Scotland: National Rural Network
Connecting Rural Scotland - Promoting Rural Growth

With Jamie Oliver's attack on Turkey Twizzlers and other high profile food campaigns hitting the headlines in recent years, the public's interest in where food comes from seems to have increased. Farmers markets are rising in popularity and many were choosing locally produced goods over those that had been intensively farmed, grown or processed. However, with the current economic downturn, are consumers making different choices and returning to supermarkets for their cut price deals on cheap meat and other produce?
 
If you're a producer, involved in a farmers market or a farm shop, has the credit crunch affected your business? If you're a consumer have you changed your shopping habits as a result of the current economic downturn? Is local more expensive or is this just an oft held perception?