Stirling food project marks first anniversary
A charity project which aims to get people eating fresh, local food is celebrating a year in operation.
Stirling Food Assembly marks its first birthday last Thursday (5 October), having sold a whopping 2,800 baskets of produce and generated over £55,000 for the local economy.
The eco-friendly initiative, which encourages consumers to shop local, was launched last autumn by Stirling based charity Forth Environment Link and is now ranked among the top three food assemblies in UK.
“Unlike with the big supermarkets, our producers keep almost all the profits; with each weekly market generating an average of £1000 for the local economy.” The food assembly scheme, which originated in France, aims to connect shoppers with the people who make or grow food in their local area. The average distance travelled by producers to the Stirling market is 16 miles, cutting down the journey between farm and fork. Users can simply click and collect their order, with pickups from Stirling Cycle Hub on a Thursday or Friday.
