project - Innovative project

Reforging the Link – local communities, local food, local environment
Reforging the Link – local communities, local food, local environment

2016 Other, United Kingdom, Wales
2016 Other, United Kingdom, Wales
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Objectives

Dissociation between people, place and food in rural Wales has fractured the links between local communities, economy and the natural environment. Working in partnership with local food producers, local communities, local businesses, Industry standards and Welsh academic institutions we are seeking to develop a coordinated vision in which a thriving local economy is reliant upon interdependency between people and the landscape which surrounds them.

Activities

The activities that we propose for working with the stakeholders are as follows:

• Identifying potential stakeholders via existing Wildlife Trust networks and by partnering and working with other intermediary organisations, including (but not exclusively): Farming Connect, Farming Unions, Federation of City Farms and Community Gardens, WG Development officers, Local Authorities, Community Development and community sector organisations.

• Mapping of local stakeholders and local market opportunities

• Stakeholder workshops - identifying potential complimentary needs, inputs and outputs; and beginning discussions and relationship building between different stakeholder groups.

• Specific support and capacity building as required (e.g. understanding novel supply chain models, support with relationship building and integration of different perspectives and positions).

• Reflection and learning activities (see section 4 below).

• ‘Demonstrating success’ events – site visits and hosted talks

• Review existing CSA schemes and develop refined model

• Development of ‘routes to market’/other funding support for proposals developed under the project

Project details
Main funding source
Rural development 2014-2020
Agricultural sectors
  • Bees & other insects
  • Crops (generic)
  • Livestock (generic)
  • Vegetables
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1 Practice Abstracts

The communication activities that we expect to be involved include:

i. Food producer events

•‘Let's not reinvent the wheel’ - information gathering on activities and businesses already underway in the area. Represents an opportunity to learn from success and build steering group

•Best practise events for producers and consumers – identify models that are working well both at home and abroad (e.g. European Innovation Parnership)and provide opportunities for learning for local stakeholders

•Mentoring scheme - farmers / growers are paired with each other to undertake a year of co-mentoring (e.g. large scale sheep farmer paired with a small scale organic grower, they could spent one day per month on each other’s farms learning about the different ways each other work and perhaps developing ways to work together)

ii. Food consumer events

•roadshow of local products for demonstration at local food festivals, markets

•workshops on best practise box schemes and local food growing

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Contacts

Dr. Liz Lewis-Reddy

Montgomersyhire Wildlife Trust

42 Broad Street

Welshpool, Powys

SY21 7RR

Wales, UK

441938555654

Project coordinator

Project partners

  • Montgomeryshire Wildlife Trust

    Project partner

  • North Wales Wildlife Trust (Gwynedd and Clywd)

    Project partner

  • Radnorshire Wildlife Trust

    Project partner

  • Brecknock Wildlife Trust

    Project partner

  • Wildlife Trust of South and West Wales (Dyfed and Glamorgan)

    Project partner

  • Gwent Wildlife Trust

    Project partner

  • Green Isle Growers

    Project partner

  • A sustainable Place - CIC

    Project partner