Posted on February 15th, 2012
If you are interested in the development of local food initiatives and community food projects, take a look at this latest newsletter from Making Local Food Work which includes articles on – Needing help with selling techniques at country markets, trading community food and the Future of Food on BBC4 as well as details of [...]
Posted on January 18th, 2012
This workshop has been designed specifically for Business Owners and/or Supervisors and Team Leaders to help improve the efficiency and competitiveness of your business. Date: Wednesday, 25th January 2012 Time: 9:00am to 5:00pm Venue: Reaseheath College, Nantwich, CW5 6DF To find our more information go to www.reaseheath.ac.uk/hub website and follow the ‘events’ link on the sidebar.
Posted on January 1st, 2012
The MLFW November newsletter is now available. Please go to the newsletter page (link on title above) then click here to download a PDF version. There is a wealth of fascinating information on subjects like:- MLFW conference announced, Fighting back on food prices, Calling all students!, Stocking Local event success, International CSA inspiration and Declarationof food independence [...]
Posted on October 28th, 2011
… to the Challinors of Rushey Hey Farm on winning the Cheshire Life Food Hero Award 2011. Well done! From everyone on the Food and Drink Festival team!
Posted on October 14th, 2011
Reaseheath College is hosting an event on October 26 to showcase our new facilities in the Food Innovation Centre to food producers. Please find your invitation attached. The programme for the day will be of interest to any business with aspirations to supply their products to retail outlets and will include the following topics among [...]
Posted on September 29th, 2011
Arguably one of the only benefits of the upcoming season is being able to fill our tummies with lots of flavoursome food (all in the name of keeping us warm during those chilling months of course!) The festival promises to offer the largest selection of local fine food under one roof with a fantastic line [...]
Posted on June 27th, 2011
The sun shined down us all day. The streets were packed with people visiting all our exciting stalls, listening to the range of entertainment and generally having a great time. The team would like to say a big THANK YOU to everyone involved in making this event a great success.
Posted on June 25th, 2011
Festival Day tomorrow. Town Hall is set up, weather report looking good, all the team rearing to go. See you all in Congleton town centre!
Posted on June 16th, 2011
10.30 am – 4.00 pm Splat! will deliver activities for young people: Painting pots, seeding and designing cress heads and handing out sun flowers growing pots. 12 noon – 4.00 pm BBQ: the theme is locally sourced produce – vegetarian skewers, salad and corn on the cob also including local apple juice tasters The aim of the [...]
Posted on June 7th, 2011
This year we have introduced food passports for our younger visitors. The idea is that children can collect a passport from one of our information points, and start their journey through the town centre and into the Community Garden. They can taste their way around the participating stalls and try different foods [...]
If you are interested in the development of local food initiatives and community food projects, take a look at this latest newsletter from Making Local Food Work which includes articles on – Needing help with selling techniques at country markets, trading community food and the Future of Food on BBC4 as well as details of [...]