Bournemouth & Poole’s representatives for the UK’s growing Sustainable Food Cities network has chosen the South’s biggest regional trade show to launch a five-star sustainability award scheme.
The award scheme is to recognise local businesses actively supporting local food provenance and sustainability.
The first organisation in the region to be awarded four stars for its outstanding commitment to food provenance, sustainability and environmental standards is social enterprise BH Live.
“I’ve always believed in buying ingredients from local producers who follow sustainable farming and production methods. With Dorset’s larder being so plentiful, it’s an easy practice to follow,”
says BH Live’s Group Executive Chef, Stewart Parker.
“The Bournemouth and Poole Sustainable Food City partnership is attracting widespread support across the region, and we’re very proud to be part of it.”
“Our partnership works alongside established provenance programmes such as Dorset Food & Drink and New Forest Marque,”
says Sarah Watson, Manager of the Sustainable Food City Partnership for Bournemouth and Poole.
“There are lots of great businesses in our area who are leading the way and doing some fantastic work in supporting and buying from sustainable sources. There are also many that we’d like to help do a bit more. The Hotel & Catering Show this week with more than 100 local suppliers and attended by over 2,000 buyers from across the region is a great platform for us to promote our scheme and encourage more food & drink businesses from across the region to join us.”
To find out more about Bournemouth and Poole’s sustainability campaign, and to get involved, visit sustainablefoodcity.org
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For more information, please contact:
Elizabeth Symmons, BH Live PR & Corporate Communications Executive
E: elizabeth.symmons@bhlive.org.uk
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Picture caption on homepage: Sarah Watson presents the first Bournemouth and Poole Sustainable Food City partnership award to BH Live’s Stewart Parker.
About the Bournemouth & Poole Sustainable Food City Partnership
Representing a mix of local people, businesses, community groups and public and private sector organisations, the partnership is working to revolutionise the way people engage with their food across the city region. Current projects include Community Growing, Sustainable Fish City, the Business Award Partnership scheme, Business Support and Food Poverty. For more visit sustainablefoodcity.org
About BH Live
BH Live is the South Coast’s leading operator of leisure and event venues. With almost 3 million visits a year and £35 million turnover, the social enterprise is already changing lives – placing it at the heart of the UK’s growing social economy. In 2014/15, BH Live hosted more than 400 shows, sold over half a million cultural, sporting and entertainment tickets, clocked up nearly 2.2 million leisure centre visits and welcomed 93,000 conference and exhibition delegates which contributed an estimated £37 million to the local economy.