Started in 2010, Grow Cook Share has had a massive impact on Ludlow and Craven Arms with more people than ever growing and cooking their own food from scratch. Now thanks to a massive £4500 donation from the Ludlow Food Festival the future of this 4-year project looks bright.
Beth Health, Operations Director for the Ludlow Food Festival said: “Grow Cook Share has made a real impact on the community and their stand at the festivals is always really popular. As organisers of the festival we believe passionately in local food and you can’t really get more local than a project like this so its important to support it in a way that will help it continue.”
The donation will be used to upgrade the ovens in a number of locations used for the Grow Cook Share catering project, including the Rockspring Centre, Ludlow and the Craven Arms Community Centre amongst others.
Valerie Meehan from Grow Cook Share said: “Grow Cook Share was initially a four year Lottery and LEADER funded project which has been incredibly successful. As a result, we will be launching a food based sustainable social enterprise later this year. This will offer local people opportunities to access training, personal development, work experience and employment within the food sector, with a particular focus on young people who are currently unemployed or underemployed. The donation from the Food Festival means we can invest in new equipment which will really help us in this venture.”
Grow Cook Share supports people in Ludlow and Craven Arms to grow and cook their own food from scratch and to share their skills knowledge and excess garden produce with their local community.
The group offers free cookery courses and gardening activities through their network of paid staff and volunteers in order to support the local community to get growing and cooking from scratch in their homes, schools and community spaces.
For further information about Grow Cook Share please visit http://www.ludlow21.org.uk/grow-cook-share/
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