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Be the voice of Food & Consumer issues with the WFU - 09/06/10
The first ever branch of the Shropshire Women’s Food & Farming Union is inviting interest from women within the county to represent the voice of Food & Consumer issues at National level.
The Women’s Food & Farming Union is now in its 30th year and to celebrate this milestone three new branches have started up within as many days. Rosie Boycott, who has been described as Boris Johnson’s Food Guru, has within the last month helped to launch the first ever London branch, which saw Sarah Chase, Head of P.R and Marketing at Rural T.V elected as Chairwoman alongside Lady Apsley who is the Honorary Member for the new branch.
North Wales was next and Tuesday 11th of May saw the launch of Shropshire’s own branch at the National Trust’s first cookery school at Brompton, Atcham just outside of
“The WFU has always been the voice of Women in Food and Farming related businesses, but now more than ever it is attracting interest from women from all backgrounds and lifestyles. The reason for this is because we all share the same passion…… for food at it’s tastiest!” said Gail Thorneycroft Holmes, who organised the
‘Looking for local’ food is a message that the WFU strongly endorse in their efforts to link the Producer and Consumer through school visits, the promotion and sampling of it’s members produce, secret shopping and ultimately using these findings to compile primary research to help to lobby for change of the rules and regulations which effect us all within food and consumer related issues.
‘This is why we are appealing to all women within
The first meeting of the new Shropshire branch will take place by kind permission of Shropshire WFU Acting Secretary, Ralph Early at Harper Adam’s
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