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What will Food&More do?

Farms and farming, own and farm land, growing food, processing food, dairies, bakeries, butcheries, processing kitchens, breweries, hotels, restaurants, shops, cafes, classrooms, teaching, training, cookery schools, weddings, parties, concerts, festivals, volunteering and …….lots more

To summarise: Food&More will:

Own land, produce, process, distribute and sell food

Educate, entertain and inform

Build, grow and support strong communities

This will all be underpinned by the principles of delivering sustainable environmental, economic and social outputs.

The More of the project are the areas which food is so interconnected - health, communities, waste, energy....and lots more

 

News

Charity Ready Steady Cook

Local Food and raising money for charity took centre stage at Thornden School last Thursday evening. An audien...

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Waterside Primary School Visit

39 year 5 children spent 5 hours at Sunnyfields today and certainly did Food&More! Tractor rides, collecting e...

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Latest Expressions of Support

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  • Oliver Dowding, Shepton Farms, Somerset
    Ian and Louise, this is a fantasitc initiative, as I said to you at the Soil Association Conference last week. Very ambitiou...
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  • Andy Mackenzie, Executive Chef, Lainston House Hotel, Winchester
    Looking forward to a new level of local food. Again something Hampshire can be very proud of and it has my full support, I h...
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  • Daniel Spicer
    I think The Food and More Project is a superb idea, I am a real advocate of eating healthy with fresh and organic foods and I...
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  • David Harrison, Hampshire County Councillor and Member for Totton South and Marchwood
    I am very pleaed to express my full support for this exciting project. Ian deserves the backing of everyone. This venture re...
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  • Catherine Teeling, CURe, University of Portsmouth
    CURe is the Creative Urban Regeneration group within the University of Portsmouth, we have set up urban lots for staff and st...
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  • Sarah Metcalfe
    I would like to offer my time as a volunteer for any local projects - especially to do with food production(crops and animals...
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  • Charlotte Hollins
    It looks to be a fantastic project and well needed - we wish you the best of luck....
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  • Stuart Nisbet
    After hearing about this today i think it is very important that we sort the distribution network out to make it easier to so...
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  • Pamela Eastwood
    I have an academic background in food and consumer studies and would be very interested in getting involved with the project....
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  • Chris Pratt from Pratts
    Sounds like a great plan...
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  • Penny Beauchamp, Public Procurement Manager, South East Food and Drink Partnership
    This project is needed more now than ever....
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  • Mark Houghton Brown, Nelson, New Zealand
    Fantastic Project which deserves to realise its goals...
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  • Cheryl Cohen, London Farmers' Markets
    It's so important to help people to connect with the whole cycle of food from farm to farmers markets; to increase knowledge...
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  • Sophie Boxall
    This great project will do much to ensure the sustainability of British food and farming, which I fully support. As the sayin...
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  • Caroline
    So great to meet you and love the food and more project. A positive story indeed. Would love to find a time to come and in...
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  • Ben Dalby
    IT project consultancy, including system analysis and architecture of food supply chain applications. Nice to meet you Ian, a...
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  • Christine Watkins
    This joined up action is what is needed if we are going to move the agenda forward and make a real difference...
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  • Evelyn Cook - Hampshire County Council School Meals
    As the Counties school meals provider we work with Hampshire Fare to provide food of the best quality from where possible loc...
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  • Alistair Gibson
    An important idea with an underlying sense of passion. 'A sense of place' is what makes food interesting to me and this seems...
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  • David Cousins
    Currently being a member of the Sunnyfields Team, and having known Ian, Louise and the family for many years, news of this pr...
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  • James Pocklington, Louth, Lincolnshire
    Very interested to see how the multi-national corporations view this project as it appears a real challenge to their existing...
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  • William White NFU SE Regional Director
    I’ll be encouraging the regions’ farmers and growers to look further into the future than they’ve ever done before in order t...
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  • Connie, Southampton
    Best of luck with your project....
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  • Peter Etter
    I believe strongly in sustainably produced and, where possible, locally sourced food. In particular I favour the smaller prod...
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  • Angus Whitehead
    I'm supportive of anything that will encourage people to utilise and make the best of their local resources. We ALL know it m...
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