News and Updates
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North-east businesses boosted by bumper food festival
The corridors and courtyards of Cults Academy were reverberating to rather different sights and sounds on Sunday 15th September, as thousands of people descended on the venue for the Deeside Local Food Festival’s fifth outing.
Neighbourhood roll out: Market going out West
West Stirlingshire locals are in for a treat when a new click and collect farmers’ market opens later this month in Balfron.
Soup workshop whets appetite for local food festival
The countdown to this year’s Deeside Local Food Festival has been kick-started with a soup-making workshop.
Seafood Bothy come out of their shell at Deeside Local Food Festival
An Aberdeenshire couple are set to return to a local food festival which sparked the idea for their thriving business.
Taste Islay & Jura -Food Drink and Foraging Festival
Taste Islay and Jura is a new Food, Drink and Foraging Festival on the Isles of Islay and Jura.
Scotland’s Native Oyster Season Opens at Stranraer Oyster Festival
Scotland’s native oyster season opened yesterday, Sunday 1st September 2019, with the landing of the first Loch Ryan oysters of the season. Famously native oysters can only be harvested in months with an ‘R’ in them, avoiding the summer breeding season.