Award winning jams at Harvest Festival
AWARD WINNING Wexford Home Preserves will be showcasing their preserves as part of the SuperValu Food Academy Village at Waterford Harvest Festival.
The festival takes place from Friday, September 9 to Sunday, September 11, when Waterford will become the epicenter nationally for food producers, suppliers, chefs, nutrition experts and growers.
Wexford Home Preserves uses locally grown fruit in their jams which are sold at Caulfield’s SuperValu stores and numerous other shops in the region.
SuperValu, a long standing supporter of local food producers, will exhibit a number of these producers at their Food Academy Village over the three-day festival. The producers in question are all graduates of the Food Academy Start programme which began in 2013.
The premise of the academy is to help develop Ireland’s artisan food industry, to deliver a consistent level of food marketing knowledge created for new and early-stage food business owners and to provide small food business with a solid foundation to progress to shelves of retailers.
Anne Marie Caulfield of Caulfield’s SuperValu said: ‘We are big believers in, and supporters of “local”. The producers and suppliers that make up the Food Academy Village have achieved so much and are now practically household names. In many cases, the idea for a food business starts in the kitchen and these businesses have proven that a good product, with perseverance, talent and a little help along the way, can make it to the cupboards or fridges of consumers right across the country and even further afield.’
The SuperValu Food Academy Village is located adjacent to Waterford Crystal Visitor Centre on the Mall and will operate from Friday, September 9 (1pm – 7pm), Saturday, September 10 (11am – 7pm) and Sunday, September 11, (12pm – 6pm).