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Think Global Taste Local project initiators believe that everything starts with
taste. Our project is committed to introducing people to climate friendly food that
simply tastes good and helps them make food choices that benefit our
environment, our communities and our economies .
How can you actually connect with global issues, such as climate change, on an
individual and local level? Through taste! Apart from all the ethical reasons,
what better incentive is there to choose to eat a climate- friendly farmed carrot,
over an industrially produced supermarket carrot, than simply because it tastes
delicious too??
Food that is grown locally is fresher, and much fuller in flavour, and above all
more nutritious and healthy than food that is harvested early, genetically modified
or transported great distances. This project is a vitally important step toward
building resilience, healthy communities and support for local food economies,
whilst helping the environment by increasing carbon capture. Above all, it caters
to a basic human need – to eat tasty and healthy food!!
Think Global Taste Local
held experiential workshops and public events
related to the quality of taste, the practical preparation of fresh food skills and the
ease of sourcing local food. Events included farm visits, cooking workshops
and local talks and gave opportunities for people to come, connect and become
aware of the variety of foods available in their local areas, and inspired them to seek
out what their local climate friendly food producers have to offer, and to prepare
this food themselves in simple, tasty and nutritious ways. The best way to
change one’s behviour is to experience what one aspires to. Once you taste and
know how simple it is to eat locally produced, climate friendly food, you wont
want to go back to instant meals available over the counter at supermarkets!
We believe that food must be healthy not only for the individual but also for the
environment, for our communities and for the economy. Sustainable farming
practices nourish and replenish the local land rather than stripping it. The profits
are kept with the local grower and in the local community.
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