debodacious63 | (no subject)

I forgot to post the other week, what with having to take to my sick bed and all, that I have been asked to be a director of the Food Link. I have never been a director of anything before and I feel foolishly chuffed. It is a non-profitmaking organisation where lots of local small producers (like herb growers, market gardeners, the crab man, the oyster man, the mussel man, the scallop man, a cheesemaker, soap maker, fudge maker etc) have joined together to distribute their wares around Skye and Lochalsh; they have a van and employ a driver who collects all the produce and then delivers it, reducing food miles and allowing people like me to use really fresh local stuff. They are also involved in local initiatives like the Slow Food movement, and a local meat feasibility study and a scheme to get local fresh food on to the school dinner menus. I think it is a fantastic idea and had attended a couple of their open meetings, and now they have asked me to join their board and represent the consumer side of the equation.

Yesterday I did a Food Hygiene course, and had to look at horrid pictures of cockroaches and weevils. And I passed the exam with flying colours (it was an extremely easy exam but it is some years since I took one so I was slightly apprehensive).