Staffordshire Biscuits Go for Gold

 

The oaty biscuits produced in the Staffordshire Moorlands are going for gold, to feed the Olympics.  Sarah Gayton, who six years ago followed in her Grandfather's footsteps by starting a bakery in the Staffordshire Moorlands, is passionate about ensuring that the produce from our farms in the UK are on the Olympic menu.

 

She is encouraging food producers to 'Link the Producer and Consumer', by joining her Facebook page and providing homegrown produce for the Olympic Games.  Type into Google 'Farmers on Film - Feeding the Olympic Dream' or click here .  She is hoping that farmers and other food producers will make a small video and put it onto the site or send a message with a photograph to prove that British agriculture is well prepared to serve the nation for the Olympics.  Armed with her very special oaty biscuits, Sarah is set to convince the Olympic Committee that homegrown produce needs to be high on the agenda to feed both athletes and visitors.  Sarah would like the visitors to the Olympics to visit rural Britain to see where our food comes from.

 

Sarah Gayton, a member of Staffordshire Women's Food & Farming Union said, "It is time to get back to grass roots and appreciate the excellent produce we produce in the UK.  I am totally passionate about local food, sustainability in local areas and believe that small businesses like mine should be able to provide food for the Olympics and encourage all the athletes and visitors to visit rural Britain, boost our tourism in rural areas and see where our food really comes from."

 

Sarah's famous oaty biscuits have to be tasted to be believed, made with Mornflake Oats from Cheshire, British butter, British Sugar and Syrup from Peterborough to a secret recipes, which she developed by Georgie, whose best friend Annie lives next door to the bakery in Warslow.  Traceability is extremely important to Sarah and she believes that it is the only way to provide a sustainable rural economy.  'A Taste of the Moorlands', Sarah's bakery is well known in the area.

 

To highlight Sarah's goal to reach the Olympics she has commissioned individual mugs with names of all the Olympic Committee, including their Chairman Lord Coe,  all the mugs have been presented along with Sarah's very own 'Olympic Oaty'.  The mugs were made at Rookes Pottery in Hartington in the heart of the Peak District.  Other presentations, along with mugs for David Cameron and Nick Clegg just to name a few, will take place later this year.

 

Sarah Gayton from A Taste of the Moorlands with Christopher Pincher MP and the specially
made mugs for David Cameron and Nick Clegg

Sarah Gayton said, 'It is my aim to get thousands of people to join my facebook site to prove to everyone that British farming is very important and of course it will be the farmers who will provide the food to feed the Olympic millions.  I am challenging every farmer to get behind my campaign, take out their mobile phones, shoot a 15 second video and upload it to my facebook page.'

 

To highlight the campaign, Sarah has set up her very own Facebook page, which is entitled 'Farmers on Film - Feeding the Olympic Dream'.  To go onto this Facebook page, go onto www.tasteofthemoorlands.co.uk, click onto 'Join the Olympic Campaign' then click onto the Facebook link.

 

Chris Kirkland
Staffordshire Co-ordinator for the 2012 Games
Staffordshire County Council

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