Local Food & Drink Project

Our Local Food & Drink Guide 2026 features 90 wonderful producers: use the listings to look for specific foods, or the map to find your nearest businesses.

From staples like fruit, vegetables and bread to treats for special occasions, we hope you’ll be inspired to incorporate local produce into your regular shopping.

The Guide also details shops, restaurants, cafés and pubs in Woodbridge and Melton which sell or serve local produce, information about reducing household food waste, details of farmers’ markets and support for those struggling to afford food for themselves and their families.

Our Local Food & Drink Project began in 2021 with a simple aim: to encourage more people to consume more local food and drink. Sudbourne apples, Blythburgh pork, Woodbridge bread, Ipswich honey, Felixstowe beer – the range is (almost) endless. Suffolk has a rich heritage of food production and our area is still home to dozens of farmers, bakers, fishers, growers and makers. But in an age of ultra-convenient supermarket shopping, how many are you aware of?

Events of the last few years have exposed fragilities in our globalised food supply systems. The Covid pandemic, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the US/Israel-Iran war and the worsening impacts of climate breakdown have all emphasised the importance of local resilience, of which food is a key aspect.

Through our Local Food & Drink Guide, now on its third edition, as well as successful food events, we connect consumers directly with the people behind the products. We hope you are inspired to support these businesses and in doing so, reconnect with where and who our food and drink comes from.

We’d also love to hear what you think. Have you discovered a new favourite? Have we overlooked a business you buy from? How would you like to see the project develop from here? Get in touch.