Manchester Fayre has begun experimenting with local produce from regional farmers to create a local and seasonal organic soup for a primary school pupils in South Manchester.
With support from The Kindling Trust and supplied by members of the newly formed Manchester organic growers and buyers collective, the soups will be piloted from September 2010 at Brookburn Primary School in Chorlton.
Manchester Fayre had its first delivery of potatoes, onions, carrots and leeks today (13th May 2010), to begin the work of creating a range of soups for the pupils to try at a special tasting event in the Summer.
The leeks are part of Moss Brooke Grower's first ever crop, grown just ten miles from the school and all the eventual soups will:
- be nutritious and delicious – appealing to primary school pupils.
- be made of organic ingredients.
- contain fresh herbs and vegetables from farms within 30 miles of the school.
- include pulses, rice and pasta from Europe.
“Manchester Fayre are being superb, they really understand that we need to rethink how we feed our city and that young people deserve the very best food. By piloting a soup made from fresh local organic ingredients we will be showing that our health, the environment and our local economy can all benefit from Sustainable Fayre” Helen Woodcock.
The piloting of a seasonal, local soup is part of Sustainable Fayre a partnership between Food Futures, Manchester Fayre and the Kindling Trust. Sustainable Fayre is funded by the Carbon Innovation Fund and Food Futures as part of Manchester's Climate Action Plan to reduce the city's CO2 emissions by 41% by 2020.