Abergavenny 5th Annual Food Festival Conference

Changing Attitudes to Local Food

 The conference will be looking at

• Selling an image – how major retailers persuade us to choose certain brands or types of food
• Taking the plunge – how we convert aspirations into action around buying local food
• How festivals and markets can work together to change people's attitudes
• Food waste – what can be done with it / about it?

Speakers include John Griffiths AM (Minister for Environment and Sustainable Development), Steve Garrett (Riverside Community Market Association), David Fell (green economist) and Charlie Hicks (greengrocer extraordinaire and broadcaster).