Co-operative Members are invited to a day focused on local food: growing, gathering and sharing.
Come and join us for a day learning about local food projects
on Saturday 28th April 2012, from 10:30am to 4:30pm at Y Plas, Machynlleth, Powys, SY20 8ER
● Find how a local community raised money for a produce market in Ceredigion
● Bring a gardening or small holding question for the experts: “Get up & Grow” question time
● Enjoy a low carbon lunch
● Hear about children becoming enthusiastic young cooks
● Share the pleasure of cooking through practical sessions with Blaenau Gwent’s Appetite for Life programme
● The event is aimed at anyone with an interest in local and sustainable food production: the afternoon sessions are also suitable for parents and children
The outline of the day is divided into the production of food in the morning and preparing it in the afternoon.
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Morning |
Co-operative solutions: Cris Tomos – Creating a community garden in Cardigan. Get up and grow: Question time – If you grow your own vegetables, have an orchard, or keep chickens? Bring a question to share with the experts
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Lunch |
Find out more about local food over a low carbon lunch.
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Afternoon |
Primary producers: Kids Kitchen - After school healthy cooking in Caersws. Byways to healthy eating: Communities First – A look at community gardening, a food co-op and a youth café. Hands on healthy eating: Communities First – Sharing the pleasure of cooking through practical sessions with the Blaenau Gwent “Appetite for Life” programme.
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Within the limits of the time available for each session we particularly want to encourage informed discussion from a variety of standpoints. If you have a viewpoint that you would like to advocate please let us know in advance so that we can try to accommodate as many contributions as possible.
To attend, please email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it and return to the Cymru/Wales Membership office by Monday 23 April 2012.
or visit http://www.cooperativememberevents.coop
We look forward to welcoming you to this event.
Yours sincerely
Clair Stevens
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Cymru/Wales Region
Clair Stevens Co-operative & Membership Officer |
Room 1 35A High Street Welshpool Powys SY21 7JP |
Telephone: 01938 553904 Mobile: 07702 505665 Facsimile: 01938 559376 Email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it Website: www.co-operative.coop |
