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As a carnivore you may have your favourite local butcher or source your meat at a local market such as Treacle. There is anther excellent local option too.Food4Macc who are a brilliant local community organisation who work to encourage the use of local land and disused gardens to grow food, have developed a scheme called food4maccdirect a non profit making community enterprise.They operate as a buying group for lamb and  free range chicken from local farmers.They aim to reconnect people with where their food comes form  and understand and influence how it is produced.

If you would like to sign up to this positive initiative ( they will expand their range) or just want to find out more, contact them at direct@food4macc.org or call Tim 01260 2539987

Have a look at their website for details of their exciting Transition Town Initiative and how you can get involved.