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Gloucestershire Food Links was set up in 2002 to help develop
a thriving trade in local produce.
Gloucestershire Food
Links is a not for profit company with an independent board elected
at the AGM. The organisation has the backing of a wide variety
of organisations in the local community, and was set up with financial
assistance from Gloucestershire County Council.
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To reconnect customers with the delights and benefits of local
food |
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To improve the availability of local food by working with
farmers, food producers, farmers markets and retailers |
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To encourage access to healthy, fresh, tasty, local food through
special projects in schools and the community |
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To make local food available in school dinners, hospital meals
and at the work place. |
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To encourage high standards of food safety and labeling in
local produce |
Over the past two years, through a
number of pilot projects, Gloucestershire Food links has provided
business advice, training and seminars for farmers and other producers
to help them develop their food businesses.
Gloucestershire Food Links,
with the help of Gloucestershire County Council and the Lottery
SEED Fund, recently ran the "Gloucestershire Healthy Local
Food in Schools" project.
The project aimed to increase
enthusiasm for local food through the development of a whole school
approach to healthy eating.
Gloucestershire Food Links
worked with 6 secondary schools and many primary schools in the
county on a range of exiting project ideas.
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