Food and drink
Along with many other events, Scotland’s first Seaweed Festival, due to take place this September 5-6th as part of the Year of Coasts and Waters 2020 programme has been postponed due to the Coronavirus restrictions.
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Dumfries & Galloway’s food and drink brand, Savour the Flavours has relaunched backed by the team who delivered the original project.
The goal is to help put businesses in the driving seat of shaping industry recovery in the region, with a series of online industry gatherings planned.
In the latest episode from the award-winning Rural Youth Podcast, interviewer Alana Black speaks to Tweeddale Youth Action Manager and occasional Head Chef of Food Punks Dave Hodson about the social enterprise and the importance of young people connecting in the kitchen.
Professional forager and herbalist, Rox Madeira, owner of Trossachs Wild Apothecary has launched a virtual ‘Little Alchemists Club’, for families to learn about edible and medicinal plants online. The six-month experiential course is suitable for children from ages 3 – 12, and has been tailored to allow adults to participate too.
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Created by the industry body, Scotland Food & Drink, the supportlocal.scot platform aims to connect consumers directly with food and drink busines
Killin’s first digital farmer’s market will open on Monday 13 April with weekly food collections from the village post office on Fridays between 3 and 5 pm.
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Local food and drink businesses are adapting to the challenges posed by Covid-19 to support the local community in a time of need.
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Peebles based social enterprise The Food Foundation will open the region’s first digital farmers’ market several weeks ahead of schedule, in a bid to support the local community during the current Covid-19 crisis.
Projects and businesses across the country have been awarded funding from the Connect Local Regional Food Fund.
Twenty-one projects will share £95,550 from the fund to promote locally sourced food and drink. Projects include the Crail Food Festival, Lerwick fish market opening pop-up market and South Lanarkshire Food and Drink Week.