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Slow food
Traditional food... prepared the traditional way. Fresh, local, organic. Good food isn't necessarily the most expensive or most exotically prepared. It's the whole process that counts: where ingredients come from, how they're grown, cooked and presented. Monstrously perfect fruit & veg shrink-wrapped to suffocation, Frankenstein GM products, cruelly sanitised factory-farmed meat, ready meals e-numbered to death, & anything hauled via an unfair trade market across the globe, gobbling gastro air miles galore can't be good food. Like anywhere else in Britain, on today's canals you'll find plenty of examples of good and not so good food: but fresh, ethical and organic food has a strong place in canal culture Slow Food movement >> |
Eat & drinkMuch ado is made of 'slow' food these days. Everything in the chilled out world of canals is slow ~ so it's not just slow food, it's slow eating too! Indulge yourself with anything from healthy picnics or food for free plucked from hedgerows as you walk, to cosy canalside pubs or a meal in a floating restaurant.
Farmers' markets & farm shops There are currently over 500 farmers' markets in the UK enjoying revived interest driven by our growing demand for fresh, local food without the guilt of gobbling food-miles. With stallholders independently certified by FARMA (the National Farmers' Retail and Markets Association), you can confidently buy produce, supporting not only your local community and economy, but also the environment. Shop at Farmers' Markets or Farm Shops and enjoy fresh, seasonal and high quality food! |
Our guidebooks are packed full of ideas, colourful photos, and some of the best highlights we've found along the canals...
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