LEDBURY Food Group is a small group will a big impact on the market town, but members are looking for more help and new faces.

The group's management team, which helps to organise "the mid-winter food festival," known properly as The Big Breakfast, and the equally popular Ledbury Celebration, both of which highlight local produce and producers, is down to just five key members.

The acting chairman, Griff Holliday said: "We would like to welcome some new members to join our management team and help to maintain the Group’s activity. Currently the team is small, just five individual members supported by a producer and two town councillors.

"We would also welcome new volunteers willing to become involved in a more general way, for example helping with a particular project or research, or with promotion and marketing including helping to develop the group’s presence on social media."

The group will roll out the welcome mat for "anyone with an interest in enhancing the life of this vibrant rural district with the traditional market town of Ledbury at its heart"

Mr Holliday said: "Most likely they will share an interest in enjoying local food and welcome the chance to find out more about the people who grow, produce and offer it for sale. Organisational or administrative skills could be helpful, but curiosity and interest are even more important.

"We raise awareness of the importance of locally produced food and drink for the vitality of our town and surrounding countryside and maintenance of the landscape. Bringing shoppers to Ledbury to buy or consume local food and drink returns benefits to nearby farmers and producers and supports other independent retailers. Local food satisfies consumer demand for sustainability, freshness, seasonality, provenance and quality."

Furher details: 1531 633637 or email: ask@ledburyfoodgroup.org