Tasty treat in store for Black Isle!
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THE Black Isle is set to take part in Scotland’s first nationwide celebration of local food, Blasda.
Community groups from across the country are joining forces to host great food experiences, including ceilidhs, suppers and feasts, picnics, talks, food-films and soup kitchens.
As one of the finest food growing areas in the Highlands, the Black Isle is gearing up for its own involvement in the event. On September 10, Transition Black Isle will hold two Blasda events featuring mouthwatering local produce.
Loch na Mhoid Community Garden near Muir of Ord will play host to a ‘pot luck picnic’ with people invited to bring along a dish using ingredients grown at home or in the community garden.
"If you’ve not been to Loch na Mhoid before this is the perfect opportunity to meet some of the community gardeners, tour the garden and polytunnel have a blether and sample some fine homegrown fare," said Toni Clark of Transition Black Isle. "The festivities take place from noon to 4pm – all are welcome."
On the east of the Black Isle, Cromarty is marking Blasda with a special local lunch at the village’s new community market in the Victoria Hall. Stallholders will be selling a delicious array of food from the area, and lunch will be provided by Cromarty Primary School. You can even wash your food down with a cup of locally grown herbal tea. Food will be served throughout the market from 11:30am to 2:30pm.
Blasda is funded by the Climate Challenge Fund and is a project of the award-winning Fife Diet. Feast organiser, Mike Small said,"The main idea is to get a sense of the change of appreciation in local food.
"All the groups involved are part of the growing movement to try and create a better food system, one that connects with nature, values taste over uniformity and feeds the economy of a community instead of ripping it off."
Transition Black Isle is a local group working to create stronger communities in the face of peak oil and climate change. For further details see www.transitionblackisle.org
