{"id":208,"date":"2025-10-08T13:45:10","date_gmt":"2025-10-08T12:45:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tradingpostfarmshop.co.uk\/?page_id=208"},"modified":"2025-10-08T13:45:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-08T12:45:10","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.tradingpostfarmshop.co.uk\/?page_id=208","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">About The Trading Post Farm Shop <\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Welcome to The Trading Post Farm Shop &#8211; your local haven for real food, community spirit, and the very best of Somerset &amp; the West Country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Our Story<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Hi!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;m Kate!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Just before Christmas 2017, Andy and I became the proud new owners of The Trading Post Farm Shop. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After years in the &#8216;not-so-exciting&#8217; field of property insurance events and exhibitions, I turned my back on the corporate world and pursued my passion &#8211; FOOD!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After managing a couple of deli&#8217;s in Windsor and Slough I moved in 2007, with Andy and Prickle (our Springer Spaniel),  to Devon where I worked for a year at River Cottage in Axminster, We moved to South Petherton soon after and when I discovered the The Trading Post Farm Shop &#8211; the rest, as they say, is history!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When the original owner, Sue, decided to retired, I was offered first refusal to take over and its safe to say I leapt at the chance!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>From the moment I walked through the door back in 2008 I felt a real connection &#8211; running The Trading Post has never felt like \u201cjust a job.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Our Ethos<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>We believe in:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><strong>Local &amp; Organic<\/strong>: sourcing as much as possible from nearby farms and artisans<\/li><li><strong>Supporting Small Producers<\/strong>: keeping fresh lines moving, trying new suppliers, and giving local talent a platform<\/li><li><strong>Community First<\/strong>: building relationships with customers, suppliers, and staff<\/li><li><strong>Sustainability<\/strong>: Reducing waste with our milk dispensing and refillable dry goods <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>We continue to bring in new products based on customer requests and emerging food trends<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We work with over 120 local suppliers, covering everything from meat, produce, plants, greetings cards, toiletries, gifts, and more<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Heart of Our Shop<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>What we cherish most is <strong>people<\/strong>. Whether you\u2019ve shopped with us for years or are visiting for the first time, we hope you leave feeling delighted, nourished, and valued.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We love hearing your feedback, discovering new producers, and growing the shop in ways that feel right to our community.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About The Trading Post Farm Shop Welcome to The Trading Post Farm Shop &#8211; your local haven for real food, community spirit, and the very &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.tradingpostfarmshop.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/208"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.tradingpostfarmshop.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.tradingpostfarmshop.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.tradingpostfarmshop.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.tradingpostfarmshop.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=208"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.tradingpostfarmshop.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/208\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":242,"href":"http:\/\/www.tradingpostfarmshop.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/208\/revisions\/242"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.tradingpostfarmshop.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=208"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}