North Pennine Dales Enterprising Food
Teesdale Marketing Limited (TML) has recently been awarded nearly £300,000 from the Big Lottery Fund's Local Food scheme for a three year project to support and promote the production and use of locally produced food in the North Pennine Dales area of North East England; a rural part of the North East between Hexham and Barnard Castle that is economically dependant upon agriculture and tourism.
Entitled "North Pennine Dales Enterprising Food", the project will be delivered by TML in partnership with the Teesdale and Wear Valley Enterprise Agency, the North Pennines AONB Partnership and several other local organisations.
Funding for the project has also been secured from the North Pennine Dales Leader programme and Barnard Castle Vision.
The varied project activities will include individual business support for local farmers and producers, skills training for local chefs and food-related businesses, help with marketing, packaging and display and the development of promotional material such as local food menus and food trail leaflets, to raise customer awareness and appreciation of local food.
The project includes purchasing a bespoke mobile trailer and a portable kitchen unit to support activities that raise consumer knowledge and awareness, such as cookery, grow your own food and meet the producer events.
The project will also purchase freezers for local farmers to sell their produce collaboratively and fit out a test kitchen to help new producers expand their businesses from "kitchen table" to higher volume production. Environmental best practice and education are key strands of the 3 year project.
The project will help to sustain local businesses, including hill farmers, and improve the opportunities for using local food as a means of attracting customers.
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