Pete Ritchie presenting at the Borders regional event
During the 20 regional events from the Scottish National Rural Network which took place from November 2009 to May 2010 there were many truly inspiring presentations. One of them, and I’m sure anyone who attended the event would agree, was from Pete Ritchie at Whitmuir Organics who gave a presentation at the Scottish Borders event.
Whitmuir is a small family farm with a food hall and farm shop, a licenced restaurant, an art gallery and a home delivery service. They raise cattle, pigs, sheep, chickens and turkeys and grow vegetables, salads and soft fruit. Their produce is organic and all their meat is butchered on the farm. Whitmuir the Organic Place has the slogan/strapline Food with Attitude not Additives. Pete talked enthusiastically about their work and aims. It was one of those presentations which makes you want to go and see the project/enterprise in action. (You can hear Pete speak about Whitmuir Organics in the short video from the Scottish Borders event.)
Well now I can, and you can too, as Whitmuir Organics will host the project visit of the EU Rural Cooperation Fair taking place in Edinburgh next month. The free event is on 23rd and 24th September at Murrayfield Stadium. As well as the project visit, the event will feature keynote speakers, including Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs and the Environment Richard Lochhead, six themed workshops run by people from across Europe, a market place and a conference dinner and ceilidh.
The event will be a fantastic opportunity to meet people from across Europe’s rural communities and to find out what’s worked well where they are. There will also be a chance to explore opportunities for cooperation projects with other parts of Europe.
If you don’t want to miss out on a place at this event then email EUruralfair@scvo.org.uk for an invitation. I look forward to meeting you there!
You can find out more about the event in Register now for EU Rural Cooperation Fair.
