New Food Vale Festival will shine a light on local businesses and highlight opportunities to improve local food systems

Creative Rural Communities are proud to be supporting this new and exciting digital festival and to be part of the Food Vale partnership.

Individuals and businesses across the Vale of Glamorgan are being encouraged to get involved with a new virtual food festival which will take place later this month.

The inaugural Food Vale Festival will take place from 22nd March – 4th April 2021 and will include a series of virtual events designed to bring people closer to food producers and businesses in the Vale, whilst highlighting opportunities to improve the local food system, post-Covid 19.

The festival is being organised by Food Vale, part of the Sustainable Food Places network- a partnership programme led by the Soil Association, Food Matters and Sustain: the alliance for better food and farming.

Food Vale aims to help to build a more sustainable local food system and improve the access, affordability and availability of good food across the Vale of Glamorgan.

Louise Denham is the festival organiser and Sustainable Food Places co-ordinator at food Vale. She explained:

“The last 12 months has been a really challenging time for everyone; individuals, families, food producers, and food business owners right across the Vale of Glamorgan.

But there now seems to be real appetite to build back better after Covid-19, and to create a thriving, local food system which celebrates the unique character of the Vale and connects its communities.

The Food Vale Festival aims to celebrate this local groundswell in support for a more connected county, whilst highlighting Food Vale’s three key aims; to ensure a good meal for everybody every day; to support local food businesses to thrive; and to connect local and global food opportunities.”

The festival has received funding through the Vale of Glamorgan Council and Welsh Government Rural Communities- Rural Development Programme 2014-2020, which is funded by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development and the Welsh Government.

The Food Vale Festival Programme

Online cook-along events form a significant part of the Food Vale festival programme, with Richard Shaw from Cooking Together providing free cookery demonstrations suitable for the whole family. His recipes will include a Friday Night Curry, Fruit Muffins, and even an Easter Egg Pizza.

There will also be a virtual tour of Barry’s Community Garden, Gibby Green Fingers.

Amy Greenfield from Awesome.Wales– the Vale’s first zero waste store- will host a takeover of the Food Vale Twitter account, sharing her expertise on how to reduce waste in the home.

Three new films have also been created to showcase some of the sustainable food businesses in the local area; Cobbles Kitchen and Deli and Forage Farm Shop are both featured. The films will be shared on Food Vale’s social media channels throughout the festival period.

The third film will feature Cadogs Corner, a community cafe which uses donated FareShare food to provide wholesome meals for the cafe and provide cooking workshops and food parcels for vulnerable families. It was set up by parents and staff at Cadoxton Primary School to address isolation and food poverty, while offering opportunities for pupils and parents to learn new skills like cooking and food hygiene.

Natasha Cokcra, who runs Cadogs Corner, said:

We are thrilled to be part of the Food Vale festival, highlighting the importance of everyone having access to good food. For us, it’s also great to show how communities in the Vale can work together to support each other in times of need.”

To find out more about the Food Vale Festival, visit: foodvale.org/food-vale-festival. Get involved on social media by using the hashtags #FoodValeFest and #GwylBwydYFro. 

Food Vale is part of the Sustainable Food Places network, a partnership programme led by the Soil Association, Food Matters and Sustain: the alliance for better food and farming.

To find out more, visit: https://foodvale.org. 

Welsh Translation

BYDD GWYL BWYD Y FRO NEWYDD YN TAFLU GOLEUNI AR FUSNESAU LLEOL
AC YN TYNNU SYLW AT GYFLEOEDD I WELLA SYSTEMAU BWYD LLEOL

Mae unigolion a busnesau ar draws Bro Morgannwg yn cael eu hannog i gymryd rhan mewn gwyl fwyd rithwir newydd a fydd yn cael ei chynnal yn ddiweddarach y mis hwn.

Bydd yr Wyl Bwyd y Fro gyntaf yn cael ei chynnal rhwng 22 Mawrth a 4 Ebrill 2021 a bydd yn cynnwys cyfres o ddigwyddiadau rhithwir wedi’u cynllunio i ddod â phobl yn agosach at gynhyrchwyr a busnesau bwyd yn y Fro, wrth dynnu sylw at gyfleodd i wella’r system fwyd leol ar ôl Covid-19.

Trefnir yr wyl gan Bwyd y Fro, sy’n rhan o rwydwaith Lleoedd Bwyd Cynaliadwy – rhaglen bartneriaeth dan arweiniad y Soil Association, Food Matters a Sustain: y gynghrair ar gyfer gwell bwyd a ffermio.

Nod Bwyd y Fro yw helpu i adeiladu system fwyd leol fwy cynaliadwy a gwella fforddiadwyedd, argaeledd a mynediad at fwyd da ledled Bro Morgannwg.

Trefnydd yr wyl a chydlynydd Lleoedd Bwyd Cynaliadwy Bwyd y Fro yw Louise Denham. Mae’n egluro:

“Mae’r 12 mis diwethaf wedi bod yn gyfnod heriol iawn i bawb; unigolion, teuluoedd, cynhyrchwyr bwyd, a pherchnogion busnesau bwyd ar draws pob rhan o Fro Morgannwg.

“Ond mae’n ymddangos bellach bod awydd gwirioneddol i ailgodi’n gryfach ar ôl Covid-19, ac i greu system fwyd leol ffyniannus sy’n dathlu cymeriad unigryw’r Fro ac sy’n cysylltu ei chymunedau.

“Nod Gwyl Bwyd y Fro yw dathlu’r ymchwydd hwn o gefnogaeth ar gyfer sir fwy cysylltiedig, gan dynnu sylw at dri phrif nod Bwyd y Fro; sicrhau pryd o fwyd da i bawb bob dydd; cefnogi busnesau bwyd lleol i ffynnu; a chysylltu cyfleoedd bwyd lleol a rhyngwladol.”

Mae’r wyl wedi derbyn cyllid drwy Gyngor Bro Morgannwg a Chymunedau Gwledig Llywodraeth Cymru – Rhaglen Datblygu Gwledig 2014–2020, sy’n cael ei hariannu gan Gronfa Amaethyddol Ewrop ar gyfer Datblygu Gwledig a Llywodraeth Cymru.

Rhaglen Gwyl Bwyd y Fro

Mae digwyddiadau coginio ar-lein yn chwarae rhan allweddol yn rhaglen Gwyl Bwyd y Fro, ac mae Richard Shaw o Coginio ‘da’n Gilydd yn rhoi arddangosiadau coginio am ddim sy’n addas i’r teulu cyfan. Bydd ei ryseitiau’n cynnwys Cyrri ar gyfer Nos Wener, Myffins Ffrwythau, a Phitsa Wy Pasg hyd yn oed.

Bydd taith rithwir o Ardd Gymunedol y Barri, Gibby Green Fingers. Bydd Amy Greenfield o Awesome.Wales – sef siop dim gwastraff gyntaf y Fro – yn cymryd drosodd cyfrif Twitter Bwyd y Fro, gan rannu ei harbenigedd ar sut i leihau gwastraff yn y cartref.

Mae tair ffilm newydd wedi’u creu hefyd i arddangos rhai o’r busnesau bwyd cynaliadwy yn yr ardal leol; rhoddir sylw i Cobbles Kitchen and Deli a Forage Farm Shop. Rhennir y ffilmiau ar sianeli cyfryngau cymdeithasol Bwyd y Fro trwy gydol cyfnod yr wyl.

Bydd y drydedd ffilm yn dangos Cadog’s Corner, caffi cymunedol sy’n defnyddio bwyd a gafodd ei roi gan FareShare i ddarparu bwyd maethlon i’r caffi a darparu gweithdai coginio a pharseli bwyd i deuluoedd sy’n agored i niwed. Cafodd ei sefydlu gan rieni a staff Ysgol Gynradd Tregatwg i fynd i’r afael â theimlo’n ynysig a thlodi bwyd, wrth gynnig cyfleoedd i ddisgyblion a rhieni ddysgu sgiliau newydd megis coginio a hylendid bwyd.

 Dywed Natasha Cockram, sy’n rhedeg Cadog’s Corner:

“Rydym wrth ein boddau ein bod yn rhan o Wyl Bwyd y Fro, gan dynnu sylw at bwysigrwydd sicrhau bod pawb yn cael mynediad at fwyd da. I ni, mae hefyd yn wych dangos sut y gall cymunedau yn y Fro gydweithio i gefnogi ei gilydd mewn cyfnodau anodd.”

Am ragor o wybodaeth am Wyl Bwyd y Fro, ewch i: foodvale.org/food-vale-festival. Cymerwch ran ar gyfryngau cymdeithasol trwy ddefnyddio’r hashnodau #FoodValeFest a #GwylBwydYFroMae Bwyd y Fro yn rhan o rwydwaith Lleoedd Bwyd Cynaliadwy, rhaglen bartneriaeth dan arweiniad y Soil Association, Food Matters a Sustain: y gynghrair ar gyfer gwell bwyd a ffermio.

Am ragor o wybodaeth, ewch i: https://foodvale.org. 

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