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Promoting Welsh farmhouse produce are (l-r) FUW Ceredigion CEO Mared Rand Jones, FUW Ceredigion County Chairman Anwen Hughes and FUW Ceredigion Administration Assistant Elin Jenkins[/caption]
Over 130 people joined the Ceredigion branch of the Farmers’ Union of Wales as they started their day the Welsh Italian way at the end of January.
Two breakfast were organised as part of the FUW’s Farmhouse breakfast week campaign (January 21 – January 28), which aimed to raise the profile of Welsh produce and got politicians, key stakeholders and the general public round the breakfast table to see the important role the food and drink sector plays in their everyday lives.
The first breakfast was held on Thursday, January 26, at Neuadd Goffa Felinfach, Lampeter and a further breakfast was held on Friday, January 27, at La Calabria, Rhydgoch, Ffostrasol, Llandysul, where a passion for good food and a love of the Welsh countryside and its people are the driving force behind the Italian family-run restaurant.
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FUW Deputy President Brian Thomas joins the breakfast in Felinfach, Ceredigion[/caption]
Mared Rand Jones, the County Executive Officer for Ceredigion, who organised the breakfast functions, said: “Our breakfast functions have been a huge success and I am glad so many were able to join us.
“It was a fantastic opportunity to share not just great food but also our thoughts and worries about the state of the industry. Many of you told us your stories and helped us to understand how we can help each other. And there was no better time and place to do all that than over a cuppa with some great food – which was guaranteed at the Felinfach and La Calabria breakfasts.”
As part of the breakfast campaign the local Ceredigion branch also raised £1600 for the FUW president’s charity BHF Cymru.
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Cooking up an Italian storm the Welsh way - (l-r) Gino Vasami, Graziella Vasami and Tony Hack[/caption]
BHF are the nation’s heart charity and the largest independent funder of cardiovascular research. Coronary heart disease is the UK’s single biggest killer and their pioneering research has helped to transform the lives of people living with heart and circulatory conditions and their work has been central to the discoveries of vital treatments that are helping to change the face of the UK’s fight against heart disease.
Mared Rand Jones added: “I would like to thank everyone who sponsored our breakfast produce and helped us raise such a fantastic amount of money for the charity in the process.”
A special thank you from the FUW Ceredigion branch goes to the following for sponsoring the breakfast produce: Mark Webb, Butcher, Rhydlewis; Aeron Bacon Supplies, Butcher, Talsarn; Thomas, Golwg y Môr, Butcher, Tanygroes; Sainsbury’s Lampeter; Bara Betws, Betws Ifan; Jones, Pengraig, Ystrad Meurig - Eggs; Jac’s fruit & veg, mobile van, Llanybydder - mushrooms and tomatoes; Brodyr Davies, Penbwliaid, Bryngwyn - Eggs; Lewis Bread, Lampeter; Felinfach Premier Shop and Post Office, Felinfach.