Growing the Local Food Economy: Dumfries and Galloway

Producing more of what we eat, eating more of what we produce!
This event will connect local food producers with food businesses, buyers, distributors and networks, to action plan how we get more quality local food onto more plates in Dumfries and Galloway.

This event brings together a number of food and drink projects happening across the region: the Regional Local Food Growth Plan and Small Producers Scoping Studies and the Landscape Assessment for the South of Scotland Food & Drink Ecosystem.
This work is being led by collaborating partners, including the South of Scotland Destination Alliance, South of Scotland Enterprise, JR Consulting and Propagate. 

We invite you to join us for a busy morning of discussion and networking, followed by a lunch showcasing local producers.

We will have a speed networking session to enable local producers, processors and buyers to connect and collaborate. We’ll hear from a guest speaker who will offer some top advice for developing a sustainable, local food and drink business.

There will be top level insights from South of Scotland Food and Drink Industry Survey: Landscape Assessment for the South of Scotland Food & Drink Ecosystem.
The survey is open now until 14th March – take the survey here to share your thoughts.

We will collectively discuss and plan around themes important to stakeholders from across the food and drink industry – focusing on key actions for the region. Your involvement will help shape future support and growth opportunities for food and drink producers across Dumfries and Galloway, and the South of Scotland.

Schedule
Arrive from 9.30am
Discussions and Network 10am-1pm
Lunch 1-2pm

Location

Gather, Laggan, Gatehouse of Fleet, DG7 2ES