LOCALLY PRODUCED FOOD

That this House pays tribute to the range of excellent locally-produced food available across the United Kingdom; acknowledges that transporting food over long distances is bad for the environment; salutes the work of the farmers' markets and food festivals in promoting the regional variety and freshness of food; congratulates Trethowan's Dairy in Llanddewi Brefi and Teifi Farmhouse Cheese in Llandysul on using traditional methods to produce their award-winning cheese; encourages supermarkets, schools and the public sector more generally to source much more of their food locally; and calls upon the Government to provide extra funding to regional development agencies, tourist boards and other local bodies to support the production and sale of food locally.