want to support local farmers, eat with the seasons and understand where their food comes from, but lives are busy so those good intentions can only become
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