‘The Climate Change Garden’ Teacher Training Programme
Developing productive growing spaces and supporting the ‘field to fork’ model in our schools
Projects
Bwyd Sir Gâr Food aims to create a healthier, sustainable, and fairer local food system through a place-based, partnership-driven approach. Here are the projects we are involved with. Use the dropdown menu to filter the type of project you would like to read more about.
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Carmarthenshire Climate Action Group
The Climate Action Group was established in November 2021. The Group was formed as part of Carmarthenshire’s Climate Action Manifesto which was co-constructed during the global citizenship programme, ‘Walk the Global Walk’ (2019-21).
Food Systems Development Project
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Bwyd Sir Gâr Food is delivering an initiative called the Food Systems Development Project that looks at how we produce, sell, promote and eat local and sustainable food in Carmarthenshire.
Foodbanks in Carmarthenshire
If you live in Carmarthenshire and experiencing difficulty accessing food, the Trussell Trust may be able to help you.
Social Prescribing
Social Prescribing is an approach that recognises the connection between our physical health and our social, emotional, and mental wellbeing.
Community Growing and Volunteering
If you’d like to visit a community garden or are interested in learning more about growing, find out more here
Allotments
Carmarthenshire County Council has thirteen recorded growing sites across Carmarthenshire, covering an area of over nine hectares.
Bremenda Isaf
Bremenda Isaf is a 100-acre lowland farm in the village of Llanarthne at the heart of the Tywi valley that belongs to Carmarthenshire County Council. This public land is now being used as a trial location for an exciting initiative to grow fresh, high-quality and affordable fruit and vegetables for the public plate – schools, care homes and cafés.
Machinery Ring
Social Farms & Gardens is working with small-scale growers in Carmarthenshire on a ‘library’ of machinery to help production, biodiversity and soil health.
Gardeniser Pro
Gardeniser Pro is an internationally recognised accredited course delivered by Social Farms & Gardens that specifically supports leaders in community garden settings
Discover Carmarthenshire
Here in Carmarthenshire we are lucky to have a vibrant and diverse range of independent eateries.
Future Generations Menu
In 2023, Carmarthenshire County Council commissioned the ‘Future Generations Menu’ research and development to look at the integrated impact of delivering the county’s current school menus.
Sustainable Food Procurement Hubs
From September 2022 until June 2023, Social Farms & Gardens led an innovative pilot in Wales using community food hubs to supply the public sector with fruit and veg from local, nature-friendly growers.
Bremenda Isaf Heritage Project
With innovative food initiatives now taking place across the county, we’re building on this excitement by developing a creative storytelling project that will reflect the county’s own heritage and tell an important part of Carmarthenshire’s food story.
Healthy Weight Healthy Wales
Healthy Weight: Healthy Wales is the Welsh Government’s long-term strategy to prevent and reduce obesity in Wales.
Healthy Start
The Healthy Start scheme is a Government initiative that provides eligible families with a Healthy Start card with money on it to spend on milk; fresh, frozen, and tinned fruit and vegetables; fresh, dried, and tinned pulses, and infant formula milk.
If you are a community worker and would like to attend nutrition training contact: [email protected]
Nutrition skills training for community workers / health professionals
The Hywel Dda Health Improvement Dietetic Team provides nutrition skills training for community workers such as nursery nurses, youth workers, care workers, teaching assistants, volunteers and many more. They aim to work with community workers to build food and nutrition skills into the everyday work of those who are in regular contact with community groups and who best understand the needs of local people.
Nutrition Skills for Life®
Nutrition Skills for Life® aims to work with partner agencies and organisations to ensure that everyone in Wales has the skills, opportunity and confidence to access the food they need for good health.
Carmarthenshire Food Network
Carmarthenshire Food Network was established in 2021 out of Covid-19 where people felt disconnected, and for those who were struggling to access food especially for those who were in need of foodbanks. It brings together community growers, professional food producers, schools, chefs, distributors, foodbanks, community hot food projects and food surplus providers. In addition, stakeholders such as Carmarthenshire County Council, Hywel Dda Health Board and Carmarthenshire Association of Voluntary Services.
Bwydlen ein Bro
Bwydlen Ein Bro is the annual schools’ challenge which provides schools with an opportunity to use produce from their school gardens and link with local suppliers and producers, to develop a community meal based on food meters not miles.
Food and Fun
Food and Fun is a school-based education programme that provides food and nutrition education, physical activity, enrichment sessions and healthy meals to children during the school summer holidays.
Welsh Veg in Schools
Welsh Veg in Schools is a pilot project co-ordinated by Food Sense Wales that aims to get more organically produced Welsh veg into primary school meals across Wales.
Helping communities access good food
If you’re struggling to afford or access good food, there are a number of community initiatives that could help you
