Bwyd Sir Gâr Food

Bwyd Sir Gâr Food is Carmarthenshire’s local food partnership and aims to develop a thriving, sustainable, inclusive, and resilient local food system. It brings together partners from a range of different sectors to help tackle a range of social, economic and environmental issues, striving to ensure good food for all.

Key partners in Carmarthenshire include Carmarthenshire County Council, Hywel Dda University Health Board,
Natural Resources Wales, Carmarthenshire Association of Voluntary Services (CAVS), Carmarthenshire Food
Network, Social Farms & Gardens, Food Sense Wales and Castell Howell.

Bwyd Sir Gâr Food’s impact extends across the county and recent projects and initiatives have included:

• Delivering a pilot programme exploring local and sustainable public procurement,
• Developing of a community project through the Carmarthenshire Food Network
• Developing of a School Meals project with support from Welsh Government
• Working with Food Sense Wales to develop local supply chains through the Welsh Veg in Schools project
• Working closely with Carmarthenshire County Council to help shape a Food Strategy for the Public Services Board
• Being part of Machinery Ring developed and delivered by Social Farms & Gardens that will enable small-scale growers to loan machinery for use on their land in Carmarthenshire