In 2008 we made a family resolution to give up our weekly supermarket shop and try to be a bit more self sufficient for our food.  We took on a large allotment, got ourselves some chickens and set about trying to source meat as ethically as possible. We wanted to know where our meat came from, how the animals were looked after and be satisfied that no one was being short-changed along the food chain.

As it turned out we were not the only ones here in East Anglia who were passionate about high quality, welfare-friendly meat at a fair price for the farmer and the consumer.  We had so much interest from like-minded people that we were able to organize one-off meat shares every few months.  From those beginnings, Tiny Farmer was born and it has now grown into an established meat-sharing network.