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Belfast food Network

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Belfast Food Network is a charitable project influencing how food is produced and consumed in Northern Ireland to ensure everyone has access to healthy and sustainable food. It is hosted by the Northern Ireland Environment Link.BFN is a small and highly motivated team advocating for a sustainable food and farming system through delivery of a number of programmes (many as part of UK partnerships) across Northern Ireland. These include Food for Life Get Togethers, Peas Please, Sustainable Food Places and Food Power. 

BFN has provided emergency grants to small-scale producers across NI to help them adapt their business models to meet an increase in local demand, this new network will be developing a more cohesive voice for the small sustainable food producers across the country.

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