Taste Local will be hosting free information sessions in South West Wales to highlight the fantastic opportunities available to food producers, retailers and hospitality providers through this innovative new project.
The sessions will introduce attendees to Taste Local and the Learning Journeys available, explaining the process and giving tips on filling in the application.
Led by Carmarthenshire Local Action Group and delivered by the South West Wales Tourism Partnership, Taste Local aims to enhance and improve South West Wales’ food offer by exploring how delivery partners across the EU develop their local food culture.
The bursary provides for visits to partner areas in Italy, Denmark and Malta to share best practise in relation to their sector. This may provide solutions to industry challenges, and enable those taking part to grow, access new markets and achieve sustainability.
Fiona and Robert Park of Nant Du Pork and Cwmcrwth Cottages have recently returned from a Learning Journey to Puglia. “It was a great opportunity to travel and speak to experts in the sector, hearing of their traditions,” said Fiona. “We can’t wait to put in to practice what we have learnt.”
With a focus on the use of local produce, Taste Local aims to share best practice by helping South West Wales businesses to learn from transnational partners. On their return these businesses can apply this new knowledge to their own business and share it with others through workshops/master classes and presentations across the region.
Whether you are a food producer wanting to learn from one of our partner regions in an area such as production, a hospitality business wanting to learn more about marketing and serving local produce or a community group looking to develop a food trail or produce market, the bursary scheme is a great opportunity for you to do so. Find out more at the following venues:
Pembrokeshire – 10.30am Thursday April 18 at the Plas Hyfryd Hotel, Narberth.
Swansea Bay – 10.30am Monday April 22 at the Greyhound Inn, Llanrhidian, Gower.
Carmarthenshire – 2.30pm Monday April 22 at the Ivy Bush Hotel, Carmarthen.
BOOKING ESSENTIAL. Please contact Lowri Edwards on: 01558 669091 / 07977 989723 or lowriedwards@gallu.org.uk for more information.
Taste Local is being funded through the Co-operation Fund under Axis 4 of the Rural Development Plan (RDP) for Wales 2007-2013, which is funded by the Welsh Government and the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development.
*To qualify for a bursary you must be a resident of, or own a business within the RDP areas of Neath Port Talbot, Swansea, Carmarthenshire or Pembrokeshire. www.tastelocal.org
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