Growing the Local Asian Foods Market

This web page is an overview and executive summary of the final report of this partnership project by Grassroots Food Network and Asian Healthy Community Network.
Published September 2004.

The full report, “Growing the Local Asian Foods Market” (44 pages) is available from Grassroots Food Network for £20 including postage. Contact:
Robert Barraclough tel.: 07778 315577
Tony Milroy tel.: 01422 843807
Closed User Group members in the “farmers” group can download the full report.

Corriander

Spinach

Fenugreek

Report contents include:

• Growth of ethnic foods market in the region
• Growing the crops locally
• Growing the local market
• Featured outlets
• Community projects and enterprises
• Recipes from food festivals
• Contacts for useful organisations

Project team:

• Haneef Asad. Asian Healthy Community Network, farmer, allotment grower. (Centre in picture below.)
• Robert Barraclough. Farmer/grower and Director of Grassroots Food Network. (On tractor in picture below.)
• Rose Bridger. Local food specialist.
• Anthony Milroy. Director of Grassroots Food Network and Arid Lands and Sustainable Communities Trust. (Rightmost in picture below.)

Report written by Rose Bridger.

Project supported by:

• Sustainable Open Space
• European Regional Development Fund (INTERREG IIIB Community Initiative, North West Europe)
• The Farmers Fund
• Arid Lands

From left to right: Mohammed Sawar, Allah Ditta, Haneef Asad, Robert Barraclough, Tony Milroy.

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