Local Food First Wrexham

A NEW consumer website is being launched by the Assembly Government today to promote sales of Welsh food and drink products. www.fork2fork.org.uk

The website is part of Cardiff’s two-year fork2fork campaign designed to raise awareness of direct sales opportunities among both consumers and producers.

By promoting farmers’ markets, farm shops, box schemes, farm gate and online sales, it hopes to cut food miles and packaging, and boost local food sector returns.

Rural affairs minister Elin Jones will unveil the initiative at today’s IWA Food in the City Conference, Cardiff.

Meilyr Ceredig, of fork2fork, said: “We are calling on all direct sale producers to visit and send us their stories.”

Source: Andrew Forgrave Daily Post 26/05/2010