Food Festival events from the Brighton & Hove Food Partnership

PRESS RELEASE

Date: 1st September 2011
  • Local food picnic in Preston Park, Sat 17 Sept, 11.30am-3pm
  • Food debate at the Grand Hotel, Wed 21 Sept, 6.30-8.30pm

Photo Opportunity: Saturday 17th September 2011, at 1pm, for the food swap and cheese bowling by the Harvest vegetable garden in Preston Park (behind the Rotunda Cafe), BN1 6HN

At Harvest’s annual picnic in Preston Park on 17th September there’ll be local food on sale, cookery demonstrations and tasters, seedbomb workshops, local sheep and morris dancers.

At 1pm we’ll running another food swap after last year’s successful event when more than 30 people traded jams, chutneys, cakes and excess produce. This year the Brighton & Hove Food & Drink Festival also brings you a whole new sport: Sussex Cheese Bowling. Presented in conjunction with High Weald Dairy, we challenge you to roll your cheese for Brighton! Cheese Bowling is sponsored by Natural PR and The Southern Co-operative.

And don’t forget our annual food debate on Wednesday 21st September: ‘Digging Deeper: What's the future for good food in Brighton & Hove?’ Kindly hosted by The DeVere Grand Hotel, Kings Road, Brighton. Join the Food Partnership for a debate and discussion about the future of food in the city. With a backdrop of of rising food prices and unprecedented interest in food growing locally, discuss the next steps for how we shop, eat and enjoy food. Hear about some of the inspiring food work happening in the city, from speakers including Green Councillor Bill Randall, Leader of Brighton & Hove City Council, plus Thorne’s Food, Moulescoomb Primary School, Albion in the Community and Fork & Dig It. Tickets are free but places are limited so please register!

“We can’t wait for these Food Festival events. From fun activities like food swaps and cheese bowling to a serious debate on food issues, we know there’s a huge appetite for local food in Brighton & Hove!” said Jess Crocker, Manager of the Harvest project at the Brighton & Hove Food Partnership.

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For details about the photo opportunity including arranging to attend please contact the Food Partnership on: 01273 431 700.

For more information contact:

1. Jess Crocker, Harvest Manager, Brighton and Hove Food Partnership, Tel: 01237 431 700

3. Paula Seager or Ali West, Natural PR for the Food Festival,  This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it / This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Notes for Editors:

  1. Harvest Brighton and Hove is a three-year, Big Lottery-funded project led by the Brighton and Hove Food Partnership, in partnership with Food Matters, the University of Brighton, The Brighton and Hove Allotment Federation, the Brighton Permaculture Association, Moulsecoomb Forest Garden and the Whitehawk Community Food Project. It is supported by Brighton and Hove City Council, and Brighton and Hove Teaching Primary Care Trust. www.harvest-bh.org.uk

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  2. Brighton & Hove Food Partnership is a not for profit organisation that works for better food for the city now and in the future. By better food, we mean food that is healthy, affordable, accessible and produced within environmental limits. We believe by working in partnership Brighton & Hove can achieve a sustainable food system. Details of our work are at: www.bhfood.org.uk.

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  3. Brighton & Hove Food and Drink Festival runs annually during April and September with a whole host of exciting foodie events and activities across the city, including the Big Sussex Market, Live Food Stage, Children's Food Festival, Open House Dining, Chocolate Festival, Chilli Festival alongside one-off restaurant and community special events. The core aims of the festival are to support the local food economy, raise awareness of the good food in and around the city, and encourage footfall and spend to the city and its food and hospitality businesses. www.brightonfoodfestival.com

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  4. Local Food has been developed by a consortium of 15 national environmental organisations, and is managed on their behalf by the Royal Society of Wildlife Trusts (RSWT). Supported by the Big Lottery Fund's Changing Spaces programme, Local Food will distribute grants to a variety of food related projects to make locally grown food more accessible.

    5. Further information please visit www.localfoodgrants.org

  1. RSWT: The Royal Society of Wildlife Trusts is a registered charity, incorporated by Royal Charter, to promote conservation and manage environmental programmes throughout the whole of the UK. It has established management systems for holding and distributing funds totalling more than £20 million annually to environmental projects across the UK.

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  2. Changing Spaces programme: The Big Lottery Fund’s Changing Spaces programme was launched in November 2005 to help communities enjoy and improve their local environments. The programme funds a range of activities from local food schemes and farmers markets, to education projects teaching people about the local environment.

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  3. The Big Lottery Fund: Is the largest of the National Lottery good cause distributors, has been rolling out £2 million in Lottery good cause money every 24 hours to health, education, environment and charitable causes across the UK. www.biglotteryfund.org.uk.

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