THE HAMPSHIRE-based event forms part of British Food Fortnight to showcase local and sustainable produce.

Hampshire Fare has partnered with The White Horse in Otterbourne, to host a new harvest festival event incorporating a ‘Hampshire Fare Food Share’ initiative on Saturday, October 1, 2022.

This initiative aims to encourage growers to bring excess produce - including home grown and allotment produce - to the event to share with others and eliminate food waste. Any excess will be donated to local charities such as The Winchester Beacon. 

This event is being held as part of British Food Fortnight to present local and sustainable produce. From 10am-4pm visitors will be able to enjoy produce stalls, live music, entertainments, wood-fired pizza and an outdoor bar.

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The White Horse at Otterbourne is part of the Ideal Collection, a small independent group of pubs and cafés with a commitment to supporting local producers and using the very best local ingredients.

Managing director of the collection, Oliver Weeks, said: “We are delighted to be holding this event at The White Horse as it plays an important role within the local community as a social hub. As a corporate partner of Hampshire Fare, this event is an opportunity to involve local producers. They provide an essential backstory to this harvest festival. Families can come together, enjoy themselves and discover a range of local produce and meet the makers.”

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Hampshire Fare members showcasing their produce at the new harvest festival event include: Bere Bakes for sourdough, Butler Country Estates for smoked trout and smoked trout pâtés, Dampneys Remarkable Drinks for delicious fruit liqueurs; Ewelina’s Home Pantry for jams and chutneys, Experience Hampshire for breaks and treats,  Growling Gibbon Brew Co; Hampshire Soap Company; Homemade Brownie Company, Mavrik Drinks for low alcohol cocktails, New Forest Shortbread, The Portsmouth Distillery, Steam Town Brew Co and The River Test Distillery for award-winning gin.

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Commercial manager at Hampshire Fare, Tracy Nash, said: “This festival was the perfect opportunity to trial our Hampshire Fare Food Share initiative. As a community interest company and the county’s food and drink group, we are really keen to bring the community together though food and drink.

“We are aware that many home growers have a glut of produce and we thought this Harvest Festival event provided a way of sharing excess and unwanted produce, therefore reducing food waste. Any excess produce will be donated to local causes, including The Winchester Beacon.”

For more on the food and drink promoter Hampshire Fare go to hampshirefare.co.uk/.