Food and Sustainability
This project will support innovative developments in supply, demand and sustainability for micro businesses (non-agricultural) in the following key areas:
- Transition Food – providing micro-businesses with support for
research, innovation and sharing of best practice to help meet the
challenges and opportunities of climate change and post peak
oil.
- Local Food Access - encouraging new markets and approaches for
micro food businesses in order to increase rural access to fresh,
healthy, locally produced food.
- Powys Menus - supporting innovative activities to promote local
products to the food service, hospitality, conference catering and
public sectors, in order to access new markets and enhance the
local food offer on menus.
- Innovative Food Enterprises - developing capacity, exploring
the feasibility of opportunities and supporting new micro-business
models from community groups to enter the food sector in
Powys.
- Innovative Food Solutions - encouraging micro businesses to seek new sustainable solutions to add value and utilise the food products and resources of Powys.
