Our Journal

24th May, 2023 Great news - Bovey Larder Dried Goods are B Corp certified You are a force for good and are positively impacting communities and the planet. Thank you! One of our main suppliers at Bovey Larder, Hunts Food Group, https://www.huntsfoodgroup.co.uk/, is...

One of the questions we get asked most often is: “Do you refill Ecover”. So much so, it’s prompted me to put pen to paper. It’s funny, running Bovey Larder, we’re in this plastic-free, zero-waste world pretty much 24 hours a day, seven days a week. And so, we fall...

There is some really fascinating watching and reading below. Have a watch. Have a read. And tell us what you think. Seaspiracy Seaspiracy is the ground-breaking Netflix Original documentary which exposes the fishing industry’s impact on the world's oceans. This one is...

Maybe you saw our advertorial in the Mid Devon Advertiser? Thanks so much all of your efforts. We've updated our Green Metrics for July I hope all of our customers are as proud of how much plastic has been avoided as we are.... Let us know if you'd like us to track...

(Copied from CEBH’s article in the March/April 2022 issue of The Cottage, with some Bovey Larder additions) Many of us have questions about waste recycling, locally and nationally. How does everything I put in my household recycling, or into recycling skips, or take...

It's important to buy ethically. Of course, no one wants to support slavery or exploitation. But how do we know if the things we buy every day are ethically produced? The International Labour Organisation of the United Nations reports 16 million people are exploited...

Your small steps towards change can make a huge difference to the planet, they really can!  We have all heard the phrase ‘a little goes a long way’ and if we can all do a little then as a collective that really will go a long way to reducing our impact on the planet....

Christmas comes but once a year…which means we don’t get a lot of chance to practice and embed ‘Greener’ ways to enjoy it.  So, we thought that we’d make it a little easier for you and share our Top Ten tips for a Greener, Plastic Free Christmas.   Swap your...

Consider This... So, quite the polarised debate on Facebook over the last few days. Good thing / bad thing? Yes or no? Nearly two thirds of UK households visit a Lidl or Aldi at least once every 12 weeks (1). So it’s not really surprising that it has polarised...

Christmas wouldn’t be Christmas without the joy of gifts and presents for young and old. What could be better at the end of the year than some quality time with loved ones around a warming fire and a full belly surrounded by your nearest and dearest? And, although...

Mid Devon Advertiser, 26th August 2021 We all know that it is great for the local community, environment and family businesses to shop locally, but it is not always easy with today’s hectic lifestyle. Bovey Tracey’s town council and several local retail businesses...

Bovey Tracey Library 2021 Summer Competition Mid Devon Advertiser article, 30th September 2021 It’s been competition time at Bovey Tracey’s new library. With the support of the town’s zero waste refill shop, Bovey Larder, children were asked to make something useful...

An insight into what is going on in the global food supply chain - 12-October-2021 As we have all heard in the media, market prices for food crops are rising and will not be coming down in the foreseeable future. This is a serious situation which the whole global...

How many vegans and vegetarians don’t know that they are investing in the meat industry?

We are conditioned to compete for scarce resources – we’ve been that way for many thousands of years.

Will Supermarkets really move to ‘fill your own’ and put small zero-waste retailers out of business?