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Happerley England Launch

  Following the success of the launch of Happerley England, on the 12th of July, at the founders farm, Willow Hill the passion for provenance was felt by all who attended, and the movement gathers apace!   This is all down to the loyal supporters of Happerley who continue to champion our message for the importance of truth in our food and drink industry and we would li...

Get involved with our Happerley Recipes

  Happerley will soon be publishing QR coded recipe's within our network featuring Happerley Trasparent ingredients for consumers to browse and see the linked producers whose ingredients were used to create the recipe. These recipe wil be searchable on app too, so the shopper will be able to QR scan the item and see the connected recipes - or indeed the reverse: buy the ingr...

CSR Champion Claire Thayers joins Happerley

  We are delighted to announce that Claire Thayers joins Happerley as our Happerley Ambassador. She has 20+ years experience working within Corporate & Social Responsibility for various companies across the Southwest and Midlands and is passionate about Happerley. 

Former Commercial Director of Dairy Crest has joined Happerley

  Peter Andrew has joined Happerley as a Provenance Relationships Manager. He is Ex Commercial Director at Dairy Crest and one of the founders of the Liquid Milk traceability programme for Waitrose (Select Farm scheme) and Marks & Spencer (Non-GM) - now adopted by all major multiples. A Board Level retail FMCG specialist for 25+ years, customer & client facing having recentl...

Join us for the Launch of Happerley England

On Friday, 12th July at Happerley HQ in Apperley, Gloucestershire, we are announcing the the location and detail of the long planned Centre of Food and Drink Provenance for England.    Hosted by TV presenter and farmer Adam Henson, the event is attracting considerable media attendance so it is a great opportunity for Happerley clients to show off their product and provena...

Apply for Gold Standard

  You may have noticed we have launched Happerley Gold Standard that is accorded to food and drink producers who are able to name the exact sources of their core ingredients back to the primary producers.  We all want to know where our food and drink comes from and the gold standard takes this to the next level.   For some businesses, this is not as easy as it sounds, e...

Filming The Provenance Story

  Say hello to Tom, Jack & Katie, our new film crew who have joined us on our exciting Happerley England journey.  A tight-knit team of high-achieving post grad students specialising in film and media, the trio are promoting Happerley England across social media platforms. The group are producing short YouTube films of Happerley Transparent clients and events while als...

From Cornwall to Cumbria, Happerley takes to the road to celebrate English food and drink provenance

  Farmer-led food provenance champion Happerley has today announced its plan to tour every English county this summer, in its ongoing bid to deliver transparency across the food and drink industry.   The tour, involving more than 40 feasts at Happerley Transparent hotel and restaurants from Cornwall to Cumbria, kicks off on Friday, 12th July at Happerely HQ, Willow Hil...

The Provenance Debate - What are Gloucestershire's Highlights?

  As part of our Happerley England Tour, we are challenging the public to come forward with what they consider to be the provenance highlights of their county so we engage a series of debates through regional media, to contribute to the celebrations we are hosting in every county of food and drink provenance.  Thisis our initial assessment of the food and drink provenance...

Join us at the Royal Three Counties Show!

  We’d like to invite you to this year’s Happerley Food Heaven, which will take place from Friday 14th June to Sunday 16th at the Royal Three Counties Show, the largest livestock and equine show in England.   Our marquee is a jount initiative with the Show organisers to celebrate The Show becoming Association of Show and Agricultural Organisation’s (ASAO) first to turn f...