Local Food Guide for South Kerrier
Project Aim
South Kerrier sits at the most southerly point on the English mainland. With Falmouth to the East and Redruth to the North, this region is one of the most beautiful and yet one of the poorest in the country. Ironically we produce some of the best vegetables, meat, dairy products and fish, yet we are also at the end of a long distribution network that serves the supermarkets and the majority of our population. We have a great potential to feed ourselves, thereby reducing food transportation and benefitting from fresh seasonal food whilst supporting our own economy at the same time. Our Farmers Market in Helston, the ancient Stannary town, is hugely successful and regularly draws over a thousand customers on the first Saturday of each month. In between those times few people know where to find good local food. This is where the Local Food Guide for South Kerrier comes in. Featuring around 100 local producers and the outlets which sell their produce, the guide will put local customers in touch with local producers. We have applied for Lottery funding through "Making Local Food Work" and have a team of six volunteers working on the gide. Our local college are carrying out all the design work, and the guide will be printed by a local printer.
The guide will be launched on the 3rd of July at the South Kerrier Official Festival of Food (SKOFF).
Further details
The guide will run to approximately 48 pages of A5 in booklet form, full colour with sections for Meat and Dairy, Vegetables, Drink, Pasties, Bakery and Chocolate, Jams Honeys and Preserves, Seafood. It will identify shops, farmgate sales, local markets, local box schemes, local food fairs, cafes B&B's hotels and pubs that feature local food. Plus short articles on buying local food, the importance of seasonality, spporting the local economy and other ways to make food central to community life.
Behind the paper guide will be a website directory containing additional entries and more up to date information.
The guide will be used to encourage local shops and producers to source more of their stock locally, and will hopefuly develop into a local food hub and box scheme.
Inspiration
Outcomes so far
Obstacles, and how we overcame them
Lack of response from those we wish to put in the guide. This has meant we have had to be persistent ollowing up emails with phone calls and personal visits.
Lessons Learned
Links and Partnerships
South Kerrier Alliance,,
Helston Community College,
Making Local Food Work,
Helston Town Council,
Cornwall County Council,
Helston Organic Gardeners and Growers,
West Cornwall Beekeepers,
Lizard Tourism Association,
CoAST.
Sources of Funding
We have bid for lottery fnding through "Making Local Food Work" we are awaiting the outcome of our application.
Sources of materials
Our information came from;
the Internet,
local guides,
local market co-ordinators,
Transition members local knowledge,
local producers told us about retailers and retailers told us about producers.
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