Greenlife opened in July 1990 in a tiny 200 ft² shop on Totnes Fore Street. Initially it was a would-be Body Shop project, the aim being to create a “green products" shop in every town. The main thrust was to encourage more 'green' shopping: recycled paper, fair trade items, organic clothing, and so forth

After all, there were already two busy health food shops in Totnes and every other grocer in town, seeing the local trend, had already put in a shelf or two of rice cakes and soya milk.However by September 1990 the country had plunged, seemingly overnight, into recession. In the same month, a disastrous fire brought down an arch over the main street and left it covered in rubble. As the area outside our entrance remained virtually closed for the next few months, the fate of our fledgling shop seemed sealed

We ar a large health food shop in the busy Elizabthen market town of Totnes. We also have a worldwide online business, Greenlife Direct. Visit our website to learn more about us.