FOOD HERO: Tom Beastom: Farm W5, Tom Beaston's small west London shop is a life line for over 50 small-scale growers and producers

摘要

It looks like so many suburban food shops: tiny frontage, long interior, three doors down from the hairdresser, Big Jim's Trims. The first impression of Farm West 5 in Baling, west London was not memorable. Half an hour's conversation with proprietorTom Beaston changed my view. This is a war zone. The shop's calm, cool, high-ceiling interior doesn't feel like a battleground, but it represents one miniscule counter-offensive against the onslaught of retailing giants.