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said: “Our breakfast functions have been a huge success and I am glad so many were able to join us. “It was a fantastic opportunity


Promoting Welsh farmhouse produce: (L-R) FUW Ceredigion CEO Mared Rand Jones, FUW Ceredigion County Chairman Anwen Hughes and FUW Ceredigion Administration Assistant Elin Jenkins


OVER 130 people joined the


Ceredigion branch of the Farmers’ Union of Wales as they started their day the Welsh-Italian way at the end of January. Two breakfasts were organised


as part of the FUW’s Farmhouse Breakfast Week campaign (January 21-28), which aimed to raise the profile of Welsh produce and got politicians, key stakeholders and the general public around the breakfast table to see the important role the food and drink sector plays in their


everyday lives. The first breakfast was held on


Thursday, January 26, at Neuadd Goffa Felinfach, Lampeter, and a further breakfast was held last Friday (Jan 27), at La Calabria, Rhydgoch, Ffostrasol, Llandysul, where a passion for good food and a love of the Welsh countryside and its people are the driving force behind the Italian family-run restaurant. Mared Rand Jones, the County


Executive Officer for Ceredigion, who organised the breakfast functions,


to share not just great food but also our thoughts and worries about the state of the industry. Many of you told us your stories and helped us to understand how we can help each other. And there was no better time and place to do all that than over a cuppa with some great food – which was guaranteed at the Felinfach and La Calabria breakfasts.” As part of the breakfast campaign,


the local Ceredigion branch also raised £1,600 for the FUW president’s charity BHF Cymru. BHF are the nation’s heart charity


and the largest independent funder of cardiovascular research. Coronary heart disease is the UK’s single biggest killer and their pioneering research has helped to transform the lives of people living with heart and circulatory conditions and their work has been central to the discoveries of vital treatments that are helping to change the face of the UK’s fight against heart disease. Mared Rand Jones added: “I


would like to thank everyone who sponsored our breakfast produce and helped us raise such a fantastic amount of money for the charity in the process.” A special thank you from the


FUW Deputy President Brian Thomas: Joins the breakfast in Felinfach, Ceredigion


FUW Ceredigion branch goes to the following for sponsoring the breakfast produce: Mark Webb, Butcher, Rhydlewis; Aeron Bacon Supplies, Butcher, Talsarn; Thomas, Golwg y Môr, Butcher, Tanygroes; Sainsbury’s Lampeter; Bara Betws, Betws Ifan; Jones, Pengraig, Ystrad Meurig - Eggs; Jac’s fruit and veg, mobile van, Llanybydder - mushrooms and tomatoes; Brodyr Davies, Penbwliaid, Bryngwyn - Eggs; Lewis Bread, Lampeter; Felinfach Premier Shop and Post Office, Felinfach.


WIN TICKETS WITH ABERYSTWYTH ARTS CENTRE ABERYSTWYTH ARTS


CENTRE are currently offering one lucky winner a chance to win a pair of tickets to ‘Kendal Mountain Festival’ at Aberystwyth Arts Centre on Thursday, February 16 at 8pm. Share the adventure with


Kendal Mountain Festival on tour! Kendal’s award-winning Mountain Festival is on tour around the UK, bringing you the latest from the world of adventure. Thursday will be an evening packed full of inspirational and adrenaline-packed films, guest speakers and athletes. Check out the latest outdoor gear, and take some home with you if you’re lucky enough to win a prize on the night! Get inspired to explore and enjoy the mountains, wilderness


and their cultures. In 2016, Jenny Tough ran


900km (solo and self-supported) across Kyrgyzstan from Karakol to Osh via the Tien Shan mountains. Former Royal Marine


Commando Aldo Kane now specialises in filming in extreme environments, a job which has taken him into volcanoes with Richard Hammond, up Venezuelan mountains with Steve Backshall, and rowing the Atlantic. As well as hearing from Jenny


and Aldo, you will also be shown a selection of the best adventure films from around the world: be amazed by watching Johanna, the Finnish freediver who dives under the ice, and Tom Seipp, the fearless young cyclist with an incredible


The speakers on the tour are


some of the world’s most intrepid explorers. But who are the speaker s in Aberystwyth? a. Jenny Tough and Aldo Kane b. Lee Craigie and Dave Cornthwaite c. Stephen Fabes and Lizzie


Carr Send your answer - a, b, or c -


to gavin.young@pembrokeshire- herald.com, along with your name and address. The lucky winners will receive two free tickets to see this great thought-provoking show.


CILIAU AERON WOMEN’S INSTITUTE President Pat Slotboom recently had the pleasure of presenting a cheque for an impressive £500 to Aberystwyth charity Blood Bikes Wales.


This was half of the money


raised by the group when they went Christmas carol singing around the village with members and friends. A huge thank you was given to all who had contributed.


THE HERALD FRIDAY FEBRUARY 3 2017


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Farmers enjoy breakfast the Welsh-Italian way


Cooking up an Italian storm the Welsh way: (L-R) Gino Vasami, Graziella Vasami and Tony Hack


Guests enjoying a Welsh farmhouse breakfast: At La Calabria Blood Bike Wales receives cheque


enthusiasm for long journeys on his bike, plus more of the organisers’ favourite films from Kendal Mountain Festival 2016!


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