Local food partnership reaches across the Channel
Councillor Brian Vincent, Cabinet member for Environment and Sustainability, Plymouth City Council and Traci Lewis, Food Plymouth Coordinator, Soil Association had a successful trip to St Brieuc in France last week, meeting with local partners and elected representatives as part of the a programme to increase local food sales within Plymouth.
Cabinet member for the Environment Brian Vincent said: “It was extremely interesting and we came away with a lot of ideas which we can feed into the city’s work with local food producers so that we can become more sustainable as a result.
"More and more people are coming to Plymouth to enjoy some fantastic cooking in incredible settings. Many of them are proud to proclaim their ingredients as being locally sourced. We want to encourage that more and more.
“Our counterparts were also really interested in the Council’s School Meal Service which serves Gold standard meals in our primary schools every day.
"They also were keen to hear more about our community gardens and allotments, so it definitely felt as though we could learn from each other.”
This is part of an EU Interreg programme called ‘DEAL’, which is working to support economic development through local food, as part of the aims of the Plymouth Food Charter and Sustainable Food City Plymouth Action Plan.
