Length – development and renewal of cultural heritage

The project has been granted within intervention area 6. Culture & Cultural Heritage in Development Hälsingebygden's strategy. The total budget for the project is 1,789,686 SEK where the Rural Development Fund finances 977,989 SEK, Development Hälsingebygden 481,697 SEK and private co-financing with 330,000 SEK (private individuals, the association itself and revenues in the project).

The purpose of the project is to:

• The purpose of the project is to create a meeting place and engine for the development of Hälsingland and the village of Långhed through relevant collaborations that highlight, spread knowledge about, and develop our food heritage with a focus on bread.
• The project's purpose is also to highlight the cultural heritage, particularly bread and things related to it such as cultivation, milling, and baking. The long-term goal of the project is to establish a local development center for bread, especially flatbread, in Ovanåker.

Goals of the project:

• Investment in baking ovens and associated equipment should have been completed and the ovens should have been put into operation.
• Two training sessions per project year for skills development in bread ”from grain to loaf”
• 15 ”Baking Evenings” to test different types of bread recipes
• 4 workshops for the development of tourist products where bread/food is part of the experience
• Organize a Food & Flatbread Festival once per project year
• ”Cultures meet in the baking room” – 8 meetings between people with different cultural backgrounds for discussions about and baking different types of bread.
• 200 elementary school students will gain knowledge about bread baking ”from grain to loaf”
• 4 ”Try-out sessions” where people can test starting baking for commercial purposes.

   

The project's activities to achieve the purpose and goals of the project:

• Project management and reporting
• Project planning and implementation of investments in ovens etc.
• Organize meetings and other activities aimed at gathering knowledge about baking and small-scale production from our and other people's cultures.
• Organize baking training ”from grain to loaf” for different target groups (children, youth, adults, etc.)
• Organize workshops for the development of tourist products with food/bread as part of the products.
• Organize food and flatbread festival
• Marketing

   

Contact person

Margareta Englund