FOOD FOR THOUGHT AT LOCAL FOOD PARTNERSHIP EVENT

Many community growers, suppliers and wider partners involved in the food sector in Pembrokeshire recently gathered for the latest event hosted by the Pembrokeshire Local Food Partnership.

Managed by PLANED, in partnership with PAVS and Pembrokeshire County Council, the Local Food Partnership is already working across our communities within the county, to see how through collaboration, we can deliver greater coordination of food related activities.

In addition, the aim of the partnership is to support the work of growers and suppliers in communities, to look at how we can all have a part to play within a more sustainable food system, that also enabled us to then tackle the root causes of food poverty.

Pembrokeshire College hosted the event on Tuesday 27th, where a full room of attendees present, heard from speakers including Green Up Farm, Cilrath Acre, and the Learner Executive students. All of them shared their journeys and thoughts on their own projects to support local food growing and supplies, and the promotion of wellbeing via people getting more involved generally, including the results of a student population survey on food pricing and food poverty.

Sue Latham from PLANED who coordinates the Pembrokeshire Local Food Partnership, explains “The broad range of speakers who are all involved in different aspects of the local food sector, really did spark some fantastic questions and debates at our event. Particularly popular was the display of hydroponic vertically grown micro greens from Toni & Alex at Green Up Farm, with many now looking at this as part of the wider solution to our local food needs”.

Iwan Thomas, Chief Executive of PLANED, and Chair of the College Board of Governors noted in addition, “Having the College host this Local Food Partnership event further demonstrates how we want to join up the current amazing work on food within our communities here in Pembrokeshire, with the innovation and future skills the college also enables and offers as part of a sustainable solution for addressing food wellbeing across the county.”

Funded currently by Welsh Government via the Welsh Local Government Association, the joint working promoted by the Local Food Partnership here in Pembrokeshire, through its independent facilitation and management continued to deliver key outputs and successful events that brings together people and projects with a common interest.

For more information on how you could get involved, and support the Pembrokeshire Local Food Partnership, please contact bwydfood@planed.org.uk or 01834 860965.