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FANCY a day out with a difference? "Purbeck Produce" Days, run by local farmers every second Saturday of the month at Putlake Farm, Langton Matravers, have proved so popular a local fisherman has joined the stallholders.
Committed to producing quality local products created in sympathy with the environment, the producers sell an array of products, including lamb, beef, pork, game, vegetables, cheese, fish, lobsters, crabs, cakes, jam, chutneys, organic flour and honey, all from the Isle of Purbeck.
As well as the opportunity to buy quality, locally produced products, there are activities for the whole family, including tractor and pony rides and bottle-feeding of lambs and goats.
Jo Bowry, who manages the Purbeck Keystone Project, said: "We have been overwhelmed by the amount of local people who are choosing to buy their produce from the market. It's great that so many people can appreciate and enjoy produce from the Isle of Purbeck."
For further information visit purbeck.gov.uk
Britons are indulging in gastro-tourism, with some even travelling as far as Colombia to taste the local coffee, it's been revealed. Visits to Parma in Italy to sample the local ham and to Greece to eat feta cheese are also proving popular with UK holidaymakers, a survey by travel website Expedia.co.uk found.
Closer to home, around 20 per cent have visited Melton Mowbray in Leicestershire to sample pork pies and about the same number have gone to Herefordshire to quaff cider. Other regions visited by foodies include Roquefort in southern France for its cheese, and Kalamata in Greece for the olives.
Three per cent of the 22,000 people surveyed said they'd been to Colombia for the coffee, while more than half had sipped Champagne in France's Champagne region. As many as 11 per cent now plan holidays solely around local food and drink specialities.
A designer renowned for his glamorous gowns worn by Diana, Princess of Wales, has unveiled his latest collection - for staff at McDonald's.
Bruce Oldfield, who numbers Catherine Zeta Jones, Bianca Jagger, Jerry Hall and Jemima Khan among his clients, has created a new range for the fast-food giant's 67,000-strong UK staff. Oldfield's collection for workers consists of a black and mocha polo shirt, black cargo-style trousers, a black and mocha baseball cap and black belt and apron.
10:02am Tuesday 6th May 2008
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