Chester Food Assembly has unveiled a new, free app designed to help the community find fresh food.

The new app builds on The Food Assembly’s mission to build a social, local, food economy as an alternative to supermarkets.

The app makes buying local food in Chester easy and promotes the benefits of shopping locally including price, freshness and quality. Users can join Chester Food Assembly and search for local producers on the online market, making local shopping quick and simple.

A Food Assembly organiser Annie Ravazzolo said: "We’re really excited that now people can join Chester Food Assembly via their iPhone. The more local food we buy the better, and more sustainable, our food will become."

The new interactive app is an extension of this objective and is constantly growing in Chester as more producers and consumers join the service.

To find the app search The Food Assembly in the App Store.