Social Farms & Gardens with partners working across the food system in Wales are delighted to launch our report “THE ROLE OF PUBLIC PROCUREMENT IN TRANSFORMING WALES’ FOOD SYSTEM”.
Working with Open Food Network, Cultivate, Development Trusts Association Wales and Foothold Cymru, Social Farms & Gardens have been leading a pilot to demonstrate that the public sector CAN procure efficiently from local producers using methods that benefit the natural environment and local prosperity.
Collaborating with Sustainable Food Places Officers in Carmarthenshire and North Powys, two community-anchored “Procurement Food Hubs” have been working with local, small-scale growers to aggregate produce and supply the public sector with fruit and veg that meets its requirements in terms of ease, cost, and sustainability.
Using findings from the pilot, this briefing makes a series of recommendations to stakeholders across the food system that could support increased supply and demand of local, agroecological produce onto the public plate.
Please read the full report here English / Welsh
A range of resources will shortly be available on our website to support organisations, community businesses and growers interested in using a food hub model to facilitate short supply chains to the public plate with fresh, local fruit and vegetables.
The report will be launched at the Senedd on 8th June 2023 at our WELSH FUTURE FOOD showcase in partnership with Menter Môn and PLANED.
For further information, please contact [email protected]
This project has received funding through the Welsh Government Rural Communities - Rural Development Programme 2014-2020, which is funded by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development and the Welsh Government to pilot two new procurement food hubs in Carmarthenshire and North Powys.
Mae’r prosiect hwn wedi derbyn cyllid trwy gronfa Cymunedau Gwledig Llywodraeth Cymru – Rhaglen Datblygu Gwledig 2014-2020, sy’n cael ei gyllido gan Gronfa Amaethyddol Ewrop ar gyfer Datblygu Gwledig a Llywodraeth Cymru i gynnal peilot ar gyfer dau hyb caffael bwyd newydd yn Sir Gâr a Gogledd Powys.
