{"id":68001,"date":"2020-04-02T04:57:29","date_gmt":"2020-04-01T17:57:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/?p=68001"},"modified":"2020-04-02T08:40:54","modified_gmt":"2020-04-01T21:40:54","slug":"restaurant-quality-food-to-the-home-table","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/news\/restaurant-quality-food-to-the-home-table\/","title":{"rendered":"Restaurant quality food to the home table"},"content":{"rendered":"

COMMITTEE for Ballarat CEO Michael Poulton said many local food and beverage producers have seen their product demand \u201cdry up\u201d with the closure of hospitality venues.<\/p>\n

Partnering with Eat Drink West, the committee is problem solving, developing a new platform for this fresh produce to reach homes and bellies via produce boxes, purchased online.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s this great range of local produce which has always made its way to table which now doesn\u2019t have the market without restaurants and events,\u201d Mr Poulton said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re trying to provide a unique offering of quality, locally produced food and beverage to people who really need it the most, and otherwise arent able to get it from supermarkets.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur initial target was to help healthcare workers, providing boxes they can buy online so they don\u2019t need to go to a supermarket, because by the time they get there, it\u2019s all gone.\u201d<\/p>\n

With a produce drop-off hub and packing base at Housey Housey, hospitality workers will also be redeployed.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ll have workers who\u2019ve lost their jobs, allowing them to find an avenue of work that they otherwise wouldn\u2019t have had,\u201d Mr Poulton said.<\/p>\n

\u201cLocal producers will bring their produce into the distribution centre, our workforce will pack fruit and veg, bakery, dairy and all sorts, into a box which the consumer will then buy online, ready to pick up, or be delivered.\u201d<\/p>\n

There will also be a gifting functionality on the East Drink West website, catering to those who otherwise might not be able to access the service.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy elderly neighbour down the street, for example, they might not be able to get out to the supermarket to find the goods they need, so I could gift a box to them and have it home delivered to their doorstep,\u201d Mr Poulton said.<\/p>\n

\u201cMany people will go online and find things for themselves, but it doesn\u2019t need to be a stress. Other industries might then donate 10 boxes to the emergency department at Ballarat Base Hospital.\u201d<\/p>\n

A project like this could be crucial to maintaining a local produce industry moving throughout and beyond the pandemic\u2019s lockdown period.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve got really good producers and we don\u2019t want to see them go under. We can develop a social enterprise model that can work in the recovery phase as a sustainable business model, moving our purchase decision making and shopping habits to a much more localised economy.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe longer-term view is to sustain \u2018buy local, eat local, shop local,\u2019 which has obvious benefits to the local economy, and it starts to redistribute some of the profits, and where producers are being paid for their produce.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou won\u2019t be seeing $1 milk.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kate Davis said Eat Drink West was built so people could make connections.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s about community and it underpins Share the Care and Be Kind Ballarat. I\u2019m so pleased there\u2019s this resource for people to access food and wine from these small businesses,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re all locked in our homes, so the most important, fundamental thing for us, is to ensure families have really healthy, nutritious, fresh vegetables and fruit. We all know the benefits.\u201d<\/p>\n

Keep an eye on eatdrinkwest.com.au<\/strong><\/a> for the initiative\u2019s launch.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

COMMITTEE for Ballarat CEO Michael Poulton said many local food and beverage producers have seen their product demand \u201cdry up\u201d with the closure of hospitality venues. Partnering with Eat Drink West, the committee is problem solving, developing a new platform for this fresh produce to reach homes and bellies via produce boxes, purchased online. \u201cThere\u2019s […]<\/p>\n

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