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Alloa town centre is set to be bustling with activity when Sound Bites Festival rides back into town for its second year on Saturday 28 March, this time with a country and western theme.
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Plans are already well underway for this year’s Food, Drink and Tourism Business Month 2026, a month-long programme of events designed to support, connect and inspire businesses across the region’s vibrant food, drink and tourism sectors.
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Businesses across Stirling and beyond are being invited to take the ‘Forth Valley Five’ pledge: a bold new initiative designed to celebrate local food and drink and boost community wealth.
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Scotland’s Wild Food Festival Returns with a Focus on Responsible Foraging, Boozy Botany and Coastal Flavours
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Stirling is turning up the heat this March with a dynamic line up of events designed to inspire, connect and showcase the region’s food, drink and tourism industry.
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Explore the best Forth Valley has to offer with these flavour filled festive food and drink ideas. Whether you’re gifting, feasting or celebrating, our guide has everything to make the season merry and bright.
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Forth Valley College – working in partnership with Forth Valley Food Futures and Forth Valley Food and Drink – have scooped an award at the 2024 Green Gown UK and Ireland awards.
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Forth Valley Food Festival proved to be a resounding success, drawing over 2,000 visitors despite Scotland serving up all four seasons in one day!
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To mark the 900th anniversary of the Royal Burgh of Stirling, Forth Valley Food and Drink has launched a series of four captivating short documentaries that delve into the lesser-known stories of Stirling’s rich food and drink heritage.
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Stirling Distillery have re-launched their limited edition gold gin in celebration of the Paris Olympics which kicks off today (26 July).
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As the Royal Burgh of Stirling celebrates its 900th anniversary, Forth Valley Food & Drink Festival is set to make a comeback!
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A producer tour, held on Thursday 16 May at Upper Ballaird Farm Co-op in Balfron, has ignited six promising new connections between local food and drink businesses.
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New research by VisitScotland has revealed growing visitor demand for Scotland’s food and drink experiences.
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What’s believed to be the UK’s first social impact auditing tool for the food and drink industry has been unveiled.
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Forth Valley Food and Drink has teamed up with STEP to host a local producers’ ‘tasting tables’ showcase this spring.
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Forth Valley’ College’s annual ‘Chefs of the Future’ event made a triumphant return on Thursday 7 March after a break due to the pandemic.
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STEP and Forth Valley Food and Drink are thrilled to announce a series of engaging business events throughout March, celebrating and supporting the region’s vibrant food, drink and tourism industry.
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Forth Valley Food and Drink has received funding under the Scotland Food & Drink Partnership’s Regional Food Fund to produce a captivating new series of documentary-style films.
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As the festive season fast approaches, we’re celebrating the local talented cake makers and caterers who are here to help your celebrations go off with a bang – not just at Christmas, but all year round.
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As the festive season fast approaches, it’s the perfect time to plan your season’s eatings!
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Mark your calendars for an upcoming celebration of Forth Valley’s local larder, featuring three of our members!
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At Forth Valley Food and Drink we’re passionate about healthy food and bringing together local producers, café owners and foodies over our shared love of good food.
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Stirling Food Partnership is excited to announce its upcoming event, Gather Around Good Food, aimed at fostering connections and promoting sustainable food practices locally.
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Forth Valley Food and Drink has teamed up with Forth Valley Food Futures to help build a better food system, which is fair, healthy and sustainable.
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One hundred Gluten Free Training spaces snapped up by Forth Valley businesses.
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We’ve teamed up with national charity Coeliac UK to offer one hundred low-cost gluten free training places to local food and drink businesses.
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Bridge of Allan business owners Pilar Amieva and Stuart Leathley are celebrating a year running the town’s first zero waste store.
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We’ve teamed up with Regional Food Tourism Ambassador and owner of The Real Food Café, Sarah Heward to launch this year’s Gluten Free Fortnight.
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Students at two local secondary schools are celebrating becoming the region’s first Good Food Ambassadors.
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A pilot reusable cup scheme will be launched by Forth Valley Food and Drink network today (Wednesday 1 June) in a bid to tackle single-use cup waste and littering.
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This autumn Stirling Gin and Whisky Festivals will come together as Stirling SpiritFEST, a 10 day celebration of Scottish spirits.
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Six new fast chargers have been rolled out across Stirlingshire to allow cyclists to top up their e-bike batteries on the go.
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A Killearn based shop and deli has launched Scotland’s first zero waste wine pop up just in time for Christmas.
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This year’s Forth Valley Food Festival served up another fun filled week of events to suit every taste.
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Forth Valley Food Festival will return for the fourth year in a row this October.
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Applications are now open for a second round of funding to help rural food and drink businesses recover from the impact of Covid.
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Forth Valley Food and Drink network is set to launch a new trail, encouraging people to fill their picnic baskets with local goodies.
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Forth Valley & Lomond LEADER has secured £50,000 from the Scottish Government to help rural food and drink businesses adapt and recover from the impact of Covid-19.
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Forth Valley Food Festival providing a welcome boost for local food and drink businesses.
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From rainbow bread making to picking giant pumpkins. Join us for a fun filled fortnight of events.
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Scotland Food and Drink supporting the ongoing development of Scotland’s regional food groups.
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There’s never been a better time to support our local farmers and food and drink producers.
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Forth Valley Food Festival will return this October with a series of virtual and socially distanced events.
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Talented professional photographer Julie Howden has been capturing our amazing local food heroes during lockdown.
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