Slow Food and Thames Barge Growler fundraiser
Slow Food Anglia together with Ash who is restoring a derelict Thames barge on the Norfolk coast at Burnham Overy Staithe held a joint fundraising event on Sunday 21st July in the field and Boathouse at the small harbour in Burnham Overy.
We are very pleased to be one of the sponsors of this exciting project and members of the Slow Food movement in East Anglia are very happy to support Ash in any way he feels best, and we also are pleased to have an excellent opportunity to update visitors to the event about the Slow Food movement in both the UK and internationally.
The Burnham Overy Staithe boathouse included details of the restoration and Ash gave a talk during the event on his project and how others can become involved with possible sponsorship opportunities of the project. Several members from Slow Food Anglia were also on site and discussed with visitors the Slow Food organisation, its aims and ethos.
We are very pleased to be one of the sponsors of this exciting project and members of the Slow Food movement in East Anglia are very happy to support Ash in any way he feels best, and we also are pleased to have an excellent opportunity to update visitors to the event about the Slow Food movement in both the UK and internationally.
The Burnham Overy Staithe boathouse included details of the restoration and Ash gave a talk during the event on his project and how others can become involved with possible sponsorship opportunities of the project. Several members from Slow Food Anglia were also on site and discussed with visitors the Slow Food organisation, its aims and ethos.
There was also a small selection of local based businesses at the event and were together with some of the sponsors who are already supporting this exciting restoration project.
The well known Norfolk street food and catering company Bitethebullitt with Mark Matless our Slow Food chef alliance coordinator provided the fantastic food cooked on wood fired grills in the field and local villagers were also closely involved in the event.
The Slow Cargo movement is growing rapidly and cargoes are now moved between countries by using only sail and the power of the wind, sailing ships involved currently carry cargo across the Atlantic, between northern European countries and in the Mediterranean.
This is a sustainable way of transporting food and other goods and very much fits in with the ethos behind Slow Food so we were happy to help in promoting the restoration work on the barge by organising an event for Ash.
Once Growler has been restored Ash plans to move small amounts of cargo around the Norfolk coast, to ports such as Kings Lynn and Great Yarmouth, he also hopes to be able to move cargo from Norfolk to London and possibly across the north sea to Holland in years to come.
This is a sustainable way of transporting food and other goods and very much fits in with the ethos behind Slow Food so we were happy to help in promoting the restoration work on the barge by organising an event for Ash.
Once Growler has been restored Ash plans to move small amounts of cargo around the Norfolk coast, to ports such as Kings Lynn and Great Yarmouth, he also hopes to be able to move cargo from Norfolk to London and possibly across the north sea to Holland in years to come.
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