Local Food-chain Challenge

The food-chain challengeVeg

We want to encourage growth in small local farmers, artisan producers family-run restaurants that bring colour and culture to gastronomy.  It’s also time we all started thinking about how we want to live and eat in the future.

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Eat Sheffield offers regional food-chain operators the opportunity to pursue new ways and means of networking on projects that achieve local sustainability, reduction in food miles and enhance localised economic development. ....Do you want to get more involved?  Click here and email us your name and business details.  

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We are committed to improving the quality and perception of our food industry and encouraging local food-chain businesses, eateries and consumers to work together to secure a sustainable future for our farming and food industries.  Encouraging even a small percentage increase in local..  food purchasing will help create a more viable local industry, contributing to.. a better environment and healthy and prosperous communities.  

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Our food-chain ambitions

Eat Sheffield is currently collaborating in ethical food research with academic partners from Sheffield Farm to PlateHallam University and the Centre for International Hospitality Management Research.  The project is aimed at examining the existing relationship of local growers/producers, restaurateurs and the  customer related to current trends and practices in food procurement.

 

The aforementioned research project will pinpoint recommendations to help facilitate changes to practice in food procurement in independent restaurants in Sheffield. The research work consists of:

    

1.   Educating Sheffield independent restaurateurs about food trends and related procurement and operational practices. 

 

2.   Building and maintaining stronger dialogue between restaurateurs, food suppliers and local producers through hosting local food-chain workshops.

 

3.   The development of a programme of learning visits for local restaurateurs to local producers and farmers.

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Restaurateurs Promote Local Sourcing

Suspects Group

...   Five Restaurateurs, one line up, no coincidence... the poster is a rip of the Hollywood box office smash hit film starring Gabriel Byrne and Kevin Spacey. The Usual Suspects, voted a top 20 all time film by movie goers was viewed as an ideal eye catching theme to promote quality issues and willingness to explore better distribution of regional food sources, support of local produce and reduction of carbon footprint.... MORE

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Future projected outcomesLocal Pig

Ultimately, we aim to identify potentials strengths, challenges and recommend actions for building stronger trading relationships.  Eat Sheffield will continue to produce ongoing work to encourage all parts of the food chain to work together constructively on issues of mutual interest and concern and working to encourage collaborative regionalised marketing.

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Do you want to get involved?  If the answer is yes Click here and email us your name and business details, we will contact you shortly!

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The next planned 'Meet the Producers' event is scheduled for 10th March at Sheffield Hallam University.  If you want to attend Click here and email us your name and business details, we will contact you shortly!
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