Artisan producers in Halifax join forces for an innovative click-and-collect food market
ALL Saints Parish Hall in Skircoat Green is a hive of activity. It’s buzzing with local food producers selling their wares. Tables are laden with cool mint halloumi, labneh, rarebreed sausages, raw milk, duck eggs, spelt bread, focaccia, oak-smoked chicken, kiln-roasted salmon and all manner of other delicious delicacies.
Unfortunately, despite all the buzzing in the hive, no one is selling honey. But, surely, that can only be a matter of time?
‘I’d love it if we could get a honey producer on board,’ said Carol Longbottom, who set up Halifax Food Assembly last summer. ‘Yogurt would be great as well. And Ice cream. I’d really, really like someone to come in with ice cream.’
The aim of the assembly is to give members, who can join for free, the chance to fill their online shopping basket with local produce and then pick it all up at the same time – 4.15- 6.15pm every Wednesday at the parish hall.
It’s convenient, because they don’t have to trail round the producers individually or wait for the monthly farmers’ market; it’s good for the environment, because the food is travelling, on average, less than six miles and is collectable from a single, accessible hub; it’s budget-friendly, because there’s no middle-man to pay or fancy shop to fund; and it’s good for producers, because they get guaranteed sales and can pocket more than 80 per cent of the listed price.
This story is from the April 2017 edition of Yorkshire Life.
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