Proud to be a part of the Bwyd Sir Gâr Food partnership.
Creating a healthier, sustainable, and fairer local food system in Carmarthenshire.
Bwyd Sir Gâr Food is Carmarthenshire’s local food partnership.
Our aim is to co-create a local food system fit for future generations that produces, promotes and helps provide affordable, healthy and sustainable food for all.
Carmarthenshire Food Network is the grassroots voice which feeds into the partnership and supports our cluster groups to Connect, Share and Support one another.
COMMUNITY
(including community food providers, wider community support organisations for those experiencing food insecurity, accessible community growing and related community grow, cook, meal share activities linked to enhancing community cohesion, wellbeing and a healthy and environmental friendly diet high in local and sustainably produced ingredients).
SUPPLY CHAINS
(including primary producers, logistics and distribution, retail, catering and hospitality aimed at strengthening production and supply of local and sustainable food to strengthen and diversify the local food economy)
STRATEGIC
(including primary, secondary, FE and HE educators, public bodies, collaborative county private/public/community collaboration, regional and national collaboration/partnerships)
The acorn symbolises growth and renewal in the natural world, whilst referring subtly to Carmarthenshire’s heritage and mythology.
A green leaf represents food production and fresh growth within a diverse landscape of rolling hills. The River Tywi and the Carmarthenshire coast is reflected in a water element, and the fork references both cooking and eating.
Mission
Bwyd Sir Gâr Food aims to create a healthier, sustainable, and fairer local food system through a place-based, partnership-driven approach.
Vision
Co-creating a local food system fit for future generations that produces, promotes and provides affordable, healthy and sustainable food for all.
Values
• Empowering
• Collaborative
• Inclusive
• Accessible
• Innovative
Cluster Groups
1. Foodbanks |
2. Schools |
3. Community Hot Food Projects |
4. Food Surplus Providers |
5. Chefs |
6. Professional Food Producers |
7. Community Growers |
8. Distributors |
Sustainable Food Places
Bwyd Sir Gâr Food is proud to be a member of the Sustainable Food Places network and in 2023, Carmarthenshire was awarded a prestigious Bronze Sustainable Food Places award in recognition of its commitment to building a thriving, sustainable, inclusive, and resilient county-wide food system.
CAVS
Carmarthenshire’s Food Network was established by the Carmarthenshire Association of Voluntary Services (CAVS), in 2021, to address concerns around access to food during the Covid-19 pandemic.
This work was initially co-ordinated by Jamie Horton, Community Volunteering Development Officer, and funded through Welsh Assembly Government Transformational Change.
Our Carmarthenshire Food Network Assistant, Augusta Lewis, came on board in November 2021 funded through the Wales Poverty Alleviation Fund.
In 2023 we secured a new Carmarthenshire Food Network Officer, Alex Nichols, through UK Shared Prosperity Funding.
