Cornwall Lecture

Cornwall Lecture DVD - The Cornwall Lecture DVD was produced by...
Barwick Farm - “Barwick is a small County Council o...
St Ingunger - “One of those farms relying on a strong...
South Helford Machinery Syndicate - “South of the river Helford a grou...
Healthy Boxes - “In the far west of the County fam...
Rodda's - “One of the most familiar sites ...
Duchy College - "In 1986 Duchy college was the first new...
Ginsters - specialist foods, the manufacturers in Cornwa...

Ginsters

specialist foods, the manufacturers in Cornwall are increasingly using fresh local ingredients for their products and are building long term relationships with their suppliers. The Samworth Brothers group, owners of Ginsters in Callington have recently invested over seven million pounds in a large modernisation and development programme to increase the factories capacity. The ingredients for tarts and pasties sold in the nations supermarkets come from many different parts of Cornwall, for instance; Jaspers a modern abattoir at near by Treburley supplies meat from local farms and vegetables including potatoes, onions and swedes arrive from the Anthony Estate Nr Torpoint in South East Cornwall and wheat used for flour and pastry is grown by other Cornish farmers”

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Duchy College

"In 1986 Duchy college was the first new agricultural college to be set in England and Wales for 33 years it is now part of the Cornwall College group which in turn is one of the partner colleges of the new Combined Universities in Cornwall. Over the years Duchy college has evolved to meet the training and research needs of land based and rural industries. Future investments will be tailor made to suit farming and food processing as it develops into a modern fast growing knowledge base and competitive business sector".

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Rodda's


“One of the most familiar sites in the Cornish Landscape is herds of grazing Friesian and channel Island cows. The Cornish dairy industry thrives on some of England’s best grass lands, the milk produced is used by the Cornish food processing industry and elsewhere for cheese, cream and other dairy products. With its EU protected designation of origin status Rodda’s is probably the UK’s largest and best known supplier of Cornish Clotted Cream. The company has started a multi-million pound project to build on the famous Rodda’s brand. New production facilities, warehousing, research facilities, plant and equipment will help Rodda’s to continue adding value to Cornish primary agricultural produce and to play a significant role underpinning the rural economy for the long term future”.

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Healthy Boxes

“In the far west of the County families in Penwith are benefiting from an award winning project - 'The Healthy Boxes Project'. This enables farmers, to provide people, young mothers and their children, for example, with fresh fruit and vegetables, at an affordable price, at the same time as providing alternative markets for the produce freshly picked fruit and vegetables are delivered to Carwin Farm, Near Hayle where they are packed ready for delivery throughout the districts of Penwith, Kerrier and more recently Carrick. The aim is to encourage families to use more fresh produce, to prepare healthy and nutritional meals. In recognition of their work the project team recently celebrated the presentation of a national Green Apple Award, by the secretary of State for Health”

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South Helford Machinery Syndicate

“South of the river Helford a group of farmers has created a syndicate to share the costs of upgrading equipment and buying the new machinery they needed to remain competitive. Although some farmers in the group had already diversified in other in other ways they each wanted to remain in farming but knew that they needed to find ways of improving production whilst cutting costs. Objective One funded a feasibility study which showed that savings could be achieved and viability secured if only the groups members shared machinery. In the last three years the South Helford Machinery Syndicate has bought equipment worth nearly one million pounds. Objective One and Defra have provided financial support and the eight farmer members have invested themselves over half a million pounds. These farms now have a much more secure future including the supply to Rodda’s of milk via the Milk Link co-operative. Yet another example of the farming community working with the food processing industry with good results all round and many benefits for the local economy”.

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St Ingunger

“One of those farms relying on a strong dairy sector is St Ingunger’s Farm Nr Bodmin, where three hundred Holstein cows graze in fields around large Victorian farm buildings. Yet a closer look relieves that the lovely old farm buildings have now been put to a new use. Where once young calves and straw were housed you can now find the NHS staff of the North Cornwall and East Cornwall Primary care Trust. With Support from Objective One these barns have been sensitively restored using original materials wherever possible and creating new office spaces and preserving jobs in the rural community”.

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Barwick Farm

“Barwick is a small County Council owned farm Nr Tregony on the Roseland peninsula. A few years ago Nick and Barbara Michelle took advantage of Objective One funding to invest in a new dairy to process their milk, a new separator, refrigerators and other equipment, meant that the organic milk from the farms jersey herd could be transformed into a range of added value, specialist dairy products cream, clotted cream, butter and milk, all sold in farm and village shops and other retail outlets. It is this type of high quality, artisan product that is helping to put Cornwall on the map, as a place for top chefs and foodies to make their own. This is the sort of niche market that can offer a future for many of the counties farmers and growers”.

http://www.cornwallac.org/managed/DVD%20clips/BARWICK-01.wmv

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Cornwall Lecture DVD

The Cornwall Lecture DVD was produced by Lou Jones of Lou Jones Design based in Truro. The DVD is the product of a collaborative effort between Lou Jones, Keith Hambly-State, The CACDT and the participants of each of the projects.

The Idea is to show a small proportion of the successful projects that have benefitted from Objective One investment and how local supply chains have been created through this investment.

The DVD has been divided into individual Chapters in order for quick downloading and viewing, however there are descriptions below for those who would like to know more.

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