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Triumph for Taste Cumbria Food Festival 2011

Taste Cumbria Food Festival 2011image

The biggest ever Taste Cumbria Food Festival which took place in Cockermouth this September has been declared a triumph for the region. Weeks of Cumbrian rain gave way to a remarkably warm and sunny weekend, resulting in the Lakeland main street of Cockermouth packed with over 20,000 visitors from both in and out of the [...]

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Hairy Bikers look at ‘Meals on Wheels’ service

Hairy Meals On Wheels, is a chance to see a distinctive new side to the Bikers as they turn their unique approach to the social issue of provision of “meals on wheels“. In the wake of the Blitz, war-torn Britain united to deliver hot meals to families whose homes had been destroyed. Sixty years on, [...]

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New River Cottage Baby & Toddler Cookbook

River Cottage Baby & Toddler Cookbook

The Baby & Toddler Cookbook is the latest publication from River Cottage HQ. Hugh Fearnley Whittingstall’s passion for food took on a new focus eleven years ago when his son Oscar was born. When, at five months old, he started to take an interest in solid food, he was conscious that this was about more [...]

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Cumberland Sausage Awarded PGI status

Traditional Cumberland Sausage

After 6 years of campaigning, the Cumberland Sausage Association Announce New PGI Status For The Traditional Cumberland Sausage. Thanks to a small and dedicated group of Cumbrian Sausage producers, the Cumberland Sausage, famed for its long coiled appearance, course texture and distinctive seasoning, has been granted Protected Geographical Indication status. Following a six year application [...]

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Local Food Systems Project

Making Local Food Work have announced the launch of Local Food Systems, a new project supporting individual food groups across the country to work together co-operatively, increasing the impact of locally-produced food on their communities. The project will work with six clusters of community food enterprises;  The Kindling Trust, Sussex Food Hub, Liverpool Food Alliance, [...]

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