The Country Food Trust Smashes 100,000 Meal Target

The charity, which was started by Tim Woodward, produced over 20,000 in their start -up year of 2016, using recipes developed by chef Tim Maddams, who wrote the River Cottage Game Handbook. In 2017 they produced a further 81,000 meals to break the 100,000 mark since inception. They are now distributing those meals and in December alone 22,000 meals were delivered to Fareshare, the UK’s largest charity fighting hunger and waste, being distributed to depots in Grampian, Hull and Humber, Lancashire and Cumbria, the West Midlands, central and south east Scotland, Merseyside and Southern Central. 

Tim commented: “We are delighted that we’ve managed to produce so many meals this year, and are now pausing production to ensure that we can distribute the food to where it is most needed. I cannot thank our supporters enough – without them, we would not have the steady stream of game coming in to be able to produce the meals. We’ve also had incredible support from the game shooting community at large, as well as a host of famous chefs who recognise the importance of what we are doing.”   

The charity is supported, among others, by GunsOnPegs, the UK’s number one website for finding and selling shooting days. Chris Horne, Managing Director of GunsOnPegs, commented: “GunsOnPegs is very proud to be supporting this worthwhile charity. Not only is it a fantastic way of getting food to those in need, but it is a great way of using game, one of the most nutritious and healthy meats around. Many of our shoots are supporting the venture. I’d like to congratulate Tim on having made this work. His passion and commitment have ensured a huge amount of support in the game shooting community. It’s a brilliant achievement.” 

You can purchase The Country Cassrole, made with pheasant, and The Country Curry, made with Partridge, online from The Wild Meat Company.

For more information on the Country Food Trust and their work see here.