(6)Events
KIT-OUT the Park This event is to be held on the 24th April 08 the key themes of the day are Health, Indulgence and Convenience and how they relate to the food tourism market both now and in the future..
Cross Party Food Group The above event will be held in the evening of the 16th April at the Scottish Parliament to discuss various topics related to food issues in Scotland.
Food Policy Conference The above confernce is to be held in Edinburgh on the 16th April 08. The conference will hear from the following speakers:
1. Richard Lochhead MSP Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs and the Environment
2. Jim McLaren President NFU Scotland
3. Prof Tim Lang Professor of Food Policy City University London
4. Prof Jan Bebbington Sustainable Development Commision Scotland
5. Andrew Fairlie Chef and Restauranteur
6. Jim Mullen Managing Director Larder Bytes Ltd
Larder Bytes will be presenting our Local Food Network concept and demonstrating the commercial and social values attributable to it.
Jim Mullen, of Larder Bytes will be taking part in a series of meetings as detailed below and welcomes the opportunity to meet with anyone who is interested in buying or selling local food. Details of timings and locations will be published here when confirmed.
Lochabber - 16th Jan 2008 PM
Skye - 17th Jan 2008 AM
Ullapool - 17th Jan 2008 PM
Tourism and Technology event Hampden Park Glasgow on the 28th Feb 2008
This event is to highlight examples of innovative use of technology in the tourism sector. Larder Bytes will be making a short presentation outlining the benefits of our network to tourism in Scotland. Please contact the Tourism Innovation Group on www.tourisminnovation.com to reserve a place. This event was a great success and was well supported by busines and industry proffesionals. Larder Bytes Ltd took an active part in the business and technology workshops which were very interesting and informative.
Larder Bytes launched it's new technology systems on Wednesday 12th of September 2007
at Cairngorm Mountain in Aviemore as part of this years 2007 Scottish Food Fortnight. The event attracted delegates from across Scotland, from Wick in Caithness to Fife and including Moray and Aberdeenshire as well as Angus, Perth and Kinross. Thanks to Lee and his team at the Ptarmigan Restaurant everyone enjoyed a lunch of quality local produce, supplied by local producers from across the North and East of Scotland.
