June 13th-14th-15th 2008
In aid of the Matthews Hall Modernisation Appeal

A weekend community celebration of local and locally sourced foods,
taste workshops, live music, and Italian friendship

"Shop Local" Campaign

The aim of the Topsham Food Festival is above all to have a great weekend, celebrating the excellence of our community through the sharing of food and drink. However, as a long term and more permanent aim, our Festival is also the start of a Topsham 'shop local' campaign.

Issues such as food miles, sustainability, support for the countryside, and the benefits of cultural and biological diversity have come on to the mainstream agenda, and more and more of us are concerned about where our food comes from. Moreover, as food prices soar, and we count the real costs of food production, industrially produced foods are becoming less and less of an attractive option, not just in terms of taste (or lack of) but in terms of sustainability.

We are extremely fortunate to live in a community where shopping locally on a day-to-day basis is still possible for most of us. Yet even still, the lure of the supermarkets beckons (witness the numbers of Tescos and Sainsburys delivery vans still coming in to our town). Please support our campaign to 'buy local'. Only by supporting our excellent food and drink shops and outlets can we ensure that they will remain a vital and central part of our community.

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