Mapping Local Food Webs Workshop: Is local food good for Totnes?

As part of the Campaign to Protect Rural England’s Mapping Local Food Webs project that is currently taking place in Totnes and the surrounding area, we would like to invite you to a workshop and networking event.

The workshop will be an opportunity to meet others, build connections, enjoy local refreshments, and be part of the new Mapping Local Food Webs project.
 

Format of the evening;

7pm Workshop begins

7.15pm Introduction to Mapping Local Food Webs Workshop

7.30pm Exercise one - your view on local food in and around Totnes

8.20pm Break and local refreshments

8.30pm Exercise two: Issues and opportunities for local foods in and around Totnes; Networking; Workshop Evaluation

9pm Raffle and close

How do you choose what you or your family eat?  Do you have an opinion about where your food comes from or how much it costs?  Make a difference in your community by joining this workshop to explore what local food really means for our local community, economy and the countryside.  The workshop will be an opportunity to meet others, share ideas, enjoy free local food and be part of this new Campaign to Protect Rural England Project, Mapping Local Food Webs.

Through the workshop we would like to:

Hear your views and opinions about local food in and around Totnes.
 

Establish issues around local food that are particularly important in the area.
 

Understand strengths and weaknesses in the local food web, from farmer, to retailer to shopper.
 

We hope that as many local people, shopkeepers, farmers, and decision makers as possible will attend.  No prior knowledge of local food is required – wherever you shop and whatever your view about local food, we’d like to hear from you.   We would be very glad if you could extend this invitation to others that you know.

The Mapping Local Food Webs project aims to engage the skills and knowledge of local people in order to explore the impact that local foods have on local people, the local community, local businesses and the countryside. We aim to achieve a better understanding of some of the challenges facing local food networks, to build links within the community between local residents, shopkeepers, farmers and policy makers, and to create opportunities to influence local, regional and national policy and planning decisions.  The workshop will be an important part of this work.

If you have any questions or require further information, please do get in touch. 

For more information you can also visit:

Mapping Local Food Webs: www.makinglocalfoodwork.co.uk

We very much hope that you will be able to come to the workshop and join the exciting discussions that could help to shape the future of local food in Totnes.

Jenny Gellatly

Mapping Local Food Webs South West Coordinator

Campaign to Protect Rural England

jennyg@cpre.org.uk

01803 864858

07833250136